Recreation and Leisure
Florida Seafood Festivals
Florida is known for its commercial fishing heritage and quality seafood products. Many communities throughout the state are home to annual festivals that celebrate the positive impact of commercial fishing and seafood. These family-oriented events have a local flair that is unique to each community. All feature delicious local seafood, and many have live musical performances by local and regional acts, arts and crafts vendors, children’s rides, parades, 5K run/walks, cooking demonstrations, and competitions such as oyster shucking. Florida’s seafood festivals are enjoyed by residents and visitors alike.
The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services maintains a list of seafood festivals throughout Florida, but, because seafood festivals are not required to register with the Department, the list is not a complete one. Being listed does not imply that a seafood festival is endorsed, approved or otherwise sanctioned by the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.
Seafood Festival Locator
The grid below lists seafood festivals in Florida. Contact the individual festival sponsors directly for information regarding, tickets, parking, entertainment, or to participate as a vendor. Contact information for each festival is available by clicking on the festival name. If the festival has its own web site, click on "Web" in the right-hand column to go directly to the festival’s website.
| Florida Seafood Festivals - 2013 | ||||
| Month | Event Name (Click on name for additional information) |
Location | Dates | Web |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | Apalachicola Oyster Cook-Off | Apalachicola, Florida | January 19, 2013 | Web |
| Florida Keys Seafood Festival | Key West, Florida | January 19, 2013 | Web | |
| Port Salerno Seafood Festival | Port Salerno, Florida | January 26, 2013 | Web | |
| February | Everglades City Seafood Festival | Everglades City, Florida | February 8-10, 2013 | Web |
| Cortez Commercial Fishing Fest 2013 | Cortez, Florida | February 16-17, 2013 | Web | |
| March | St. Augustine Seafood and Music Festival | Saint Augustine, Florida | March 1-3, 2013 | Web |
| Treasure Coast Seafood Festival | Port St. Lucie, Florida | March 2, 2013 | Web | |
| Grant Seafood Festival | Grant, Florida | March 2-3, 2013 | Web | |
| Marathon Seafood Festival | Marathon, Florida | March 9-10, 2013 | Web | |
| Shrimpa-Palooza Festival | Homosassa, Florida | March 23, 2013 | Web | |
| Taste of the Sea Seafood Festival | Fort Pierce, Florida | March 23, 2013 | Web | |
| Marco Island Seafood Festival | Marco Island, Florida | March 23-24, 2013 | Web | |
| Deering Seafood Festival | Miami, Florida | March 24, 2013 | Web | |
| April | Desoto Heritage Seafood Festival | Bradenton, Florida | April 5-7, 2013 | |
| 2nd Annual Fort Pierce Oyster Festival | Fort Pierce, Florida | April 6, 2013 | Web | |
| Springtime Tallahassee Seafood Festival | Tallahassee, Florida | April 6, 2013 | Web | |
| Dania Beach Seafood Festival | Dania Beach, Florida | April 6-7, 2013 | ||
| Jupiter Seafood Festival | Jupiter, Florida | April 6-7, 2013 | Web | |
| Pompano Beach Seafood Festival | Pompano Beach, Florida | April 26-28, 2013 | Web | |
| Halifax Oyster Festival | Daytona Beach, Florida | April 27, 2013 | Web | |
| May | Isle of Eight Flags Shrimp Festival | Fernandina Beach, Florida | May 3-5, 2013 | Web |
| Panacea Blue Crab Festival | Panacea, Florida | May 4, 2013 | Web | |
| Blue Crab Festival | Palatka, Florida | May 24-27, 2013 | ||
| September | Pensacola Seafood Festival | Pensacola, Florida | September 27-29, 2013 | Web |
| October | Destin Seafood Festival | Destin, Florida | October 4-6, 2013 | Web |
| Cedar Key Seafood Festival | Cedar Key, Florida | October 19-20, 2013 | Web | |
| John's Pass Annual Seafood Festival | Madeira Beach, Florida | October 25-27, 2013 | Web | |
| St. Marks Stone Crab Festival | St. Marks, Florida | October 26, 2013 | Web | |
| Mighty Mullet Maritime Festival | Panacea, Florida | October 26, 2013 | ||
| Naples Stone Crab Festival | Naples, Florida | October 26-27, 2013 | Web | |
| Boggy Bayou Mullet Festival | Niceville, Florida | October 2013 (Date TBD) | Web | |
| November | Florida Seafood Festival | Apalachicola, Florida | November 1-2, 2013 | Web |
| Stone Crab Jam | Crystal River, Florida | November 2, 2013 | Web | |
| Ruskin Seafood Festival | Ruskin, Florida | November 2-3, 2013 | Web | |
| Sebastian Clambake | Sebastian, Florida | November 8-10, 2013 | Web | |
| Homosassa Seafood Fest | Homosassa, Florida | November 9-10, 2013 | Web | |
| Lake Park Seafood Festival | Lake Park, Florida | November 9-10, 2013 | Web | |
| Sponge Docks Seafood Festival | Tarpon Springs, Florida | November 9-10, 2013 | Web | |
| Stuart Seafood Festival | Stuart, Florida | November 16-17, 2013 | Web | |
| Yankeetown Arts and Crafts and Seafood Festival | Yankeetown, Florida | November 23-24, 2013 | ||
Contact Us About Seafood Festivals
Division of Marketing and Development
Bureau of Seafood and Aquaculture Marketing
The Collins Building, Innovation Park
2051 East Dirac Drive
Tallahassee, Florida 32310
Martin May
(850) 617-7280
(850) 617-7281 Fax
Martin.May@FreshFromFlorida.com
