We hope you’ve all prepared your stomachs. The Original Marathon Seafood Festival is here.
Marathon’s marquee event returns this Saturday and Sunday, March 14, filling Marathon Community Park with fresh seafood, all-day tunes and an overload of vendors in one of the finest Middle Keys community celebrations.
And this isn’t just any Seafood Fest – it marks 50 years since the Organized Fishermen of Florida and Greater Marathon Chamber of Commerce first dreamed up the festival, in what is now the Publix parking lot, back in 1976. Five decades later, the festival still showcases one of the industries that built Marathon into the city it is today. And as you shop, eat and drink, remember that it’s all for a good cause – festival proceeds pay for scholarships given to graduating MHS seniors by O.F.F. and the Chamber every year.
The Keys Weekly is proud to produce and distribute the annual Seafood Festival program, and we’ll be stationed at the front gate to greet guests and hand out the one-stop information book. If you want ALL the details, scan the QR code to flip through the program before you visit the fest. But for those of you who want the SparkNotes, here are the basics:
THE DETAILS:
Saturday, March 14
10 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Sunday, March 15
11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
@ Marathon Community Park
$5 admission
(Kids 12 and under with a paying adult, as well as retired and active military members, are admitted free.)
Parking
Stanley Switlik Elementary, 3400 Overseas Hwy. and neighboring lots wherever you can find it!
Handicapped parking available inside the park. Visitors are highly encouraged to use local taxi services to and from the park.
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THE FOOD
Florida lobster · stone crab · mahi-mahi · oysters · shrimp · conch fritters · crab cakes · smoked fish dip · conch salad · burgers · hot dogs · sausages
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THE MUSIC
Saturday: John Bartus & Adrienne Z, 11 a.m. · I-Land Vibe, 1 p.m. · Abstract Radio, 3 p.m. · The Marshall Morlock Band, 5 p.m. · Amber Leigh, 7 p.m.
Sunday: Dan Sullivan, 11 a.m. · Danny Regalado with Fuego Soul, 1 p.m. · The Red Elvises, 3 p.m.
