The Little River Blue Crab Festival, held in nearby Little River, SC has announced plans for the 28th Annual Blue Crab Festival to be held May 16-17,2009. The Blue Crab Festival is one of the largest festivals in the southeast. Prior to the actual festival on May 16-17, much additional festival publicity and excitement will be generated through the following ancillary events: Festival Queen Pageant, 5K Run, Motorcycle Poker Run and Golf Cart Raffle, and other events still under development.
This year’s festival will feature approximately 175 truly arts and crafts vendors, specialty food vendors, tremendous entertainment, and phenomenal children’s area.
Festival Activities include:
Arts & Crafts, Food, Music, Kids Area, Family Fun, Business Booths, Community Groups, 3rd Annual Beauty Pageant, 3rd Annual 5K Run (The race will start and finish along the historic Little River waterfront.), Harley Davidson BlowOut, Live music and entertainment every day!
If you’ve never had the opportunity to enjoy the Festival, don’t let another year pass by without taking it in! The festival is held right down on the waterfront in Little River (a very little known area along the Strand!) Although the Blue Crab Festival has become recognized as one of the Myrtle Beach area's most popular festivals, the town of Little River is quite different than Myrtle Beach, the flashy tourist town about twenty miles to the south.
In 2008, the blue crab festival will celebrate its 27th year. The popular festival was started over a quarter of a century ago by Little River locals and businesses along the scenic waterfront, and as the largest event in Little River, it has continued to grow in number of attendees and popularity with each passing year.
The entire waterfront area that you can see above becomes a sea of people taking in the sights, sounds, and tastes of the festival. Adults, children and teens alike are sure to enjoy all the festivities. One word of caution……Highway 17 becomes a sea of traffic during the festival. Luckily, the festival planners will have a number of remote and easily accessible parking lots with free shuttles back and forth to the festival. Click here to get a glimpse at some scenes from last years’ festival.
See you at this years Little River Crab Festival!! (and get ready for the fall Shrimp Festival)
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