👟🌞 SHRIMP FESTIVAL KIDS RUN 🦐🌴 Kick off Shrimp Festival season with a fun, feel-good fitness event just for kids! The Shrimp Festival Kids Run invites young runners in grades K–5 to take on a ½-mile out-and-back beach race at Crescent Beach Family Park, where festival excitement, island spirit, and sandy smiles set the tone […]
🥁🦐 SHRIMP FESTIVAL PARADE 🌴🌞 Get ready for marching bands, floats, princesses, costumes, community groups, island energy, and unforgettable festival spirit! The Fort Myers Beach Shrimp Festival Parade stretches approximately 2 miles down Estero Boulevard, beginning at the Beach Elementary School parade loading zone and rolling all the way to the base of Matanzas Bridge […]
Historic Blessing of the Fleet, Sunday Service 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. Once again, St. Raphael’s Church will be involved in the Blessing of the Fleet on March 15, 2026. This is a religious […]
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.
🎨🌴 SHRIMP FESTIVAL ARTS & CRAFTS FAIR 🌞🦐 The Fort Myers Beach Lions Shrimp Festival Arts & Crafts Fair is officially back — bursting with color, creativity, community, and coastal […]
🦐 Shrimp Festival Shrimp Boil 🌞Join us for one of Fort Myers Beach’s most anticipated traditions of the weekend — the Shrimp Festival Shrimp Boil, proudly hosted by the Fort […]
🦐 FORT MYERS BEACH SHRIMP FESTIVAL PAGEANT 🌞 A 60+ year island legacy of sparkle, sisterhood, and service—and YOU could be the next Shrimp Festival Queen! Open to contestants ages […]
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 […]
