This page needs to be updated. Many of the events occur on the same weekends each year so for now leaving this up may at least provide suggestions.
2020 Shrimp Festivals in the Southeast. Contact us to add yours!
ALABAMA
February 29 - Orange Beach Seafood Festival
April 18 - Dauphin Island Gumbo Festival
May 2 - Episcopal Place Gumbo Gala (Birmingham)
May 2 & 3 - 71st Annual Blessing of the Fleet (Bayou La Batre)
September 5 - 50th Annual St. William Seafood Festival (Guntersville)
October 8, 9, 10 & 11 - 48th Annual National Shrimp Festival (Gulf Shores)
FLORIDA
January 17, 18 & 19 - 4th Annual Sarasota Seafood & Music Festival
January 18 & 19 - Florida Keys Seafood Festival (Key West)
January 24, 25 & 26 - Englewood Seafood & Music Festival
January 25 - 13th Annual Port Salerno Seafood Festival
January 31, February 1 & 2 - St. Pete Beach Seafood & Music Festival
February 7, 8 & 9 - Everglades Seafood Festival (Everglades City)
February 7, 8 & 9 - Boca Raton Seafood & Music Festival
February 29 & March 1 - Palm Beach Marine Flea Market & Seafood Festival
February 15 & 16- Cortez Commercial Fishing Festival
February 22 & 23 - Jupiter Seafood Festival
2021 - St. Petersburg Seafood & Music Festival
February 16 - Ft. Myers Blessing of the Fleet
February 23 - New Smyrna Beach Gumbo Festival
February 29 & March 1 - Grant Seafood Festival (Grant-Valkaria)
TBD - Space Coast Seafood and Music Fest (Viera)
March 14 - Shrimpa-Palooza Festival (Homosassa)
March 14 & 15 - Ft. Myers Beach Shrimp Festival
March 14 & 15 - The Original Marathon Seafood Festival
March 20, 21 & 22 - Shrimpfest & Craft Brew Hullabaloo (Sebastian)
March 20, 21 & 22 - St. Augustine Lions Seafood Festival
March 20, 21 & 22 - Marco Island Seafood & Music Festival
March 21 - Sandy Shoes Seafood & Brew (Ft. Pierce)
March 28 & 29 - Dania Beach Arts & Seafood Celebration
March 29 - 16th Annual Deering Seafood Festival (Miami)
April 18 - The Seafood Revelery (New Port Richey)
April 24, 25 & 26 - Tampa Bay Seafood & Music Festival
2021 - Cotee River Seafood, Blues & Boat Festival (New Port Richey)
TBD - Martin County Shrimp and Lobster Festival (Stuart)
April 24, 25 & 26 - 36th Annual Pompano Beach Seafood Festival
May 1, 2 & 3 - Isle of Eight Flags Shrimp Festival (Fernandina Beach)
May 8, 9 & 10 - Venice Seafood & Music Festival
May 22, 23 & 24 - St. Armands Seafood & Music Festival
TBD - New Smyrna Beach Shrimp & Seafood Festival
September 5 & 6 - Gem City Shrimp Blast (Palatka)
September 25, 26 & 27 - Pensacola Seafood Festival
October 2, 3 & 4 - Destin Seafood Festival
October 3 - Seafood Soul Fest (Ft. Pierce)
October 17 & 18 - South Florida Seafood Festival (Miami)
October 21, 22, 23 & 24 - South Beach Seafood Festival
October 22, 23, 24 & 25 - John's Pass Seafood Festival (St. Pete)
TBD - Coconut Grove Seafood Festival
TBD - Cedar Key Seafood Festival
TBD - 57th Annual Florida Seafood Festival (Apalachicola)
November 7 - Brandon Seafood Festival
TBD - Ruskin Seafood Festival
November 13, 14 & 15 - Sponge Docks Seafood Festival (Tarpon Springs)
November 14 & 15 - Annual Homosassa Arts. Crafts & Seafood Festival
November 21 & 22 - Ormond Riverfest Seafood Festival
November 21 & 22 - 39th Annual Yankeetown Arts, Crafts & Seafood Festival
December 4, 5 & 6 - Siesta Beach Seafood & Music Festival
GEORGIA
February 22 - Gumbo Gumbeaux Festival (Hinesville)
March 27, 28 & 29 - Blessing of the Fleet (Darien)
April 26 - Atlanta Shrimp and Grits Festival
June 5, 6 & 7 - North Georgia Highlands Seafood & Wine Festival (Young Harris)
TBD - River Street Seafood Festival (Savannah)
May 9 - 82nd Annual Brunswick Blessing of the Fleet
October 3 - St. Marys Rock Shrimp Festival
November 6, 7 & 8 - Great Ogeechee Seafood Festival (Richmond Hill)
November 6, 7 & 8 - Jekyll Island Wild Georgia Shrimp & Grits Festival
November 14 - Pin Point Seafood Festival (Savannah)
LOUISIANA
TBD - Annual Blessing of the Fleet (Golden Meadows)
TBD - Cutlure Gathering related to Annual Blessing (Dulac)
(Sponsored by Holy Family Catholic Church)
TBD - Annual Boat Blessing Celebration (Dulac)
(Sponsored by Holy Family Catholic Church)
TBD - Chauvin Blessing of the Fleet
April 24, 25 & 26 - Grand Isle Blessing of the Fleet
TBD - Blessing of the Fleet at Venice Boat Harbor
August 9, 10 & 11 - Louisiana Gumbo Festival of Chackbay
August 19, 20, 21, 22 & 23 - Delcambre Shrimp Festival
TBD - Plaquemines Parish Seafood Festival
June 22 - Gulf Coast Shrimp and Jazz Festival (Lake Charles)
September 3, 4, 5, 6 & 7 - Louisiana Shrimp & Petroleum Festival (Morgan City)
October 2, 3 & 4 - St. Mary Magdalen Seafood Festival (Metairie)
TBD - Bucktown Seafood Festival (Metairie)
On Hiatus/TBD - Louisiana Seafood Festival (New Orleans)
MISSISSIPPI
May 22, 23 & 24 - Annual St. Clare Seafood Festival (Waveland)
June 6 & 7 - Biloxi Blessing of the Fleet (& Shrimp Festival)
September 12 & 13 - Biloxi Seafood Festival
October 2, 3 & 4 - Holy Family Seafood Festival (Pass Christian)
NORTH CAROLINA
April 18 & 19 - Pleasure Island Seafood, Blues & Jazz Festival (Kure Beach)
May 9 - New Bern Crab & Seafood Festival
May 9 - I Love Seafood Festival (Gastonia)
August 7, 8 & 9 - 50th Annual Sneads Ferry Shrimp Festival
September 13 & 14 - Day at the Docks (Hatteras)
October 2, 3 & 4 - NC Seafood Festival (Morehead CIty)
October 17 - Outer Banks Seafood Festival (Nags Head)
SOUTH CAROLINA
February 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29 & March 1 - Hilton Head Island Seafood Fest
March 28 - 7th Annual Bridges Block Party Shrimp & Grits Cook-Off (Port Royal)
April 26 - 33rd Annual Blessing of the Fleet & Seafood Festival (Mt. Pleasant)
May 2 - 44th Annual Lowcountry Shrimp Festival & Blessing of the Fleet (McClellanville)
May 9 - 2nd Annual Seafood Festival of Charleston
May 30 - A Taste of Beaufort Arts and Seafood Festival
July 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25 & 26 - Beaufort Water Festival
September 17, 18 & 19 - Yemassee Shrimp Festival
TBD - Hilton Head Island Shrimp Festival
TBD - Beaufort Shrimp Festival
October 10 & 11 - Little River Shrimp Festival
October 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24 & 25 - Historic Blufton Arts and Seafood Festival
October 24 - Gullah / Geechee Seafood Festival (St. Helena Island)
TEXAS
March 14 - Houston Seafood Festival
April 24 - Texas Shrimp Association 69th Annual Convention (S. Padre Island)
April 24, 25 & 26 - 52nd Blessing of the Fleet - Kemah
June 12, 13 & 14 - 72nd Aransas Pass Shrimporee
June 12 & 13 - 40th Annual Shrimpfest (Seadrift)
TBD - Blessing of the Fleet (Brownsville)
TBD - Blessing of the Fleets and Memorial Shrimper's Mass (Port Isabel)
September 25 & 26 - Galveston Island Shrimp Festival
VIRGINIA
May 2 - 52nd Annual Chincoteague Seafood Festival
May 8 & 9 - Deltaville Seafood Festival
August 29 - Crabtown Seafood Festival
September 12 - Kiwanis Shrimp Feast (Williamsburg)_
September 19 - Shrimp Blast 2020 (Prince George)
October 16, 17 & 18 - Poquoson Seafood Festival
October 17 - Holly Point Art and Seafood Festival (Deltaville)
2020 Shrimp Festivals in the Southeast. Contact us to add yours!
ALABAMA
February 29 - Orange Beach Seafood Festival
April 18 - Dauphin Island Gumbo Festival
May 2 - Episcopal Place Gumbo Gala (Birmingham)
May 2 & 3 - 71st Annual Blessing of the Fleet (Bayou La Batre)
September 5 - 50th Annual St. William Seafood Festival (Guntersville)
October 8, 9, 10 & 11 - 48th Annual National Shrimp Festival (Gulf Shores)
FLORIDA
January 17, 18 & 19 - 4th Annual Sarasota Seafood & Music Festival
January 18 & 19 - Florida Keys Seafood Festival (Key West)
January 24, 25 & 26 - Englewood Seafood & Music Festival
January 25 - 13th Annual Port Salerno Seafood Festival
January 31, February 1 & 2 - St. Pete Beach Seafood & Music Festival
February 7, 8 & 9 - Everglades Seafood Festival (Everglades City)
February 7, 8 & 9 - Boca Raton Seafood & Music Festival
February 29 & March 1 - Palm Beach Marine Flea Market & Seafood Festival
February 15 & 16- Cortez Commercial Fishing Festival
February 22 & 23 - Jupiter Seafood Festival
2021 - St. Petersburg Seafood & Music Festival
February 16 - Ft. Myers Blessing of the Fleet
February 23 - New Smyrna Beach Gumbo Festival
February 29 & March 1 - Grant Seafood Festival (Grant-Valkaria)
TBD - Space Coast Seafood and Music Fest (Viera)
March 14 - Shrimpa-Palooza Festival (Homosassa)
March 14 & 15 - Ft. Myers Beach Shrimp Festival
March 14 & 15 - The Original Marathon Seafood Festival
March 20, 21 & 22 - Shrimpfest & Craft Brew Hullabaloo (Sebastian)
March 20, 21 & 22 - St. Augustine Lions Seafood Festival
March 20, 21 & 22 - Marco Island Seafood & Music Festival
March 21 - Sandy Shoes Seafood & Brew (Ft. Pierce)
March 28 & 29 - Dania Beach Arts & Seafood Celebration
March 29 - 16th Annual Deering Seafood Festival (Miami)
April 18 - The Seafood Revelery (New Port Richey)
April 24, 25 & 26 - Tampa Bay Seafood & Music Festival
2021 - Cotee River Seafood, Blues & Boat Festival (New Port Richey)
TBD - Martin County Shrimp and Lobster Festival (Stuart)
April 24, 25 & 26 - 36th Annual Pompano Beach Seafood Festival
May 1, 2 & 3 - Isle of Eight Flags Shrimp Festival (Fernandina Beach)
May 8, 9 & 10 - Venice Seafood & Music Festival
May 22, 23 & 24 - St. Armands Seafood & Music Festival
TBD - New Smyrna Beach Shrimp & Seafood Festival
September 5 & 6 - Gem City Shrimp Blast (Palatka)
September 25, 26 & 27 - Pensacola Seafood Festival
October 2, 3 & 4 - Destin Seafood Festival
October 3 - Seafood Soul Fest (Ft. Pierce)
October 17 & 18 - South Florida Seafood Festival (Miami)
October 21, 22, 23 & 24 - South Beach Seafood Festival
October 22, 23, 24 & 25 - John's Pass Seafood Festival (St. Pete)
TBD - Coconut Grove Seafood Festival
TBD - Cedar Key Seafood Festival
TBD - 57th Annual Florida Seafood Festival (Apalachicola)
November 7 - Brandon Seafood Festival
TBD - Ruskin Seafood Festival
November 13, 14 & 15 - Sponge Docks Seafood Festival (Tarpon Springs)
November 14 & 15 - Annual Homosassa Arts. Crafts & Seafood Festival
November 21 & 22 - Ormond Riverfest Seafood Festival
November 21 & 22 - 39th Annual Yankeetown Arts, Crafts & Seafood Festival
December 4, 5 & 6 - Siesta Beach Seafood & Music Festival
GEORGIA
February 22 - Gumbo Gumbeaux Festival (Hinesville)
March 27, 28 & 29 - Blessing of the Fleet (Darien)
April 26 - Atlanta Shrimp and Grits Festival
June 5, 6 & 7 - North Georgia Highlands Seafood & Wine Festival (Young Harris)
TBD - River Street Seafood Festival (Savannah)
May 9 - 82nd Annual Brunswick Blessing of the Fleet
October 3 - St. Marys Rock Shrimp Festival
November 6, 7 & 8 - Great Ogeechee Seafood Festival (Richmond Hill)
November 6, 7 & 8 - Jekyll Island Wild Georgia Shrimp & Grits Festival
November 14 - Pin Point Seafood Festival (Savannah)
LOUISIANA
TBD - Annual Blessing of the Fleet (Golden Meadows)
TBD - Cutlure Gathering related to Annual Blessing (Dulac)
(Sponsored by Holy Family Catholic Church)
TBD - Annual Boat Blessing Celebration (Dulac)
(Sponsored by Holy Family Catholic Church)
TBD - Chauvin Blessing of the Fleet
April 24, 25 & 26 - Grand Isle Blessing of the Fleet
TBD - Blessing of the Fleet at Venice Boat Harbor
August 9, 10 & 11 - Louisiana Gumbo Festival of Chackbay
August 19, 20, 21, 22 & 23 - Delcambre Shrimp Festival
TBD - Plaquemines Parish Seafood Festival
June 22 - Gulf Coast Shrimp and Jazz Festival (Lake Charles)
September 3, 4, 5, 6 & 7 - Louisiana Shrimp & Petroleum Festival (Morgan City)
October 2, 3 & 4 - St. Mary Magdalen Seafood Festival (Metairie)
TBD - Bucktown Seafood Festival (Metairie)
On Hiatus/TBD - Louisiana Seafood Festival (New Orleans)
MISSISSIPPI
May 22, 23 & 24 - Annual St. Clare Seafood Festival (Waveland)
June 6 & 7 - Biloxi Blessing of the Fleet (& Shrimp Festival)
September 12 & 13 - Biloxi Seafood Festival
October 2, 3 & 4 - Holy Family Seafood Festival (Pass Christian)
NORTH CAROLINA
April 18 & 19 - Pleasure Island Seafood, Blues & Jazz Festival (Kure Beach)
May 9 - New Bern Crab & Seafood Festival
May 9 - I Love Seafood Festival (Gastonia)
August 7, 8 & 9 - 50th Annual Sneads Ferry Shrimp Festival
September 13 & 14 - Day at the Docks (Hatteras)
October 2, 3 & 4 - NC Seafood Festival (Morehead CIty)
October 17 - Outer Banks Seafood Festival (Nags Head)
SOUTH CAROLINA
February 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29 & March 1 - Hilton Head Island Seafood Fest
March 28 - 7th Annual Bridges Block Party Shrimp & Grits Cook-Off (Port Royal)
April 26 - 33rd Annual Blessing of the Fleet & Seafood Festival (Mt. Pleasant)
May 2 - 44th Annual Lowcountry Shrimp Festival & Blessing of the Fleet (McClellanville)
May 9 - 2nd Annual Seafood Festival of Charleston
May 30 - A Taste of Beaufort Arts and Seafood Festival
July 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25 & 26 - Beaufort Water Festival
September 17, 18 & 19 - Yemassee Shrimp Festival
TBD - Hilton Head Island Shrimp Festival
TBD - Beaufort Shrimp Festival
October 10 & 11 - Little River Shrimp Festival
October 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24 & 25 - Historic Blufton Arts and Seafood Festival
October 24 - Gullah / Geechee Seafood Festival (St. Helena Island)
TEXAS
March 14 - Houston Seafood Festival
April 24 - Texas Shrimp Association 69th Annual Convention (S. Padre Island)
April 24, 25 & 26 - 52nd Blessing of the Fleet - Kemah
June 12, 13 & 14 - 72nd Aransas Pass Shrimporee
June 12 & 13 - 40th Annual Shrimpfest (Seadrift)
TBD - Blessing of the Fleet (Brownsville)
TBD - Blessing of the Fleets and Memorial Shrimper's Mass (Port Isabel)
September 25 & 26 - Galveston Island Shrimp Festival
VIRGINIA
May 2 - 52nd Annual Chincoteague Seafood Festival
May 8 & 9 - Deltaville Seafood Festival
August 29 - Crabtown Seafood Festival
September 12 - Kiwanis Shrimp Feast (Williamsburg)_
September 19 - Shrimp Blast 2020 (Prince George)
October 16, 17 & 18 - Poquoson Seafood Festival
October 17 - Holly Point Art and Seafood Festival (Deltaville)
