Seafood Festival

The Fiesta of Five Flags presents the Pensacola Seafood Festival on the fourth weekend of September in historic Seville Square area in downtown Pensacola. You and your family can enjoy delicious fruits of the sea at this outstanding event which has been consistently recognized as one of the Top 20 festivals in the Southeast by the Southeast Tourism Society. The 2008 festival is scheduled for September 26, 27, and 28. Admission is free.

The fantastic seafood for which the Gulf Coast is famous will be the highlight of the weekend. Carefully selected food vendors offer a wide variety of seafood dishes and other festival fare. Past food vendors menus have included coconut shrimp, fried oysters, grits a’ ya ya, blackened mahi mahi, green tomato gumbo, Pensacola crab ball, fried grouper, kettle corn and funnel cakes.

With more than 200 arts and crafts vendors, the festival is also one of the largest arts and crafts fairs in Northwest Florida. Please click here for more information about arts and crafts.

Each year a gifted local artist creates a piece of artwork which represents the festival.

Please click here to purchase official Pensacola Seafood Festival merchandise.

Live musical performances by local bands are held throughout the festival in Fountain Park. Check back for details and an entertainment schedule.

The Pensacola Seafood Festival also offers cooking demonstrations, a 5 K run, a children’s area, and other activities.