52nd annual Florida Seafood festival starts today

The 52nd Florida Seafood Festival begins today at Battery Park in Apalachicola.

The gates open at 10 this morning, there is no charge to get in the park this afternoon.

The blessing of the fleet will begin at 4 o'clock with King Retsyo and Miss Florida Seafood leading the pack aboard a shrimp boat.

Once the blessing is complete, the king and queen will then officially open the weekend’s activities.

There will be live musical entertainment from through the afternoon at the festival’s main stage – today’s headliner is Christian music artist Jason Crabb who will play at 8 PM.

The park will close tonight at 10:30.

Saturday is the big day of the festival.

The Redfish Run begins at 8 at the Gibson Inn - The Seafood Festival Parade begins at 10 on Saturday morning.  

It costs 5 dollars to get in the park on Saturday, but for the price you get to watch the oyster shucking and oyster eating contest as well as hourly blue crab races.

Festival headliner Tyler Farr will kick off his show at 8:30.

The Park will close at 11 Pm on Saturday.

If you would like to see a full listing of this weekends events, just log on to the festival’s official website at www.floridaseafoodfestival.com.

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