Coastal Eventures, home

53rd National Shrimp Festival: Gulf Shores

Gulf Shores Public Beach

FreeFamilyverified 8/5

The Gulf Coast's giant beach festival brings a Children's Activity Village, a sand-sculpture contest, three music stages, and more than 250 vendors. Entry is free, right on the sand.

Before you go

  • Friday or Sunday for lighter crowds
  • Children's Activity Village first, beach after
  • Same weekend as Taste of the Beach: split the weekend

What we checked, and when

Read off the venue's own page on 2026-08-05.

Free entry; food/craft spend extra.

Parking fills. Go early

Where this came from

  1. myshrimpfest.com: “2026 Date: October 8th through 11th, 2026”