Galveston Island Shrimp Festival

Name: Galveston Island Shrimp Festival
Start: 2024-09-27T19:30:00-05:00
End: 2024-09-28T19:00:00-05:00
Location: Strand Historic District

Schedule

Fri Sep 27 2024 at 07:30 pm to Sat Sep 28 2024 at 07:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

Strand Historic District | Galveston, TX

15th Annual Galveston Island Shrimp Festival! 🦐🦐🦐
This event celebrates Galveston's great wild seafood and island lifestyle. Featuring shrimp gumbo tasting, a gumbo cook-off, a 5K fun run & more! 🤩
Galveston Island is a seafood lover’s paradise all year round, but each year, Yaga’s Entertainment Inc. brings foodies a little taste of heaven. Come and try some of the best shrimp gumbo the Gulf Coast has to offer! 🤤
Event festivities begin September 27th with the Friday Kick-Off Party in Saengerfest Park with over 800 guests! Tickets are available to the public for purchase and include a Texas Size Shrimp Dinner, free-flowing libations, and live music. 💃🍻😋
The Saturday, September 28th events begin with the official Shrimp Scamper 5k Fun Run on the seawall. All fitness levels and ages are invited to join in this non-competitive event. Costumes and teams are strongly encouraged. 👟🤪
The Shrimp Gumbo Cook-Off, boat show, vendor exhibits, and live music will be held in the Historic Strand District on that same Saturday beginning at 10 am. 😱 Visitors to the festival will be able to purchase a Gumbo Sampling Cup in advance. ✅ This cup will allow guests to sample gumbo from cook-off teams from 12-4 p.m. Attendees can also purchase the Shrimp Dinner Plate Combo, which features fried shrimp and a free beer.
If you'd like to get in on all the action, register to be an official judge for our Amateur Cook-Off division! 🧑‍⚖️
Professional teams from some of Galveston Island's famous restaurants will also be selling various dishes for public purchase!
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A portion of event proceeds will benefit the University of Texas Medical Branch.
For tickets and additional information visit www.galvestonislandshrimpfestival.com