Geotourism Events
March 6th, 2010
Marathon, Florida Keys – Marathon is known as the boating center of the Florida Keys, but the Original Marathon Seafood Festival takes delectable aim at the tummy. This much-anticipated feast is set for Saturday and Sunday, March 13-14, at Marathon Community Park, mile marker 49 oceanside.
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February 24th, 2010
Plant City, FL – It’s the 75th Anniversary of Florida Strawberry Festival and it will take place March 4 through March 14. There is free entertainment included with gate admission, such as numerous stage shows, exhibits of agriculture, horticulture, commerce, fine arts, homemade goods and crafts, and livestock competitions. Monday March 8 will be Grand Parade Day, sponsored by the United States Marine Corps. The parade will start in downtown Plant City at 1 p.m. and pass by the Florida Strawberry Festival grounds around 2 p.m. the parade will feature floats and marching bands.
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February 19th, 2010
 Grant, FL – The 44th Annual Grant Seafood Festival is set to take place Feb 27–28 from 9 am – 7 pm Saturday and 9 am – 5 pm Sunday. The Grant Seafood Festival is the largest and longest running seafood festival in the Southeast; it draws huge crowds, as many as 50,000 people show up.
There will be over 100 arts and crafts exhibited, continuous live entertainment and seafood, seafood, seafood. They’ll also be selling t-shirts and other souvenirs.
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February 4th, 2010
Jupiter, FL – Florida’s premiere fine arts festival, ArtiGras, produced by the Northern Palm Beach County Chamber of Commerce, was selected once again by the Southeast Tourism Society as one of the Top 20 Festivals in the Southeast. ArtiGras which will be celebrating its 25th anniversary in 2010 will be returning to Abacoa in Jupiter during Presidents’ Day Weekend — February 13, 14, and 15.
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January 12th, 2010
Key Largo, Florida Keys – What do you get when you combine fresh seafood, live local entertainment, cooking demonstrations, casting classes and costume contests? All come together at the inaugural Stone Crab & Seafood Festival in Key Largo set for Saturday and Sunday, Jan. 30-31, at Rowell’s Marina, mile marker 104.5 bayside.
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January 4th, 2010
Key West, Florida Keys – Bowling with coconuts isn’t often associated with gourmet cuisine and fine wines, but it will be during the Key West Food and Wine Festival scheduled Thursday through Sunday, Jan. 28-31. The festival celebrates the lively culinary scene in Key West, indigenous ingredients and multifaceted flavors through gourmet galas and tastings, educational food and wine seminars and offbeat food-focused experiences.
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January 2nd, 2010
Key West, Florida Keys – Since the Florida Keys were first settled in the 1820s, the island chain’s cuisine has been based around the bounty of the sea. Clawless Florida lobster, yellowtail snapper, sweet pink shrimp, grouper, stone crab claws and more — all harvested by Keys commercial fishermen — have become prized signature items on the region’s menus.
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November 23rd, 2009
Florida Keys – Perhaps because the southernmost islands in the continental United States have never experienced a snowy white Christmas, businesses and organizations in the subtropical Florida Keys are extraordinarily enthusiastic about showing their holiday spirit. From Key Largo to Key West, the calendar is packed with events designed to spread holiday cheer — including a trio of festive lighted boat parades featuring vessels whose decorations range from traditional greenery to offbeat salutes to the season. Listed are some holiday highlights, all spiced with an individualistic Florida Keys flair.
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November 8th, 2009
Islamorada, Florida Keys – Sun, warm sand and sea breezes swirl together with the sumptuous taste of fine wines, beers and spirits during Islamorada’s second annual Wine on the Water, set for Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 14-15.
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November 4th, 2009
Live Oak, FL – Three generations of funk are set to converge at this year’s Bear Creek Music & Art Festival Nov 13-15 at the beautiful Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park, voted “Florida’s Best Live Music Venue” by readers of Florida Monthly Magazine earlier this year.
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