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Annual National Shrimp Festival


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This event finished on 13 October 2024


Shrimp Festival in Gulf Shores

Food • Music • Art • Sandcastle Contest • 10K/5K • Children’s Village

The Annual National Shrimp Festival is one of the nation’s premier outdoor festivals with live entertainment, more than 300 vendors that offer fine art, arts and crafts, a retail marketplace, kids activities, and of course shrimp.

Two stages offer continuous musical entertainment and the Children’s Activity Village captures the little ones interest with games, crafts and interactive activities that lets them create their own “art” and participate in other fun filled activities. Youngsters will find all kinds of hands-on hoopla in this special area designed just for kids. Supervised activities include arts, crafts, games, and more.

The Shrimp Festival 10K/5K Run/Walk is always held on Saturday morning of the festival. This event has rapidly become very popular with almost 800 participants.

When:

Friday – Sunday, October 10 – 13, 2024
Thursday – Saturday 10 a.m. – 10 p.m.
Sunday 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Where:

Intersection of Hwy 59 and Beach Blvd.
Gulf Shores, Alabama

For additional information:

Visit MyShrimpFest.com or their social pages.

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