This page lists seafood festivals and other events related to fish, crabs, shrimp, lobsters, oysters, clams, scallops, crawfish, shellfish, waterfronts, and commercial fishing.
North Carolina Seafood Festival
www.ncseafoodfestival.org
The North Carolina Seafood Festival is held to recognize the importance of seafood to eastern North Carolina. The festival is held annually in Morehead City, N.C. on the first weekend in October.
New Bedford Working Waterfront Festival
www.workingwaterfrontfestival.org
New Bedford, Massachusetts, America’s largest commercial fishing port, hosts the Working Waterfront Festival, a celebration of commercial fishing culture. The festival is a unique opportunity for the public to get a firsthand look at the culture of fishing and for the commercial fishing community to tell its own story.
Dungeness Crab and Seafood Festival
www.crabfestival.org
The Dungeness Crab and Seafood Festival is the annual celebration of the region’s diverse bounty – the seafood, agriculture and maritime traditions and the breathtaking coastal environment. The Festival takes place in Washington USA the Port Angeles City Pier and Red Lion Hotel overlooking the beautiful Strait of Juan de Fuca.
CATCH Nova Scotia Seafood Festival
www.novascotiaseafoodfestival.com
The CATCH Nova Scotia Seafood Festival is held in Halifax. CATCH brings together seafood, entertainment and the fishing community for an all-inclusive event.
Louisiana Seafood Festival
louisianaseafoodfestival.com
The Louisiana Seafood Festival celebrates extraordinary local cuisine. Starting with everything fresh from the water, local chefs cook shrimp, oysters, crawfish, crab, alligator, and other seafood.