Sneads Ferry Shrimp Festival - Expired Event

From Sneads Ferry Shrimp Festival Website:

The Sneads Ferry Shrimp Festival celebrates its 44th year on August 10, 2013. A tradition that began as a way to honor the local fishing community has grown over the years, drawing crowds of more than 10,000 people. The two day festival includes a parade, music, shrimp heading contest, fireworks, beer and wine tent, car show, military exhibits, arts & crafts, lots of food and lots of shrimp!

Sneads Ferry, with a population of less than 3,000, is a fishing village that boasts annual catches over 385 tons of shrimp, 25 tons of flounder, and approximately 493 tons of other delicious seafood like clams, scallops, oysters, mullet, spots, grouper, soft shell and hard shell crabs, sea bass, etc.

For more information on the festival, please visit http://www.sneadsferryshrimpfestival.org/.