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This year it’s the 48th Anniversary for the popular Isle of Eight Flags Shrimp Festival in Historic Fernandina Beach on Amelia Island ,Florida. This year the festival is scheduled for April 29 – May 1, 2011. Now this event is one of the first events we visited when we moved to the coast so it will always be special to me. Don’t take my word for it come and check out the festival for yourself and let me know what you think.
For all the details checkout our Shrimp Festival page
There is only one word to describe a TSO concert — BIG! It’s big all the way around, the music, the sound, the lights. And now Trans-Siberian Orchestra is visiting Jacksonville on December 9, 2010, for the TSO Winter Tour 2010.
With more than 7 million albums sold TSO has inspired generations of fans to rediscover the multi-dimensional art form of the rock opera. On the road, meanwhile, they have become one of the world’s top acts including a recent mention in Billboard magazine as one of the top touring artists of the past decade. With a $20 million-plus production that has played to over 7 million people in 80+ cities, selling more than $280 million worth of tickets.
Here is the latest video podcast from Coastal Companion. Â In this episode Joe takes a look at festivals and events coming up in October. Â Festival season is in full swing, and October is going to be an action-packed month.
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In this episode Joe talks about one of his favorite things – food. Here on the coast seafood is popular, and most people enjoy shrimp. Â Maybe that’s why we have a lot of shrimp festivals in our area.
Here is the list of events mentioned in the show:
Rock Shrimp Festival, St Marys, GA
Shrimp & Grits Festival, Jekyll Island, GA
Seafood, Jazz & Brew Fest, Hilton Head Island, SC
Little River Shrimp & Jazz Festival, SC
Everyone likes free stuff, but how far would you do to get a free meal?
Last year more than 300,000 cow-clad customers stampeded to Chick-fil-A restaurants across the country to get a free meal for Cow Appreciation Day.
All you have to do is visit a Chick-fil-A in full “head to hoof†cow costume and receive a free Chick-fil-A Meal (breakfast, lunch or dinner) on July 9, 2010. If you’re a too chicken to dress up when it’s not Halloween — Chick-fil-A will actually award a complimentary entrée to those dressed in partial cow attire. (cow-spotted scarf, purse, hat or accessory).
Just check out the silly video below…
More about Cow Appreciation Day:
· Chick-fil-A has launched www.cowappreciationday.com. This website offers cow costume ideas and tips, as well as downloadable cow spots, masks and other bovine-themed accessories for customers to use to create their costumes.
· Two online photo contests are part of the festivities. A photo contest for adults is hosted on the Chick-fil-A Facebook page http://facebook.com/Chick-fil-A. A second photo contest for kids 10 and under called Show Us the Cow is available at www.showusthecow.com. Both contests will award free Chick-fil-A products for a year to the best cow-dressed customers, and children will also have the opportunity to win a $1,000 U.S. Series EE Savings Bond and a digital camera through the “Show Us the Cow†photo contest.