many exhibitors have both sail and powerboaters as customers. For kids, there will be free fishing clinics with free fishing gear to be given away as long as supplies last. Discover Sailing will offer free sailboat rides in Tampa Bay. The show is located at Progress Energy Center for the Arts Mahaffey Theater Yacht Basin and Albert Whitted Park at 400 First St. South, St. Petersburg. Boaters can arrive at the show by boat, and docks will be available. Show hours are: Thursday and Friday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Saturday, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Ticket Prices: $2 off each ticket purchased online; $12 for each adult at the gate; Kids 15 and under free. Tickets, directions and more information are available on the St. Petersburg boat show pages at www.showmanagement.com. (SOUTHWINDS has booth #117 at the show in the sailing tent—halfway down on the right as you enter—and distributes an additional 2000 copies at the show. To advertise, contact editor@southwindsmagazine.com, (941) 795-8704.)
SEAFOOD FESTIVALS
Oct. 10-13, 42nd Annual National Shrimp Festival, Gulf Shores, AL Main public beach. Fresh-from-the-gulf seafood at the 42nd Annual National Shrimp Festival during this four-day event that attracts over 250,000 people. 250-plus vendors with shrimp, fine arts and crafts, along with two music stages featuring major national recording artists as well as local favorites. Children’s Activity Village for kids entertainment. Free. www.nationalshrimpfestival.com/ Oct. 12-13. Beaufort Shrimp Festival. Shrimp cooked every way. Local restaurants offer their specialties. Beaufort, SC. www.sneadsferry.org/festival/scf_beaufort_shrimpfest.htm Oct. 19-20. 48th Annual Cedar Key Seafood Festival. Parade, arts and crafts, lots of seafood. 9-5 p.m. This major event features well over 200 arts and crafts exhibits, and great food in City Park. There will be live entertainment at several places around town, and a parade on Saturday morning. Over the weekend, there is an open house at the lighthouse on Seahorse Key, the big island three miles to the west of Cedar Key. Shuttle boats are available at City Marina. www.cedarkey.org
Oct 4-6. 27th Annual North Carolina Seafood Festival and Boat Show. Food, music and lots of other events. Morehead City, NC. www.ncseafoodfestival.org.
Oct. 25-27. 32nd Annual John’s Pass Seafood Festival. Childrens area, live entertainment and fishing expo. The arts and craft show is designed with a nautical theme. A bounty of fresh seafood featuring the favorite Madeira
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