WGCU Events
Join WGCU for our upcoming WGCU 101: All Access session. This one-hour experience offers guests an exclusive, behind-the-scenes tour of our TV and FM studios, the opportunity to meet members of our staff, and insights into the programs, projects, and initiatives shaping your public media station.
Rick sits down for a wide-ranging discussion with Samantha Brown, television travel host of PBS’s Samantha Brown’s Places to Love. Rick will share reflections on his career, his decades-long connection to public media, and share a few tips on some of the best places to visit and explore around the globe. There will also be time during the event where a few guests can ask Rick Steves their own travel questions.
Join us for a free film screening of With a Made Up Mind: The History of the Black Vote in Southwest Florida at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Greater Naples on Sunday, October 11th at noon. The film will be followed by a panel discussion Moderated by WGCU Culture and Connections Reporter Elizabeth Andarge.
Join PBS Books Readers Club hosts Lauren Smith and Fred Nahhat for an exclusive live conversation with acclaimed author Barbara Kingsolver, featuring her highly anticipated new novel, Partita.
Internationally acclaimed Italian trio Il Volo returns to Southwest Florida on November 11, 2026, bringing their powerful blend of classical opera and contemporary pop to Hertz Arena.
If you want to experience the best Beatles tribute ever, you won't want to miss The Fab Four – The Ultimate Tribute. Their 2026 tour brings an all-new show to the stage, celebrating the diamond anniversary of the Beatles' first feature film, A Hard Day's Night.
Experience the music and spectacle of Pink Floyd with Brit Floyd – Animals, coming to Hertz Arena on April 3.