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Grant Seafood Festival History
Grant, Florida is an unincorporated community located on Florida's East coast in southern Brevard County. This riverside town is located on U.S. Hwy. 1, 12 miles South of Melbourne and 22 miles North of Vero Beach. Grant has a population of around 2700 residents. In 1966 the Community Center held a small fish fry hoping to attract a "couple hundred folks" to make enough money to pay the center's utility bills. Now thirty-seven years later we attract as many as 50,000 people for this two day event and we have become the Southeast's largest and longest running seafood festival.
This year's festival will be held February 23rd & 24th, 2008 from 11 AM - 5 PM daily. Free admission, free parking, over 100 crafters exhibiting, live continuous entertainment, along with a scrumptious menu of succulent seafood makes this a weekend no one wants to miss. What sets this festival apart from others is that it runs through a 100% volunteer effort! All preparation , whether it be on the grounds or with the purchasing, cooking or serving of the various menu items is accomplished by volunteers of the community. We do not have any food vendors on site. All booths are run with volunteers: many booths are made up of family members, often times having several generations working along side one another. It is this complete volunteer effort that makes our festival unique. The total commitment of our community and all our volunteers makes the Grant Seafood Festival a time honored tradition unlike any other. We are proud of our community and our festival is a testament to that fact.