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2005
Seafood Festivals and other information resources:
Palm
Beach Seafood Festival
Date(s): March
4 - 6, 2005
Site - Park Name: Howard
Park
Street Address:
City & County: West
Palm Beach, FL (Palm Beach)
Coordinator: Randy
La Venia
Phone: (561)
832-6397
Fax: (561)
832-2032
Email: rlavenia@fantasma.com
Website: www.fantasma.com
Focus: Family
event, seafood, live music, arts and crafts and children's
Seafood Featured: shrimp,
oysters, crawfish, grouper, crab, and more
Co-Sponsor/Seafood Affiliated Groups(s):
N/A
Seafest
2005
Date(s): March
11, 12 & 13, 2005
Site - Park Name: Port
Canaveral
Street Address: 500
Grouper Road
City & County: Cape
Canaveral, FL (Brevard County)
Coordinator: Sandy
Owens, VP Ops. Cocoa Beach Area Chamber of Commerce
Phone: (321)
459-2200
Fax: (321)
459-2232
Email: sowens@cocoabeachchamber.com
Website: www.seafest.com
and www.cocoabeachchamber.com
Focus: Seafood
and Entertainment
Seafood Featured: fish
and shellfish (varieties of each)
Co-Sponsor/Seafood Affiliated Groups(s):
Cocoa Beach Area Chamber
of Commerce and the Canaveral Port Authority
Marathon
Seafood Festival
Date(s): March
19 & 20, 2005
Site - Park Name: Marathon
Airport
Street Address: 9400
Overseas Highway
City & County: Marathon,
FL (Monroe County)
Coordinator: M.J.
Neel
Phone: (305)
743-5417
Fax: (305)
289-0183
Email: bonnie@floridakeysmarathon.com
Website: www.floridakeysmarathon.com
Focus: Showcase
local seafood
Seafood Featured: dolphin,
shrimp, lobster, crab, oysters, clams
Co-Sponsor/Seafood Affiliated Groups(s):
Organized Fisherman of
Florida, Marathon Chapter & Greater Marathon Chamber of
Commerce
Festival is held annually every 4th
Saturday & Sunday in March.
19th
Annual Pompano Beach Seafood Festival
Date(s): April
22 - 24, 2005
Site - Park Name: On
the Beach at Atlantic Boulevard
Street Address: Atlantic
Boulevard & A1A
City & County: Pompano
Beach, FL (Broward)
Coordinator: John
Good
Phone: (954)
570-7785
Fax: (954)
570-7786
Email: goodshows@bellsouth.net
Website: www.pompanobeachseafoodfestival.com
Focus: Seafood,
Music, Arts & Crafts
Seafood Featured: a
variety of fresh seafood and other specialty foods
Co-Sponsor/Seafood Affiliated Groups(s):
N/A
Carrabelle
Riverfront Festival
Date(s): April
23 - 24, 2005
Site - Park Name: Marine
Street
Street Address: Marine
Street
City & County: Carabelle,
FL (Franklin)
Coordinator: Lorraine
Dowden
Phone: (850)
679-2585
Fax: (850)
679-2585 - call first
Email: chamber@nettalley.com
Website: www.carrabellechamber.org
Focus: Maritime
Heritage - Fine Arts and Crafts
Seafood Featured: Various
Seafood
Co-Sponsor/Seafood Affiliated Groups(s):
N/A
Central Florida’s 16th Annual
Rajuncajun
Crawfish Festival 2005 Reunion
Returns to its birthplace Saturday, April 23, 2005 being hosted
by the
Isle Of Pine’s Property Owners Association and the Crawfish
Company Of Central Florida, Inc. Isle Of Pine’s South
Beach, located in southeast Orlando across Lake Mary Jane
from Moss Park, is the birthplace of Central Florida's Annual
Rajuncajun Crawfish Festivals. Ideally situated on beautiful
Lake Mary Jane, you truly have the atmosphere, tastes and
smells of Louisiana’s famous Cajun Crawfish Boils.
Live entertainment for a Bayou-Blast-Foot-Stompin-Good-Time
Isle
of 8 Flags Shrimp Festival
Date(s): April
29 & 30 and May 1, 2005
Site - Park Name: Historic
Downtown Fernandina Beach
Street Address:
P.O. Box 6146 (Centre Street)
City & County: Fernandina
Beach, FL (Nassau)
Coordinator: Sandy
Price, Executive Director
Phone: (866)
426-3542
Fax: (904)
321-5643
Email: 4info@shrimpfestival.com
Website: www.shrimpfestival.com
Focus: Shrimp,
Fine Arts & Crafts, Antiques, Entertainment, Family Fun
Seafood Featured: shrimp
Co-Sponsor/Seafood Affiliated Groups(s):
Presented by Publix
Festival is held annually every 1st
Sat. & Sun. in May.
May
6 - 8, 2005. Pensacola
Crawfish and Creole Festival.
Celebrates the Cajun influence in the Northwest Florida
Community. The event is one of the largest crawfish boils
in state. In addition to crawfish other traditional Cajun
fare served will be spicy chicken, red beans & rice,
jambalaya and etouffee.
31st
Annual Blue Crab Festival
Date(s): Saturday,
May 7, 2005
Admission: $3
per person, children under 12 admitted free
Site - Park Name: Woolley
Park
Street Address: Coastal
Highway 98, East on Mound Street
City & County: Panacea,
FL (Wakulla County)
Coordinator: Kathie
Brown and Sherrie Miller
Phone: (850)
984-2722
Fax: N/A
Email: info@bluecrabfest.com
Website: www.bluecrab-festival.com
Focus: Family
event, parade, seafood, live music, arts & crafts, children's
midway, and fireworks
Seafood Featured: blue
crab, fish, oysters, and scallops
Co-Sponsor/Seafood Affiliated Groups(s):
Blue Crab Board of Directors
in association with the Coastal Optimist Club, Blue Crab
Steering Committee, Wakulla County Welcome Center, and the
Wakulla County Parks and Recreation Department
Ruskin
Seafood & Arts Festival
Date(s): November
5-6, 2005
Site - Park Name: E.G.
Simmons Park
Street Address: 2401
19th Avenue N.W.
City & County: Ruskin,
FL (Hillsborough)
Coordinator: Suzy
Lacey
Phone: (813)
645-3808
Fax: (813)
645-2099
Email: ruskinchamber@earthlink.net
Website: www.ruskinchamber.org/rccsff
Focus: Family
Event, Seafood, Live Music, Juried Fine Art, Children's
Court, Boat Show
Seafood Featured: a
variety of fresh seafood and other specialty foods
Co-Sponsor/Seafood Affiliated Groups(s):
N/A
Festival is held annually every 1st
weekend in November
More resources:
Florida
Food Festivals, Events, Shows, Contests.
www.foodreference.com/html/florida-food-festivals.html
Some great seafood recipes
and seafood festivals that are sure to provide Cellular
South Pensacola Seafood Festival, Pensacola, Florida. Cape
May Seafood Festival
www.aquanet.com/resources/seafood/aq_sea3.htm
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