Next Week: Schooners Annual Lobster Festival and Tournament

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Schooners Annual Lobster Festival  and Tournament kicks off next Monday in Panama City Beach, Florida, and I can’t wait for it to start!  If you are not a local, you may have never heard of this annual event so let me fill you in on it. First, Schooners is on the east end of Panama City Beach and is known as the last local beach club.  It is an open air restaurant and bar right on the beach and has a large stretch of beach behind it.  This is a local favorite but people that have been visiting Panama City Beach, Florida are also very familiar with Schooners.  Away from the bright lights of Pier Park and the luxury homes going up all over Panama City Beach is this great old school beach bar and restaurant that people have enjoyed for decades and you need to go if you haven’t been already.  The annual Lobster Festival began 28 years ago, and the 28th edition will begin on September 11, 2017. It is a 7-day event with fresh lobsters being prepared in a variety of ways.   The event will have a sand sculpting contest and lobster tournament divers competing in different categories. This festival attracts divers and lobster fans from all over the southeast.  I am neither a diver nor a fan of sand sculpting but I love lobster so much, and I also love music. I am looking forward to treating myself to lobster meals like blackened lobster, steamed lobster, chilled lobster, broiled lobster, sautéed lobster, fried lobster, and even local lobster grilled. Here are the details on the Schooners 28th Annual Lobster Festival and Tournament:

Schooners Annual Lobster Festival and Tournament aka LobsterFest

Date:

September 11, 2017 to September 17, 2017

Venue:

Schooners, The Last Local Beach Club

5121 Gulf Dr, Panama City Beach, FL 32408

(850) 235-3555

http://www.schooners.com/index.htm

Monday, September 11, 2017:  Lobster specials will be going on inside restaurant from 11 am to 10 pm. At 7 pm, Jamah Terry is expected to perform on the main stage till 10 pm.

Tuesday, September 12, 2017:  Lobster specials will begin inside the restaurant at 11 am, and Barry & Greg will perform on the main stage from 7 pm to 10 pm.

Since the festival is mainly about lobsters, lobster specials will be in the restaurant every day from 11 am on Monday, September 11, 2017, to Saturday, September 16. However, it will be held on the beach on Sunday, the last day of the event.

Wednesday, September 13, 2017:  Professional Sand sculptures start taking shape, and Anthony Peebles will perform on the main stage from 7 pm to 10 pm.

Thursday, September 14, 2017:  DJ Surfer Mark and Barry Fish Band will both perform on the Beach Stage at separate times, and there will be a $500 raffle drawing.

Friday, September 15, 2017:

Second part of the sand sculpture events take place behind the restaurant

Registration for diving tournament

DJ Surfer Mark will perform on the Beach Stage

Barry & Greg will perform on the Beach Stage

$500 Raffle Draw

Identity Crisis will perform on the main stage

Saturday, September 16, 2017: 

Dive tournament takes place

All categories of Sandcastle and Sand Sculpting Contests

DJ Surfer Mark, Barry Fish Band, Identity Crisis, and Stainless Steel will perform on the Beach Stage at different times

Lobster Feast takes place

Weigh-Ins begin

Sand Sculpting Awards Presentation on the Beach Stage

$500 Raffle Draw

Sunday, September 17, 2017 (Final Day)

Restaurant Opens with lobster specialty items available

DJ Surfer Mark, Barry & Greg, Identity Crisis will all perform

Weigh-Ins, Scales

Lobster Feast on the Beach accompanied with a beach party

Lobster Auction & Diver Awards on the Main Stage

Grand Prize Drawing

LobsterFest, as we often call it, is a great event for all ages.  Grab some great meals, watch the events, listen to music, play in the Gulf of Mexico…  Enjoy Panama City Beach, Florida the way it is has been enjoyed for almost three decades with Schooners Annual Lobster Festival and Tournament.