St. Augustine Lions Seafood Festival

Seafood and Live Music

The annual St. Augustine Lions Seafood Festival features a variety of seafood dishes, live music, arts and crafts, and family activities. The festival will be from 10:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. on Saturday, March 29, and from 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. on Sunday, March 30, 2025.

St. Augustine Lions Seafood Festival offers an array of seafood dishes — such as lobster, crawfish, scallops, and shrimp — and cuisines from other cultures and regions. You can find traditional county fair foods, too.

The festival features live music, an arts and crafts village, a plant sale, and axe throwing.

For the Kids

On Saturday and Sunday, Captain Mayhem will entertain the kids and kids-at-heart with shows on the Pirate Landing Stage from 11:00 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, and from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Sunday. Captain Mayhem will be joined by wenches, sirens, mermaids, and his pirate crew, who will present dancing, storytelling, juggling, singing, magic, and mayhem for all ages. All events at Pirate Landing are free.

Several activities for kids (and some for kids at heart) are available at an additional fee: a human hamster wheel, rock wall, bungee jump, giant slide, fun house, giant ball race, moon bounces, kids obstacle course, funny farm bounce, daredevil, and axe throwing.  

Details

No pets or coolers are allowed on festival grounds. All proceeds from this event benefit the St. Augustine Lions Club Charities.

Admission: $10.00 per person. Children 12 and younger are free. You can pay cash at the gate.

When: 10:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. Saturday, March 29, and 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Sunday, March 30, 2025

Where: Francis Field is located at 25 W. Castillo Drive (next to the Visitor Center and the parking garage in downtown St. Augustine).

St. Augustine Lions Club: Proceeds from this event are used to fund programs that focus on area youth, those who are deaf and blind, veterans, and people who need help after a disaster.

For more information on this event, contact the Lions Club at (904) 824-4325 or visit here.

Main Stage Performances

Saturday

• 10:15 - 10:45 a.m. — Murray Middle School Jazz Band
• 11:00 - 11:45 a.m. — Pyrates of Iniquity (Seafaring Fun)
• 12:00 - 1:30 p.m. — Not Quite Dead (Grateful Dead Twisted Tribute)
• 1:45 - 3:15 p.m. — Slang (80s Tribute)
• 3:30 - 5:00 p.m. — The Mighty Flea Circus (Rockabilly)
• 5:20 - 6:45 p.m. — Baba Caiman (Latin Fusion)
• 7:00 - 8:45 p.m. — Brothers Futch (Classic Southern Rock)

Sunday

• 11:30 a.m. - 12:45 p.m. — Collapsible B (Americana Folk/Original)
• 1:00 - 2:15 p.m. — Thick and Thin String Band (Americana Folk/Original)
• 2:30 - 4:00 p.m. — The Mighty Flea Circus (Rockabilly)
• 4:15 - 5:30 p.m. — Landfall (Jimmy Buffet Tribute)

Parking

Paid parking is available at the downtown parking garage, next to Francis Field.

The City of St. Augustine offers free park-and-ride shuttles for downtown events every Saturday from March 8 through April 19.

All shuttles will drop people off and pick them up at the Visitor Information Center, at 10 S. Castillo Drive.

Free parking will be available at 198 & 212 West King Street, at the intersection of U.S. 1 and King Street - Known as "Broudy's Lot."

On Saturday, March 29, the park-and-ride shuttle operates from 11:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.

For alternative parking options when the park-and-ride shuttle is not available, please visit here.