Forty Third Annual Cortez Commercial Fishing Festival

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Join us for the 43rd Annual Cortez Commercial Fishing Festival: Swamped but Never Sunk! This two-day event will take place on February 15 & 16, 2025 from 10am–6pm. Admission is $5, kids 12 & under are FREE. There will be plenty of delicious seafood, live music, nautical and environmental art, community displays, an expanded kids area, touch tanks, and “Dock Talks” by University of Florida Fisheries Department & Florida Sea Grant. All proceeds benefit the Florida Institute for Saltwater Heritage.

February 15 and 16, 10am-6pm, In front of Starfish Co. and A.P. Bell (and between 123 and 124th St W), Cortez, $5.00, kids under 12 free. fishcortez.org

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