ARE YOU READY FOR SOME SHRIMP & GRITS? Making Dinner Plans? Friday night is $3 Sample Night at Shrimp & Grits: The Wild Georgia Shrimp Festival. Halyards of St. Simon’s Island is one of the awesome restaurants vending at the festival, serving up that wonderful southern specialty: Shrimp and Grits! The Shrimp are Coming! Beth Burnsed of the Jekyll Island Authority Says the Weather is Great as they Are Setting Up and Getting Ready for an Awesome Shrimp & Grits: the Wild Georgia Shrimp Festival! Follow us on Twitter or Be our Fan on Facebook for Updates from the Festival! Not only do we have tasty shrimp but cold beer thanks to our sponsor, Michelob Ultra, at Shrimp & Grits: The Wild Georgia Shrimp Festival!

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There is something for everyone at Shrimp & Grits: The Wild Georgia Shrimp Festival! Festival Grounds Times Friday 5:30 PM - 8:00 PM Saturday 10:00 AM - 9:00 PM Sunday 11:00 AM - 4:00 PM Download the schedule Festival guides will be available at the site and signs will guide you to the events! Please note that parking this year will be at the Jekyll Island Convention Center. Clean, new, FREE, air-conditioned, shuttle buses will pick you up at the parking lots every 10 minutes to take right to the festival area. $3 Sample Night - Friday Enjoy $3 samples of Shrimp & Grits from each of the Shrimp & Grits vendors and vote on which restaurant should receive top honors!)) 5:30PM - 8:00PM Arts & Crafts Vendors Friday 5:30 PM- 7:00 PM Saturday 10:00 AM - 7:00 PM Sunday 11:00 AM - 4:00 PM Kids’ Fun Zone Friday 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM Saturday 10:00 AM - 7:00 PM Sunday 11:00 AM - 4:00 PM KING BMX Stunt Show Saturday Noon, 3:00PM, 5:00PM Disc-Conected K9 Frisbee Dogs Saturday 11AM, 2PM, 4PM Sunday 11AM, 2PM Stage Schedules Events are at Main Stage unless otherwise noted. Friday, September 18 Live Music: Straight No Chaser 5:45 PM - 8:00 PM Saturday, September 19 Start of Amateur Cooking Competition 11:00 AM Big Dawg and Paul Show 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM Live Music: Smokin’ Section 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM Cooking Demonstration: Chef Robert Tulko (Pier Road Stage) 11:00AM Big Dawg and Paul Show 12:30 PM - 1:00 PM Shrimp Eating Contest I 1:00 PM - 1:30 PM Magic Show (Pier Road Stage) 1:00PM Live Music: OSKAR Rockhammer 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM Amateur Cooking Competitions Awards 2:30 PM Shrimp Eating Contest II 4:00 PM Magic Show (Pier Road Stage) 4:00PM Live Music: Stingrays 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM Big Dawg and Paul Show 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM Live Music: Randall Bramblett Band 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Sunday, September 20 Start of Professional Cooking Competition 11:00 AM Big Dawg and Paul Show 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Cooking Demonstration: Chef Joe Randall (Pier Road Stage) 11:30AM Shrimp Eating Contest III 12:00 PM - 12:30 PM Live Music: Three of Us 12:30 PM - 2:30 PM Magic Show (Pier Road Stage) 2:00PM-3:00PM Big Dawg and Paul Show 2:30 PM - 3:00 PM Awards for Professional Cooking Competition 3:00 PM - 3:30 PM TURTLE RELEASE (BEACH) 3:00 PM Shrimp Eating Contest IV 3:30 PM - 4:00 PM Festival Grounds Close 4:00 PM All weekend activities hosted by the Big Dawg and Paul Show! All times subject to change.

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Check out this great article on Worldgolf.com by Stan Awtrey:  Jekyll Island on three budgets: Plenty to do on Georgia a golf vacation

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$300 registration fee per person. Jekyll Island hotel packages available. Georgia-Florida Golf Classic defending champions Tyler Smith, Harold Glover, Alan Argo and Don Bell shot a two-day low score of 114 last year to win the coveted champions’ ring! The boys will be back for the 30th edition of the Georgia-Florida Golf Classic on Jekyll Island in their bid to be back-to-back champions. Who’s going to stop ‘em? Register as a team or as an individual! Make your plans to join the 30th annual Georgia-Florida Golf Classic. See website for complete details.

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