Record #:

7396

Author(s):

Huling, Billie Jean

Abstract:

The North Carolina Seafood Festival, held each year in Morehead City, grew out of a conversation local fishermen were having in a city restaurant in 1986. Almost twenty years later, the three-day festival is the second largest outdoor festival held in the state, with an attendance of over 150,000. Only Bele Chere of Asheville is larger. Besides its main focus of seafood, the festival promotes the economic impact of the seafood industry, educates the public about seafood, and publicizes the variety of seafood products in the state.

Source:

Our State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 73 Issue 5, Oct 2005, p186-188, 190, 192, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

North Carolina Seafood Festival (Morehead City); Festivals--Morehead City