Pensacola Seafood Festival The Seafood Festival is an annual event that features: • A variety of foods from food vendors • Arts and crafts vendors • Music • A children’s area • A 5K walk/run Date: held in September each year Location: Seville Square and Bartram Park in Downtown Pensacola Admission: Free to attend. Generally, more than 100,000 people visit this event. It is one of the largest arts and crafts fairs in Northwest Florida.
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September 23 – 25, 2011 was the 34th annual Seafood Festival in Pensacola. It was presented by the Fiesta of Five Flags, and held in historic Seville Square in downtown Pensacola. With more than 130 arts and crafts vendors, the Pensacola Seafood Festival is also one of the largest arts and crafts fairs in Northwest Florida. Admission is free!
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We walked from Commendencia Slip/Palafox Pier to Seville Square. These railroad tracks make an interesting scene. Notice the water tower of the Port of Pensacola in the left background.
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It had rained earlier in the day; there was a beautiful rainbow in the sky as we passed by the Florida Public Archaeology Network building.
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After the morning rain, it was a beautiful day ‌
The festival was very crowded!
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A couple of vendors were selling Marshmallow Shooters
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A vendor selling Deep Fried Brownies saw the camera flash and waved; we still weren’t tempted to try it, though.
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This vendor had electricity; many had to close down before dark because they didn’t have any lights
A tree in the darkness
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The gazebo in the center of the park
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2010 Pensacola Seafood Festival
The Festival was very well attended!
Despite it being September, it was a hot day ‌ However, a lot of people came anyway!
The food vendors had beautiful set-ups!
Very Nice Desserts!
This was the first time that we had seen these bubbles for kids to play in. They look fun!
Even in Pensacola, autumn comes and is celebrated!
Kids enjoy the festival
The area around Seville Square is beautiful!
Getting Dark
Nice selection!
Vendors and shoppers were abundant!
2009 Seafood Festival in Pensacola FL
2009 Seafood Festival in Pensacola FL The Seafood Festival was held September 26, 2009 at Seville Square in Pensacola
2009 Seafood Festival in Pensacola FL
A yard in the downtown area
2009 Seafood Festival in Pensacola FL Very nice yards in this area
2009 Seafood Festival in Pensacola FL Nice artwork at a business in the area
2009 Seafood Festival in Pensacola FL
2009 Seafood Festival in Pensacola FL
The park was very crowded!
2009 Seafood Festival in Pensacola FL The gazebo in the middle of Seville Square
2009 Seafood Festival in Pensacola FL The park was so crowded that it was hard to walk through!
2009 Seafood Festival in Pensacola FL This vendor had nice products!
2009 Seafood Festival in Pensacola FL
2009 Seafood Festival in Pensacola FL N i c e t o p i a r y
2009 Seafood Festival in Pensacola FL
2009 Seafood Festival in Pensacola FL Tree limbs in Seville Square are so large and heavy that they must be propped up with carvings
2009 Seafood Festival in Pensacola FL
2009 Seafood Festival in Pensacola FL
2009 Seafood Festival in Pensacola FL Pensacola’s downtown area is beautiful!
2009 Seafood Festival in Pensacola FL
2009 Seafood Festival in Pensacola FL
2009 Seafood Festival in Pensacola FL
2009 Seafood Festival in Pensacola FL
Monarch butterflies migrate through Pensacola each September
2009 Seafood Festival in Pensacola FL
2009 Seafood Festival in Pensacola FL
2009 Seafood Festival in Pensacola FL
2009 Seafood Festival in Pensacola FL Christmas decorations for sale beside autumn decorations ‌It is very warm today, but winter is coming!