By VISIT FLORIDA Staff                                                                 

Want seafood? Florida has it, on a huge scale and pretty much year round.

Here’s a sampling of seafood festivals in the Sunshine State from the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.

All feature delicious local seafood, and many have live musical performances, arts and crafts vendors, children’s rides, parades, 5K run/walks, cooking demonstrations, and competitions such as oyster shucking.

Let’s eat.

January

Apalachicola Oyster Cook-Off
Apalachicola

Florida Keys Seafood Festival
Key West

John’s Pass Annual Seafood Festival   
Madeira Beach

Port Salerno Seafood Festival
Port Salerno

Port St. Lucie Seafood Festival
Port St. Lucie 

February

Clearwater Sea-Blues Festival  
Clearwater  

Chowder Cook-off Seafood Festival
Port Canaveral               

Cortez Commercial Fishing Festival
Cortez               

Everglades City Seafood Festival   
Everglades City      

ShrimpFest
Fellsmere     

March          

Deering Seafood Festival
Miami             

Grant Seafood Festival
Grant 

Marathon Seafood Festival
Marathon              

Shrimpapalooza Festival
Homosassa           

St. Augustine Lions Seafood Festival
St. Augustine         

Taste of the Sea Seafood Festival
Fort Pierce   

April 

Dania Beach Arts and Seafood Festival
Dania Beach

Fort Pierce Oyster Festival  
Force Pierce

Isle of Eight Flags Shrimp Festival 
Fernandina Beach          

Panacea Blue Crab Festival
Panacea               

Pompano Beach Seafood Festival   
Pompano Beach             

Treasure Coast Seafood Festival
Vero Beach

The Pensacola Seafood Festival is one of Northwest Florida’s longest running festivals, and you can expect lots of great Gulf-to-table dishes, like fried mullet and shrimp and grits from the city’s top restaurants. - Pensacola Seafood Festival

The Pensacola Seafood Festival is one of Northwest Florida’s longest running festivals, and you can expect lots of great Gulf-to-table dishes, like fried mullet and shrimp and grits from the city’s top restaurants.
- Pensacola Seafood Festival

 

September 

Pensacola Seafood Festival
Pensacola    

October       

Cedar Key Seafood Festival   
Cedar Key              

Destin Seafood Festival
Destin                   

Naples Stone Crab Festival  
Naples             

November  

Homosassa Seafood Festival   
Homosassa  

Florida Seafood Festival 
Apalachicola      

Ormond Beach Riverfest Seafood Festival  
Ormond Beach           

Sponge Docks Seafood Festival
Tarpon Springs       

Stone Crab Jam 
Crystal River         

Yankeetown Seafood Festival 
Yankeetown

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