This weekend is the 68th annual Fort Myers Beach Lions Club Shrimp Festival. It all begins Saturday morning with the Shrimp Festival 5K which begins at Doc Ford’s Restaurant at 9AM. The Matanzas Pass Bridge will be closed from 8:45AM to Noon.
The Shrimp Festival parade starts from the Fort Myers Beach Library after the run at approximately 10AM. The parade route is all the way up Estero Boulevard to Old San Carlos. Town Manager Will McKannay is the Parade Marshal this year.
The Shrimp Boil tent will be in the parking lot across from Smokin Oyster Brewery. For the first time ever, the Lions Club announced there will be a beer tent for the first time ever. Suncoast Beverage will host the beer tent which will be located next to the Shrimp dinner tent. The Triple Deuces senior softball league will be preparing the shrimp…