Indian River Blog

Grant Seafood Festival February 28

candace — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 03:01:10 +0000

Grant, FL - The 43nd Annual Grant Seafood Festival has become the largest and longest running seafood festival in the Southeast and draws huge crowd every year with as many as 50,000 people for this two day event.

This year’s festival will be held February 28 - March 1, 2008 from 10 am - 7 pm Saturday and Sunday 10 am - 5 pm. The festival features free admission, free parking, over 100 craft exhibits, continuous live entertainment, along with a menu of delicious seafood.

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Grant Barbecue Festival September 27

candace — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 13:05:19 +0000

Grant, FL - Next Saturday you’ll get chance to taste BBQ from Florida’s best teams as they compete for cash at the . Categories include Chicken, Pork, Pork Ribs and Beef Brisket. The Grand Champion Prize is $1500 and $1000 for the Reserve Champion. Cash payouts run through 5th place for each category with trophies going to winner of each. Proceeds will benefit Toys 4 Kids.

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Ron White Arrested in Vero Beach for Pot

candace — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 17:01:40 +0000

Vero Beach, FL - Ron White, Star of the Blue Collar Comedy Tour was arrested in Vero Beach Wednesday. The star was arrested for less than one gram of marijuana.

The people of Indian River County would like Ron White to know, our cops really don’t have any better way to spend our tax dollars than to harass visitors to our fine city.

Vero Beach Magazine Features Costa d’Este Beach Resort

candace — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 12:30:50 +0000

Vero Beach, FL - Costa d’Este Beach Resort, a world class retreat in Vero Beach, is gaining popularity as its head chef, David Rodriguez was recently profiled in Vero Beach Magazine. The magazine’s goal is to make a positive impact on the local community by engaging readers, promoting local business and generating support for non-profit organizations.

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Indian River County Fair March 14–22

candace — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 02:37:38 +0000

Indian River County Fair, with an average attendance of 50,000 visitors, offers an environment of family fun and entertainment. While showcasing the youth of Indian River County in livestock and agriculture, we also provide a sense of self-esteem to every child. The feeling, which arises from accomplishing something and being rewarded for that accomplishment is very satisfying, we believe hundreds of youth over the years have come away from the fair “as winners”.

All proceeds from this event benefit the Indian River County Burn Fund, Local High School Scholarships, Fair Ground improvements, other Various Charitable organizations, and for the benefit of Public Safety. The fair is located at the Indian River County Fair Grounds at 7955 58th Avenue, Vero Beach, FL 32967. For more visit www.firefightersfair.org.

The 42nd Annual Grant Seafood Festival

candace — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 18:19:29 +0000

Grant Seafood Festival 2009 »

The Grant Seafood Festival is the largest and longest running seafood festival in the Southeast. The Seafood Festival draws a large crowd every year with as many as 50,000 people for the event.

This year’s festival will be held February 23rd & 24th, 2008 from 11 AM - 5 PM daily and features free admission, free parking, over 100 craft exhibitors, continuous live entertainment, along with a menu of delicious seafood.

Some of the items offered this year include Fried Shrimp, Raw & Steamed Oysters, Linguini W/ Clam Sauce, Steamed Clams, Shrimp & Tuna Kabobs, both Manhattan & New England Clam Chowder and Lobster Bisque.

Visit Grant Seafood Festival at grantseafoodfestival.com. The Grant Seafood Festival is located at 4580 1st Street, Grant, Florida north of Sebastian.

Antique Show - Vero Beach Extravaganza

candace — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 15:12:11 +0000

The Vero Beach Extravaganza is one of the largest Antique Shows in the region with over 300 dealers. The show takes place at the Indian River County Fairgrounds, in Vero Beach, FL. More »

When: February 1, 2, 3, 2008
Where: 7955 58th Ave, Vero Beach, FL 32967

Vero Beach Christmas Celebrations

candace — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 20:16:35 +0000

Vero Beach is getting all decked out this year for Christmas. We’ve already had a spectacular boat parade and now were ready for Santa. Vero Beach is a great place to spend the Holidays with plenty of sunshine and without the cold and snow.

McKee Botanical Gardens will kick off the holidays December 13, 14, 15 and December 20, 21, 22 from 6pm to 8pm. Thousands of twinkling lights and other festive surprises will be around every turn as visitors stroll along the festive luminaria-lit garden pathways. More »

The Vero Beach Museum of Art will celebrate Christmas at the Museum on December 9th. This free one-day holiday celebration for children of all ages begins at 1:00 pm and continues through 4 pm. More »

Florida’s now Even More Popular with UK Travelers

candace — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 19:22:13 +0000

I’ve recently noticed an increase in website visitors from the United Kingdom and for good reason. The exchange rate has been favoring British tourist as our dollar has been devalued and the results have been noticed by many Indian River hotels and restaurants that are seeing an increase in travelers from the UK.

I recently stumbled upon On The Beach Holidays, a website serving UK Travelers. On The Beach Holidays has been around since 1995 and has one of the most complete travel booking services I’ve seen. They offer holiday travel to Florida and beach destinations all over the world including Cypress, Spain, Dubai and many others.

I did a few searches and found their International Drive holidays were very competitive, complete with air fair and hotels included. They have excellent online customer service and also offer insurance, car hire and currency services.

If you are traveling to Florida from the UK, you may want to see what they offer. You’ll find that they have cheap holidays to Florida and a highly useful website.

Spooky Vero Beach Halloween Events

candace — Sun, 14 Oct 2007 14:14:12 +0000

Vero Beach, FL - Spirits will be haunting Indian River County this October through Halloween.

The Riverside Theater will host a Haunted House October 20 & 26 - 28, 2007. The event will be at Agnes Wahlstrom Youth Playhouse and the Anne Morton Theatre. It will feature storytelling in Ghost Gardens and a Costume Parade, Costume Contest. More at
http://www.riversidetheatre.com/web/guest/home.

McKee Botanical Gardens will host a Spooktacular Halloween Celebration October 31, 7 to 9pm for children. Ghosts and goblins will be lurking behind trees as you search for Halloween treats, there will be ghoulish ghost stories in the Hall of Giants. More at www.mckeegarden.org.