Every year the Lions host a kickoff event to honor the hard work their volunteers are preparing for and to thank the event sponsors. During this private event, participants from both the Pageant & Shrimp Eating Championship are presented and given the opportunity to introduce themselves to Lions, sponsors and attending family members. This is […]
What A Way To Kick Off the Annual FMB Lions Shrimp Festival.... Wild Caught Florida Gulf Pink Shrimp Dinner Dine In or Take-Out (Slaw, Baked Beans, Cornbread, Cake) Drink ticket Saturday, March 5 $20.00 (cash or check) Pre-order your takeout today by calling: (239) 463-6057 or (574) 202-8392 Or by email at [email protected] or […]
The Fort Myers Beach LIONS Club is excited to announce the official Shrimp Festival 'Shrimp Crawl' taking place February 28th - March 9th, 2025 on Fort Myers Beach. We have partnered with local restaurants and bars to provide fans with all the local #PinkGold shrimp they can get their lips on for the ENTIRE WEEK […]
The Kids Shrimp Run is a one mile run on the beach sand and will be run on the first Saturday in March. The Kids 1-mile race sponsored by Next Level Builders of SWFL will take place Saturday March 1st at 8am. This fun run starts and ends on the beach at beach access on Gulf […]
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 […]
Why else would you come to a Shrimp Festival on the beach? The Fort Myers Beach Lions have been boiling and serving delicious, pink Gulf shrimp to festival attendees for over sixty years! The secrets of perfectly cooked ‘peel and eat’ shrimp have been passed from boil master to boil master through the years, as […]
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!
