This festival is back after taking two years off for COVID-19. It will be our eighth timeschedule participating on the Isle of Eight Flags (Amelia Island). They are expecting over 120 thousand visitors this year. This event includes a food festival, entertainment, a vintage/antiques show, contests, the festival parade (the deadline for entering the parade just expired yesterday), the kids fun zone, the festival pageant, and a decorated shrimp boat contest. The art festival is open from 9 am to 6 pm on Saturday, April 30, and Sunday from 10 to 5. It will be along Centre Street and all side streets from 8th Street west to the railroad tracks in historic Fernandina Beach. Come find us in Booth 309.
For more information, see their website (www.shrimpfestival.com). Hope to see you there.
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