Local Business Community Shows Support for Destin Seafood Festival

     Destin, FL, July 25 - The Destin Area Chamber of Commerce would like to thank the business community for its support of the 29th Annual Destin Seafood Festival sponsored by Legendary, Inc. The festival, which will be held Oct. 5-7, already boasts 10 local seafood restaurants; the sponsorships of many local businesses; live entertainment, including four headliners and four local favorites; many arts and crafts booths; and the commitment of area non-profits to supply volunteers.

     For the first time, the festival will feature a corporate sponsor, Legendary, Inc., and an official accommodations sponsor, ResortQuest.

     Thank you to all the local businesses and volunteers who will help us make this year’s festival the best yet. Festival sponsors include the following: Corporate Sponsor - Legendary, Inc.; Sunday Host / Official Accommodations Sponsor – ResortQuest; Friday Host - Goldring Gulf Distributing - Miller Lite; Saturday Host – Embarq; Broadcast Advertising Partners - Beach TV, Cox Communications, The Destin Log, The Emerald Coast's Family Magazine On the Coast, EmeraldCoast.com, Max'd Out on the SMI Network, and WEAR TV; Premier Charter Sponsor – Dixielectricar of Destin and Sterling Resorts; Cobia Catch Sponsors - Complete Signs, Dale E. Peterson Vacations, Destin's Total Laundry Service, Extended Stay America, and Southern Resorts; Pompano Partner Sponsor - Eglin Federal Credit Union; Associate Angler Sponsors – Army Aviation Center Federal Credit Union, Community Bank, Copy Systems Business Center, Inc., FNB&T, O’Sullivan Creel, LLP, Peoples First Community Bank, Pleat & Perry, P.A., Saltmarsh, Cleaveland & Gund, and Whitney Bank; and First Mate Sponsors – BankTrust, Carr, Riggs & Ingram, LLC, and Dr. Alexis Tibbetts.

     The 10 local seafood restaurants in this year’s festival will be The Back Porch, Café Grazie, Fisherman’s Wharf, Grande Vista Bar & Grill, Hammerhead Fred’s, Landry’s Seafood House, Louisiana Lagniappe, Pompano Joe’s, Rutherford’s 465, and Tony’s Ristorante.

Entertainment for the festival includes Telarc Recording Artist Tab Benoit on Friday and a headliner triple shot on Saturday featuring Ambrosia, Atlanta Rhythm Section, and Mark Farner, formerly of Grand Funk Railroad. Local favorites Dread Clampitt, Chuck Lawson, Sal Salaz, and Jones & Company will also perform.

     For more information about the festival, please visit www.DestinSeafoodFestival.org.