Special Events in Palatka, Florida

For many when you enter into Putnam county Florida and enter into the city of Palatka you will see murals of flowers on the buildings and also other murals that were painted to beautify the city. You may drive around looking at the old lifeless buildings thinking this town looks sort of run down. Or you may live here and wish that there were more things to do. Well there is more stuff to do and a lot of things to do.

In the city of Palatka every year we have a variety of festivals. One event takes place at the Palatka river front every year on memorial day weekend this event if the Blue Crab Festival. People come from all over the state of Florida some even come from other states. The city of Palatka comes so alive it makes you wonder where all the people come from.

There are plenty of things to do at the Blue Crab festival one of the things that you can do is eat. The Blue Crab festival has plenty of blue crabs to eat that are fried. You can also eat other types of sea food. The Blue Crab festival also has one thing in common with other festival foods this is that they sale Funnel cake.

If you want to go to the blue crab festival but not for the food and you get hungry there is a subway conveniently located in the area so that you can go in and order something other than seafood. Other things that the Blue Crab festival has is plenty of arts and crafts that you can buy. You can buy a variety of arts and crafts such as home made license plates which are professionally made.

You can also buy shirts that have the Blue Crab festival printed on it. Along with a variety of other items ranging from hats to shirts, toys, you can even buy candles that as the wax melts it becomes a nice lotion to wipe on your self which makes your skin feel really smooth and it has a nice aroma as well.

If you are asking your self what can my kids do why I look around so that they don't get board. Well at the Blue Crab festival there are a lot of things for your kids to do. First off just like for the adults there is plenty of food for your kids to eat. There are also musicians that perform which is good entertainment for both the kids and adults. Your kids can also get there palm read, or get their face painted.