Seafood and Music Festival brings flavor to Sarasota
The seventh annual Sarasota Seafood & Music Festival was held at JD Hamel Park over the weekend.
By
Dariela Delgado
| 9:00 a.m. January 30, 2023
Sarasota
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Feeling guilty after grubbing on seafood never felt this good.
The seventh annual Sarasota Seafood & Music Festival brought food, music & festivities to JD Hamel Park on Jan. 27-29.
“We have a lot of national and local talent and 400 feet of food,” said organizer Bill Kinney, who has been in charge of the event for the past 10 years.
Attendees gathered throughout the JD Hamel Park and walked through the aromas of seasoned seafood. The wide variety of food vendors gave attendees many choices to delight their seafood craving.
“One of the things that people come down to Florida is that they want to taste seafood,” Kinney said. “When they (the tourists) come down, that is what they are looking for. They are looking for local culinary dishes.”
Live musical performances set the ambiance for the community to listen as they enjoyed their meals and drinks.
Amy Watson serves seafood at the 7th Annual Sarasota Seafood and Music Festival.
Photo by Dariela Delgado
The 7th Annual Sarasota Seafood and Music Festival at JD Hamel Park ran from Jan. 27-29.
Photo by Dariela Delgado
Dewayne and Brittney Proctor serve freshly popped kettle corn.
Photo by Dariela Delgado
Jordan Overwater prepares a pina colada in a pineapple.
Photo by Dariela Delgado
The 7th Annual Sarasota Seafood and Music Festival at JD Hamel Park ran from Jan. 27-29.
Photo by Dariela Delgado
Barbi Igneri, Valerie Marchand and Tom Frank enjoy their drinks as they listen to the live musical performances.
Photo by Dariela Delgado
Krystal Twinney mixes up drinks for attendees.
Photo by Dariela Delgado
The 7th Annual Sarasota Seafood and Music Festival at JD Hamel Park ran from Jan. 27-29.
Photo by Dariela Delgado
George and Onner Fleites with Maricel and Eddie Rodriguez enjoy the 7th Annual Sarasota Seafood and Music Festival
Photo by Dariela Delgado
Jerry Vang, Marie and Maxim Lange celebrate at the 7th Annual Sarasota Seafood and Music Festival.
Photo by Dariela Delgado
Event Organizer Bill Kinney rides in his golf cart at the 7th Annual Sarasota Seafood and Music Festival.
