From September 24th - 26th, the  33rd annual Pensacola Seafood Festival will be held in historic Seville Square in downtown Pensacola.  Consistently recognized as one of the Top 20 events in the Southeast (by the Southeast Tourism Society), the fantastic seafood is the highlight of the weekend and the festivities are a short drive away from Pensacola Beach.  Click here for directions.

Handpicked food vendors offer a wide variety of seafood dishes and other festival fare.  Some highlights of the previous year’s menus include southern style crab cakes, gator bites, blackened mahi mahi, bang bang shrimp, fried crawfish pistolettes, shrimp creole, boudin ball and shark on a stick.

Along with all of the delicious food, there will be more than 180 arts and crafts vendors creating one of the largest arts and crafts fairs in Northwest Florida. 

With more than 180 arts and crafts vendors, the Pensacola Seafood Festival is also one of the largest arts and crafts fairs in Northwest Florida. Click here for more information about the arts and crafts vendors.

Live musical performances by local and regional acts will be held through the duration of the festival in Fountain Park adjacent to Seville Square.

The Pensacola Seafood Festival also offers cooking demonstrations, a 5K run/walk, the Splash Dogs competition, 2009 Redfish Cup Championship, a children’s area, and other activities that were located in Bartram Park.