Community Concert Association Announces 2026 Season

FORT MYERS, Fla. - EntSun -- Internationally-acclaimed performers from around the world will headline the five concerts planned for 2026 by the Fort Myers Community Concert Association.

Tickets are now on sale for the 76^th concert season, which organizers say brings the best in symphony orchestras, brass and dance ensembles to Southwest Florida.  All performances will be at the Barbara B. Mann Performing Arts Hall on the Florida SouthWestern State College campus in Fort Myers.

"Our 76^th season brings together musicians from Italy, Spain and the United States for a stellar season," Community Concert Association President Mary Lee Mann.  "Community Concert Association members and guests will love hearing the Three Italian Tenors in their first ever American tour and the return of the Rodney Marsalis Philadelphia Big Brass as well as our other artists."

All five concerts are included in one ticket price, which ranges from $165 for prime orchestra and mezzanine seats to $155 for other orchestra and mezzanine seats, $85 for lower balcony seating and just $65 for upper balcony.  There is limited $165 orchestra seating still available, Mann said.

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For membership information, visit https://fortmyerscommunityconcerts.com/ or email MLMannConcerts@aol.com. Tickets to individual performances are not available at this time.

The five performances all begin at 7:30 p.m.:

●         Orchestra Manhattan – January 22, 2026. The newly formed Orchestra Manhattan is an all-star ensemble of musicians from the New York-New Jersey area.

●         Orpheus Chamber Orchestra – January 29, 2026.  The Orpheus Chamber Orchestra was created in 1972 and made Carnegie Hall its home within its first decade.

●         Three Italian Tenors – February 24, 2026.  Direct from Rome, Italy, the Three Italian Tenors will present the most famously beloved Italian opera arias ad songs in their first ever North American concert tour.

●         Barcelona Flamenco Ballet – "Carmen" – March 3, 2026.  The Barcelona Flamenco Ballet addresses the ever-present myth of Carmen in their latest project.

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●        Rodney Marsalis Philadelphia Big Brass – March 19, 2026. The Rodney Marsalis Philadelphia Big Brass is internationally acclaimed for bringing the joyous experience of great music.  .

The Fort Myers Community Concert Association, now in its 76th concert season, is an all-volunteer not-for-profit organization founded by the legendary Barbara B. Mann in 1949 to bring world-class entertainment to Southwest Florida at affordable prices.  The association consists of more than 1,200 members, underwriters and sponsors.  Performers brought to Fort Myers in the past by the association include the National Philharmonic Orchestra of Ukraine, The Israel Ballet, Violin Virtuoso Itzhak Perlman, Cleveland Orchestra, Vienna Boys Choir, Pianist Andre Watts, Violinist Joshua Bell with the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields and many others.