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8 Sep 2016
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Celebrating 45 years!  Make your plans with Gulf Shores Rentals today and join 250,000 others at this years 45th Annual National Shrimp Festival.  The annual event starts October 13 – 16th, 2016.  The festival is held each year during the second full weekend in October on the beautiful beaches of Gulf Shores, Alabama.  The event is FREE to everyone and is held at the public beach access in Gulf Shores where Highway 59 end and intersects with Highway 182.

The Annual National Shrimp Festival is one of the nation’s premier outdoor festivals attracting 250,000 people, featuring over 300 vendors that offer fine art, arts & crafts, a retail marketplace, outdoor village, and SHRIMP!  Two stages offer continuous musical entertainment while the little ones’s attention is captured in the Children’s Activity Village where they create their own “art and participate in other fun-filled activities.

This year the Shrimp Festival will host the 4th Annual Shrimp Festival Singing for Scholarships which will take place Saturday on the west stage.  This contest features the best of the best youth from Baldwin County, AL.

There is something for everyone at the festival.  Go ahead and contact Gulf Shores Rentals and book you stay today. See you in October!