New Dates and What to Count on

Hip hip hooray!  It’s that point once more: the start of one other Caribbean Spiny Lobster Season!  Right here in Belize, we rejoice the opening with particular dishes and enjoyable meals festivals throughout the nation.  The specter of Hurricane Beryl has prompted a hiccup in pageant plans and the charming coastal village of Placencia has postponed their Lobsterfest from the primary weekend in July to the 19th, 20th, and 21st.  The three-day extravaganza will mix scrumptious meals, thrilling occasions, and vibrant leisure.  Whether or not you’re a seafood lover or not, be a part of the enjoyable July Nineteenth- twenty first at Level Placencia for an unforgettable seashore bash that celebrates extra than simply the ocean-dwelling crustacean.  Right here’s what to anticipate from Placencia Lobsterfest 2024.

Location

No shirt, no footwear, no drawback.  Placencia’s Lobsterfest combines the elements of an informal seashore day with the energetic ambiance of an outside live performance for a meals pageant like no different.  Held on the seashore on the most southern tip of the 15-mile-long peninsula, the pageant grounds set the stage for an unforgettable and distinctive weekend of meals, enjoyable, and fellowship below the solar and on the fringe of the Caribbean Sea.

Wander amid the tents of artists and craft distributors and shuffle your naked ft to the rhythm of the metal drum band because the smokey aroma of a dozen barbeque grills fills the air.  Stretch out on a towel or bob on a floatie within the heat, clear water with a drink in your hand and watch the Youth Crusing Membership children expertly maneuver their little boats by the throngs of swimmers and across the pier.

Leisure

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Take pleasure in dwell leisure all through the weekend with performances by Belize’s most beloved bands: Candy Ache, Gilharry 7, and the Panerrifix Metal Drum Orchestra.  Prime DJs and enthusiastic MCs maintain the gang energized all day and evening lengthy.  Count on wild and wacky competitions like a burger-eating contest, swimming race, lobster toss, and soda-chugging for many laughs and a few nice prizes. 

Because the solar units on Saturday evening, put together to be dazzled by a spectacular fireworks show that lights up the evening sky above the seashore and is mirrored on the water of the harbor.  Whether or not you come for the family-friendly frivolity of the pageant throughout the daytime or to wine your waistline into the wee hours of the morning on the late-night celebration, there’s enjoyable to be discovered for everybody!

Neighborhood Spirit

Greater than only a seafood lover’s paradise, the Placencia Lobsterfest additionally raises funds for the Village Council and a number of other different golf equipment and organizations in the neighborhood.  Kick off the weekend on foot by taking part within the Battle Most cancers 5-mile Run/Stroll; the proper approach to work up an urge for food for all of the lobster you’ll devour later. 

Toast to a great trigger on the volunteer-staffed bar and beer tent the place the weekend’s proceeds go straight into the Placencia Village Council’s coffers.  Check your luck on a duck… a rubber duck that’s, by supporting the Rotary Membership’s Rubber Duck Race for charity.  It’s a unusual and much-loved custom.  In case your duck doesn’t win the race, take an opportunity on the BTIA’s grand raffle with dozens of unbelievable prizes to be received.  Tickets are simply $2bz an opportunity and prizes run the gamut from flight vouchers and luxurious resort stays to excursions, jewellery, and eating certificates. 

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Lobsterfest is a really particular occasion that brings folks from close to and much collectively and a robust sense of group spirit permeates each exercise all through the weekend’s revelry. 

Placencia Lobsterfest 2019. Picture by Kevin Quischan (Belize My Travels)

Be part of the seafood celebration and the head of the summer time season at Placencia Lobsterfest.  Come hungry and go away completely satisfied however bear in mind, this pageant is about extra than simply meals!  Get able to have enjoyable, meet buddies, and make unforgettable reminiscences along with your toes within the sand throughout one of the best seashore bash of the yr.  Go to www.placencialobsterfest.com for extra info.

Featured: Lobster on deck! Asha’s Tradition Kitchen boasts at Placencia Lobster Fest. Picture by the BTB