Florida Seafood Festival in Apalachicola NOV 1 & 2, 2013

[Teresa]

Most of the seafood we enjoy in South Walton comes from the Apalachicola Bay area - one of the world's richest marine estuaries. For true seafood lovers, there's no better place or time to celebrate delicious seafood and the rich heritage of the seafood industry than the annual Florida Seafood Festivalon the banks of the Apalachicola river.

This year the festival turns up the heat, marking its 50th anniversary with a two-day celebration of fresh seafood, music, and art. The annual festival draws thousands of visitors to the historic town of Apalachicola on Florida's Forgotten Coast. The event will be held at the mouth of the Apalachicola River under the shady oaks of Apalachicola's Battery Park on November 1-2, 2013. Some of the notable events include oyster eating and oyster shucking contests, blue crab races, cooking contests, a downtown parade, 5k Redfish Run and the Blessing of the Fleet.

This year’s headline entertainment features Kellie Pickler, an American country music artist and television personality. Kellie takes the stage on Saturday night at 8 p.m. on the main stage in the park, followed with a fireworks display to end the festival.
Learn more about the history of the festival, event schedule, festival gear and more at www.FloridaSeafoodFestival.com.

To celebrate the festival’s golden year, the Florida Seafood Festival and SoWal.com are offering an awesome Apalachicola vacation package giveaway to one lucky winner. Stay tuned for your chance to win accommodations, festival tickets, dining gift certificates and more for the festival weekend!

Become a Florida Seafood Festival Commodore by sponsoring the event! Commodore's receive a great deal of recognition leading up to and throughout the weekend event. These area businesses and leaders also help to provide scholarships to many young folks on the coast in Franklin County. See Florida Seafood Festival / Commodores page for more information.

LIKE Florida Seafood Festival on facebook for updates on events, tshirt giveaways, photos and much more coming up!

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Read SoWal.com feature story for more information about festival events and history:
[h=1]Florida Seafood Festival Celebrates Golden Anniversary in Apalachicola[/h]


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Apalachicola Is a Wonderful Day Trip from South Walton
SoWal.com feature story with photos by Tom McGee, 2011

A Nearby Secret Spot On The Forgotten Coast
SoWal.com feature story about Indian Pass with photos by Jenny Etheredge, 2010

 

[Teresa]

The Florida Seafood Festival is bringing back a tradition from years ago. The King Retsyo Ball will be held on Friday November 1st at the Fort Coombs Armory. Starting at 9:00pm admission is $25 per person and $ 40 per couple pre-sale only. Admission at door will be $25 a person. Must be 21 years or older. The Ball will have Live music and food.

See the Florida Seafood Festival website for full list of events on Nov 1 and 2. Tons of entertainment packed into the weekend in Apalachicola!

 

[Teresa]

Florida Seafood Festival schedule of events includes live music, Redfish Run, blessing of the fleet, parade, blue crab races and more!

Friday NOV 1

10am park opens, no admission, booths open

12-2:30pm music entertainment

4pm Blessing of the Fleet at Battery Park

5-10:30pm music entertainment on main stage

9pm King Retsyo Ball at Fort Coombs Armory

10:30pm park closes


Saturday NOV 2
7am registration for Redfish Run at Gibson Inn

8am Redfish Run

10am Parade on Hwy 98

12-1pm music entertainment on main stage

1-5pm blue crab races (kids under 12)

1pm oyster shucking contest

1:15pm oyster eating contest

3-7:45 pm music entertainment on main stage

8pm headliner Kelli Pickler followed by fireworks

11pm park closes

LOTS of SEAFOOD and other fun throughout the weekend at the festival in Battery Park:

Arts and Crafts Exhibits
The Festival has up as many as 90 arts and crafts booth that attend each year with everything having to be hand made in someway. The booths take up the largest portion of the park as the booths are lined up in the beautiful Battery Park.

Fresh Florida Seafood
The Food Row area of the Festival is something of a seafood lovers paradise from Freah Oysters on the Half shell to Smoked Mullet and Everything in between if it is caught in our local waters you can find it here. All the seafood is sold by local Not for Profit groups to benefit their organization they include churches, schools and civic organizations. Caught Fresh, Served Fresh. The Festival has also other non seafood items on food row to satisfy any Festival goers appetite.

Carnival
The south end of the Festival grounds is the location of the Large Carnival with many different types of rides and games to keep you busy for hours. Each year the carnival provider has brought more and more rides and games for the community to enjoy.

Read more at Florida Seafood Festival website.

SoWal Feature Story with photos, events and history of the festival:
http://sowal.com/story/florida-seafood-festival-celebrates-golden-anniversary-in-apalachicola