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Friday at the Florida Seafood Festival
The weather was great Friday at the first day of the 59th annual Florida Seafood Festival.. Saturday should be just as fun, starting with the parade down 98 at 10 a.m.
Saturday, Nov. 5
7 a.m. Registration for the 5K Redfish Run, on the front steps of the Gibson Inn.
8 a.m. Start of the Redfish Run, that winds its way through the streets of Apalachicola.
10 a.m. Gates open. $5 admission, children under 12 free. No pets are allowed in the festival with the exception of service animals.
10 a.m. Parade starts along Highway 98 to the center of Apalachicola
1 to 5 p.m. Blue Crab Races, at the top of each hour, for children under 12.
1 p.m. Oyster Shucking Contest
1:15 p.m. Oyster Eating Contest
5 to 7 p.m. Musical Entertainment opens
8:30 p.m. Headliner Entertainer Chris Cagle
11 p.m. Park closes
Meet the Editor
David Adlerstein, The Apalachicola Times’ digital editor, started with the news outlet in January 2002 as a reporter.
Prior to then, David Adlerstein began as a newspaperman with a small Boston weekly, after graduating magna cum laude from Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts. He later edited the weekly Bellville Times, and as business reporter for the daily Marion Star, both not far from his hometown of Columbus, Ohio.
In 1995, he moved to South Florida, and worked as a business reporter and editor of Medical Business newspaper. In Jan. 2002, he began with the Apalachicola Times, first as reporter and later as editor, and in Oct. 2020, also began editing the Port St. Joe Star.