We invite you to join us Saturday, January 25, 2020 for the 14th Annual Port Salerno Seafood Festival as our friendly neighborhood tradition continues!
The Festival began as a neighborhood fish fry and dock party along the waterfront of Port Salerno. In 2006, while the Port Salerno community was in the midst of a redevelopment phase, a small group gathered to take the fish fry to the next level in an effort to bring positive awareness to Salerno’s historic commercial fishing industry and garner support for the community. It was a resounding success and attendance has grown steadily ever since. Now more than 30,000 attend each year, enjoying what has become one the most successful Waterfront Seafood Festivals on Florida’s East Coast!
The 14th annual Port Salerno Seafood Festival will take place along the Port Salerno waterfront and will include properties such as the Twisted Tuna, Pirate’s Cove Resort, Manatee Island Bar and Grill, the Fish House Art Center, and Port Salerno Marine.
Visitors to the seafood festival can shop hundreds of unique arts and craft vendors and nautical themed vendors including local businesses. There will be lots for the little ones including a free kids’ zone with bounce houses and activities. Bring your camera for photos with live animals, birds, and interesting reptiles courtesy of Treasure Coast Wildlife, and be on the lookout for pirate ships, pirates and plenty of beautiful mermaids.
Come hungry and be prepared to enjoy all of the delicious seafood food that you know and love with most of it prepared by the local fishermen and their families. In addition, many local restaurants will be serving up some of their tasty dishes at the festival along with some new seafood choices that will be brought in to complement the menu. For those who are not fond of treats from the sea, there will also be plenty of land lubber and snack food choices on hand as well.
New this year, the festival has done away with tickets for food or drinks. That’s right, all food and drink purchases can now be made with cash instead of having to stand in line twice using tickets.
Also new this year, the festival will feature headlining tribute bands. Performing on the Pirate’s Cove Stage will be Saturday Night Special, a tribute to Lynyrd Skynyrd. Performing on The Twisted Tuna Stage will be Bad Inc. followed by FNR2, tributes to both Bad Company and Foreigner. Local bands and solo acts will include a mix of rock, reggae, blues, and island tunes.
This unique neighborhood festival, which is now heading into its 14th year, has been voted the “Best local event in Martin County” since 2013.
Advance tickets which include entertainment, free parking and complimentary shuttle bus transportation are only $10 and can be purchased online on the festival’s web site or at local Port Salerno Restaurants including, The Twisted Tuna, Pirates Cove and Manatee Island Bar and Grill.
For more information, parking and shuttle bus locations, or to purchase advance tickets please visit www.PortSalernoSeafoodFestival.org.
Festival Hours: Saturday, January 25, 2020, 10:00 AM to 8:00 PM
Admission: Advance tickets $10 or $15 at the gate | Children 10 and under are free
Location: Historic Port Salerno
Vendor and Sponsorship opportunities are still available.
The 2020 Port Salerno Seafood Festival; which benefits the commercial fishing industry of Port Salerno, is presented and hosted by, Port Salerno Community Promotions, and Sponsored in part by Southern Eagle Distributing, Budweiser, Bud Light, POTTC Events, Pirates of the Treasure Coast, iHeart Media Group, True Oldies Channel 95.9 fm and 106.9 fm, Treasure and Space Coast Radio, Coast 101.3, The Twisted Tuna, Pirate’s Cove Resort, Manatee Island Bar and Grill, The Fish House Art Center, Port Salerno Marine, Hometown News, Pirate Radio of the Treasure Coast, Macaroni Kid, Treasurecoast.com, and Coastal Angler Magazine.
