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Bell Tower is weeks away from putting on its inaugural Pupchella event. Pupchella is a fun-filled music and arts festival that gives a nod to the ultra-popular west-coast Coachella festival while celebrating the local Fort Myers community’s love of pets. The event will be held Saturday, March 2, from noon to 3 p.m., throughout the center.

While no tickets are required to attend, guests are asked to consider either a sponsorship or donation; proceeds will benefit the Gulf Coast Humane Society, a no-kill animal welfare organization and longtime supporter of pet-themed activities at Bell Tower, including the center’s popular monthly Yappy Hour events.

Entertainment at Pupchella will include a number of popular local musicians, including The Lineup Band, Matt Walden, DJ Robert McDonald, and the event’s headliner band The Freecoasters, all hosted by Amy Lynn of Cat Country 107.1 and iHeart Media. There will also be festival merchandise for sale, an interactive art district, a zen chill zone, an activities area, and a festival vendor marketplace.

About the Gulf Coast Humane Society

The Gulf Coast Humane Society is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit, no-kill animal welfare organization established as the first non-profit animal welfare organization in southwest Florida in 1947. The shelter does not receive any federal, state, or county funding and no funding from the Humane Society of the United States or ASPCA. The Gulf Coast Humane Society relies solely on donations, grants, bequests and fundraising events to further its mission of caring for the neglected and abandoned pets of Southwest Florida. As a no-kill facility, the pets of the Gulf Coast Humane Society remain in the shelter’s care until they find their forever homes. For more information, visit gulfcoasthumanesociety.org.

Bell Tower is at the corner of Daniels Parkway and US 41 in Fort Myers.