The Kids Shrimp Run is a one mile run on the beach sand and will be run on the first Saturday in March. The race will begin and end at the beach access on Gulf Beach Road across from the old Topps Supermarket and ends at Connecticut Street beach access. Starting at 8am, each grade […]
The Fort Myers Beach LIONS Club is excited to announce the official Shrimp Festival 'Shrimp Crawl' taking place March 3rd - March 9th, 2025 on Fort Myers Beach. Because the Shrimp Festival is being held in a new location, we are limited to vendor spaces and unable to have our traditional shrimp boil. So, we […]
The festive 5k course takes you over the Matanzas Bridge twice while thousands of onlookers cheer runners on! The race starts at 9 am and precedes the ever-popular Shrimp Parade.
The Fort Myers Beach Shrimp Festival parade is approximately 2-miles long and runs down the main street of town on Estero Blvd from the Beach Elementary school (parade loading zone) to the base of the Matanzas Bridge on the beach side. Parade entrants are automatically entered into our Shrimp Festival Parade competition and awarded trophies […]
A special collection of your favorite Shrimp Festival vendors are back for the return of the Fort Myers Beach Lions Shrimp Festival arts and crafts fair! With its' new location along Old San Carlos Blvd. and between 1st Street & 3rd Street, attendees can shop for Official Lion's Club's Shrimp Festival t-shirts, and handmade goods […]
The Fort Myers Beach Shrimp Festival pageant, run for 60+ years & a project of the Ft. Myers Beach Lions Club, features contestants 15-20 years old who want to become this year’s Shrimp Festival Queen. Contestants must be able to appear at all the events for judging and in the Festival Parade and at the […]
Historic Blessing of the Fleet, Sunday Service & 'Pink Gold' Shrimp Celebration Join Saint Raphael's Episcopal Church & the Fort Myers Beach Shrimping Fleet for a traditional Sunday mass service followed by the historic blessing of the fleet & a 'Pink Gold' shrimp celebration! 10AM: Saint Raphael's Traditional Sunday Service - all are welcome! 11AM: […]
The Fort Myers Beach Lions Club has announced the return of their most “fulfilling” addition to their world-famous annual event, the Annual Shrimp Festival Shrimp Eating Championship. The contest will feature up to 10 sponsored contestants who will compete to eat as many pounds of cooked and peeled Ft. Myers Beach Pink Gold Shrimp within […]
Head down to Shrimp Festival home base at Bayside Park for the Shrimp Festival closing ceremony with LIVE MUSIC, 50/50 raffle drawings, silent auction winner announcements & more!
