Sneads Ferry Shrimp Festival

Sneads Ferry Shrimp Festival The Sneads Ferry Shrimp Festival, the Official Shrimp Festival of North Carolina.
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Updated download link for Arts and Craft vendor form! In the comments below!
07/15/2025

Updated download link for Arts and Craft vendor form! In the comments below!

Visit http://www.sneadsferryshrimpfestival.org/parade to download the Shrimp Fest Parade application! Note that the appl...
07/13/2025

Visit http://www.sneadsferryshrimpfestival.org/parade to download the Shrimp Fest Parade application! Note that the application deadline has been extended! This is your opportunity to be part of a beloved Sneads Ferry tradition!

🚨🚨We just want to let everyone know there are A LOT of scams going on for festival vendors, food trucks and merchandise!...
07/08/2025

🚨🚨We just want to let everyone know there are A LOT of scams going on for festival vendors, food trucks and merchandise!! ALL OF OUR APPLICATIONS ARE ON OUR WEBSITE!!🚨🚨🚨

🚨Please don’t send these folks any money, the Shrimp Festival can be contacted directly through messenger and Chairman email if you have any questions 🚨

🦐🎶SATURDAY NIGHT SHRIMP FESTIVAL MUSIC LINEUP🦐🎶🎇 FIRSWORKS @ 10 PM 🎇 🚨GATES OPEN @ 10 AM AFTER THE PARADE!! 🚨ENTRY$5 CAS...
07/07/2025

🦐🎶SATURDAY NIGHT SHRIMP FESTIVAL MUSIC LINEUP🦐🎶

🎇 FIRSWORKS @ 10 PM 🎇

🚨GATES OPEN @ 10 AM AFTER THE PARADE!! 🚨

ENTRY
$5 CASH
$6.25 CREDIT CARD

🎶 🦐FRIDAY NIGHT 🎶 LINEUP FOR THE 54TH ANNUAL SNEADS FERRY SHRIMP FESTIVAL🦐🎶WHO’S READY TO 🕺🏼 DANCE THE NIGHT AWAY!!
07/06/2025

🎶 🦐FRIDAY NIGHT 🎶 LINEUP FOR THE 54TH ANNUAL SNEADS FERRY SHRIMP FESTIVAL🦐🎶

WHO’S READY TO 🕺🏼 DANCE THE NIGHT AWAY!!

07/06/2025
07/05/2025

Just a few more weeks to get your application in for the Sneads Ferry Shrimp Festival Queen scholarship pageant. August 9th! Open to girls ages 2-22 from Onslow and Pender County. Link below!

http://sneadsferryshrimpfestival.org/

06/28/2025

🦐🎶Who’s ready to dance 🕺🏼 the night away at this year’s festival🎶🦐The music lineup is 🔥 this year!!

📣🦐Vendor spots are filling up fast!! Get your applications in before all the spots are full!!📣🦐
06/26/2025

📣🦐Vendor spots are filling up fast!! Get your applications in before all the spots are full!!📣🦐

Still looking for a few Food Fighter cookers and Vendors!! It’s going to be a great day, you don’t want miss out!!
03/19/2025

Still looking for a few Food Fighter cookers and Vendors!! It’s going to be a great day, you don’t want miss out!!

We are still accepting vendors and cookers for this event! All applications are listed in the event comments!

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03/13/2025

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We are still accepting vendors and cookers for this event! All applications are listed in the event comments!

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We are Proud to be the Official Shrimp Festival of North Carolina!!

The Sneads Ferry Shrimp Festival celebrates its 50th year on August 7th, 8th & 9th, 2020. A tradition that began as a way to honor the local fishing community has grown over the years, drawing crowds of more than 12,000 people.

On May 3rd, 2011, the festival was named The Official Shrimp Festival of North Carolina by a bill sponsored by Senator Harry Brown and passed by the North Carolina General Assembly. This begins a new milestone in the history of the festival. So, one begs to ask, How did the Sneads Ferry Shrimp Festival get started? One morning in 1971, a group of businessmen got together over coffee and decided it was time they shared their delicious shrimp with the outside world and honor the fishing community that harvests them.

It was decided at that time that each subsequent festival would be held the second weekend of August. “The reason they picked August is because its the peak of sh*****ng season here”, according to Bernice Guthrie, who has been involved with the festival for the past 40 years and is the only original member still involved with the festival. “Plus, when school is out, more visitors and tourists are able to come”, she added.

Please join us in Celebrating our remarkable fishing community! Come out-watch the parade, listen to the bands, ride the rides and eat some delicious wild caught local shrimp!