Nineteenth Annual · Marco Island, Florida
The Tour
de Taverns
One night. Seven taverns. A poker hand built one card at a time — and every entry goes straight to a Marco Island child fighting a severe illness.
The kids we ride for
This is what it's all about!
Every ride has a name behind it. These are some of the Marco Island children the Tour de Taverns has rallied around over the years — the reason we fill the taverns each December.
This year we ride for
Everyone, meet Mia Duarte!
She is 5 years old and suffers from cancer and has a bone marrow transplant scheduled. We will be riding for her on December 5, 2026.
No excuses
Thinking about not riding this year?
No bike?
Island Bike Shop, Matt and Sharon Walthour's place, has one for you at NO CHARGE!
Short on cash?
It's just $30 — and you get a cool shirt and a chance to win!
Just plain lazy?
Yeah, me too — drive your car or hitch a ride with another lazy person!
It's going to be a blast!
We're riding December 5th for a local child suffering from a devastating illness.
Every year a new ride
A wall of past Tour de Taverns.
Why we ride
Every card dealt is a dollar toward a kid's good day.
The Tour de Taverns is the TBone Foundation's flagship event: a single December evening when Marco Island's favorite watering holes throw open their doors for one reason — to rally behind a local child living with a severe illness.
One hundred percent of entries and donations goes to that year's family, helping cover the medical bills, travel, and everyday costs that pile up when a child is sick. No corporate sponsors to please — just neighbors, a few hundred riders, and a town that shows up.
How the night runs
Part pub crawl, part poker game, all for a good cause.
Sign up & donate $30
Your $30 entry is your donation. Pay by credit card online before the night or at the start line — it all goes to the family.
Grab this year’s shirt
Every rider gets the official Tour de Taverns event shirt — a brand-new design each year, only available to entrants.
Draw a card at each stop
Roll into all seven taverns. At every venue you draw one poker card, building a five-plus-card hand as the night goes on.
Play your best hand
The strongest poker hands at the finish line take home prizes. Best hand wins — bragging rights included.
The route · 7 stops
Seven taverns, one winning hand.
This year's lineup across Marco Island, Florida. Stops and starting times are confirmed closer to the event.
- 01AA
The Marco Island Brewery
Start line · register day-of & shirt pickup
- 02KK
Sami's
Stop 2
- 03QQ
Nacho Mama's
Stop 3
- 04JJ
The Speakeasy of Marco
Stop 4
- 051010
Dolphin Tiki
Stop 5
- 0699
The Burrow
Stop 6
- 0788
CJ's on the Bay
Stop 7 · party & best-hand prizes
Best hand wins
Compare hands at the finish for prizes — then we tally what we raised together.
The yearly shirt
A fresh design every December.
Every entrant earns the official event shirt — redrawn from scratch each year and never reprinted. Wear it on the route, keep it as the badge of the year you rode. Past editions become collector pieces; this year's is yours the moment you sign up.
2026 artwork shown as a placeholder — final design revealed at sign-up.
From past tours
Nineteen years of full taverns.
Photo highlights from past events — the crowd at the start line, the crawl between stops, the card draws, the winning hands, and the shirts.
Make it count
Ride for $30. Give a kid a winning year.
Your $30 entry is a tax-deductible donation paid securely by credit card — and it puts you on the route with a shirt and a shot at the best hand.