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
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
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