The Fort Myers Beach Shrimp Festival Queen's Pageant starts at 1 p.m. Saturday, March 8, at Bayside Park. All contestants are 15-20 years old.

One thing you won't find on the menu is tomatoes, especially not in the ceviche. "At Yo! Taco during March we went through 3,500 pounds of tomatoes," LaValle said.

The Fort Myers Beach Shrimp Festival has been a Beach tradition for more than six decades. But after Hurricane Ian, things are different this year.

Fort Myers, FL (33916) Today. Sunshine this morning. Becoming mostly cloudy with showers ... Captain James and Shirley Driggers, owners of Miz Shirley’s Shrimp Shack, ...

But that hasn’t stopped people from getting ready for the 64th Annual Fort Myers Beach Lions Club Shrimp Festival. The event is rain or shine. This is the festival’s return after a 2-year ...

As the six-month anniversary of Hurricane Ian nears, the last of the grounded shrimp boats was returned to the waters off Fort Myers Beach. The Sept. 28 storm — its winds and ferocious surge ...

Fort Myers Beach firefighter Joel Martinez won his third consecutive shrimp eating contest at the Fort Myers Beach Lion's Club Shrimp Festival. Martinez consumed 2.5 pounds of wild-caught gulf ...

The last US commercial shrimp boat in the 40-vessel fleet of Fort Myers, Florida, grounded almost six months by Hurricane Ian has put back to sea, the News-Press reports. [...] We’ve sent a link ...

FORT MYERS, Fla. – Shrimpers who rode out Hurricane Ian on shrimp boats are struggling to find work after the devastating storm swept through Florida.. The Fort Myers Beach area was home to the ...

A crowd of captains and crew gathered near the battered shrimp docks of Fort Myers Beach. In the water sat their only real hope, a barge with a 160-foot crane. If this crane could plant itself firmly ...

The fest features many shrimp-related activities: A parade, the Blessing of the Fleet, an arts-and-crafts fair, a shrimp-eating contest and more.