There’s a reason throngs of locals and visitors wait all year for the Original Marathon Seafood Festival. One year away from its 50th anniversary, “The Fest” produced by the Organized Fishermen of Florida and the Greater Marathon Chamber of Commerce made Marathon Community Park the unquestioned place to be on March 8 and 9. A sprawling array of nonprofits, service organizations and vendors offered more options than guests could shake their wallets at, while the beer flowed all day and the festival’s namesake grub was cooked up by those who know it best – Marathon’s top-shelf commercial fishermen, aided by an army of volunteers. When the sun sank low on Saturday, an all-day local music lineup gave way to the power ballads and classic rock songs of Monster, while the Marshall Morlock Band headlined Sunday’s tunes.
Photos by NATALIE DANKO/Photo Design by Natalie.
