Last updated on November 10th, 2024 at 05:04 am
The St. Augustine Lions Spring Festival, known pre-pandemic as the St. Augustine Seafood Festival, retains its emphasis on seafood but adds little more to the menu to reflect it’s growth into a full-fledged fair.
The festival is a cooperative effort of nearly a dozen Lions Clubs, some as far away Jacksonville, who supply volunteers to participate and raise money for their club’s respective charities.
In addition to seafood and ethic foods, you’ll find 100 artisan booths in the Arts and Crafts show, a Kids Zone and Pirate Village, as well as an all-American musical line-up ranging across multiple genres, from jazz to bluegrass.
As in the past, no pets or coolers.
Entertainment — Main State
Saturday, March 29
- TBA
Sunday, March 30
- TBA
Parking
Parking near Francis Field, 29 W. Castillo Drive, is a mixture of on-street, private and public lots. The adjacent parking garage charges a daily fee.
On Saturday only
Take advantage of FREE offsite park and ride lot, west of Broudy’s Liquor at 198 W. King Street . The free shuttle, is managed by the City of St Augustine, but only runs on Saturday beginning at 10 a.m.
On the menu at St. Augustine’s Lions Club Spring Festival
Here’s a sample of food offerings from past years:
Greek Flame — Lobster Nachos – Seafood Sampler – Paella – Crab cakes
Dawg House — Gourmet Mac N Cheese with your Choice of Crab, Shrimp, Lobster, Scallop and more.
Sherri’s Crab Cakes — Famous Crab Cakes – Cream of Crab Soup
Mac Daddy’s — Grouper Bites – Fish and Chips – Shrimp, Oyster, Gator Baskets – Crab Cakes – Po’boys – Seafood Platter – Soft Shell Crab
Drinks: Soda – Water – Beer – Wine – Tea – Floats – Grog – Fresh Lemonade
In addition to seafood, booths will serve pizza, BBQ pork, chicken and ribs, Italian sausage and peppers, hot dogs, corn dogs and similar festival fare.
Related Florida Rambler articles:
- Things to do in St. Augustine
- Castillo de San Marcos: Historic fort in the oldest city
- Fort Matanzas is a charmer
- Magical Princess Place beckons
Find a campsite near St. Augustine:
- Anastasia State Park (3 miles)
- St. Augustine Beach KOA (3 miles)
- Favor-Dykes State Park (16 miles)
- Gamble Rogers State Recreation Area (34 miles)
Find a room in St. Augustine:
- Lodging near the festival (Francis Field)
- Hotels and B&Bs in the Historic District
- Lodging in St. Augustine Beach
Hi, I am a mobile seafood vendor here in Florida for the past 10 years and would love to join you on your event. Look forward to hearing from you, Thank you, Bob
Sorry. We’re providing information on the event, but are not the event organizer, which is lionsfestival.com.