St. Marys Seafood Festival
Seafood Festival & Cumberland Island National Seashore 50th Anniversary Commemoration Kick-Off Event
It's time for the St. Marys Seafood Festival & Cumberland Island National Seashore 50th Anniversary Commemoration Kick-Off!!
The festival brings a full day of family fun in St. Marys, including a 5K and 10K run, a themed 10:00 a.m. parade featuring floats, fire trucks, tractors, and golf carts, and, of course, seafood concessionaires. You’ll also find entertainment, demonstrations, arts & crafts vendors, and more.
Cumberland Island National Seashore Commemorates 50 Years this month and will start the parade off in style with Gary Ingram, Superintendent, serving as Parade Grand Marshal. Throughout the day, check out the Cumberland Island related demonstrations and activities on the lawn of the NPS visitor center.
A favorite part of the day will be the food! The restaurants will be offering seafood festival specials and there will be food trucks and vendors with sensational seafood fare. The Kiwanis Club will offer their Kiwanis Seafood Dinners for $20. They will serve from 11:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. and each dinner includes fried fish, fried rock shrimp, boiled shrimp, coleslaw, and hush puppies.
The festival is on the waterfront in St. Marys historic district and offers visitors a relaxing small-town feel.
*All times and activities are subject to change. The festival schedule is tentatively as follows:
7:00 a.m. ~ 5K / 10K Run Start
9:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. ~ Vendors
9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. ~ Activities & Demonstrations on the NPS Visitor Center Lawn
10:00 a.m. ~ Parade Begins with Grand Marshal NPS Superintendent Gary Ingram
1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. ~ Camden County Community Band at the Park
4:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. ~ Music in the Park Concert with Roger "Hurricane" Wilson and the Cumberland Sound Effect featuring Jerry Lee and Jeff Malone.
If you’re planning on attending, advance registration is encouraged for the 5K/10K runs and is mandatory for vendors and parade entrants.
The St. Marys Seafood Festival is organized by the Kiwanis Club of St. Marys and has formerly been known as the St. Marys Rock Shrimp Festival. The festival is supported by the City of St. Marys and area sponsors. Festival proceeds are spent locally to fund Kiwanis youth programs in Camden County. For more information, visit smkiwanis.com. For information on restaurants, lodging, and other local information explore www.visitstmarys.com.
