Hampton Beach Seafood Festival Just a Week Away

Over 50 Seacoast restaurants are currently putting the finishing touches on their mouthwatering menus for the highly-anticipated 24th annual Hampton Beach Seafood Festival, which is just one week away.

The three-day festival, which shuts down a section of Ocean Boulevard and annually draws more than 10,000 people, begins at 4 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 6.

Sao Young, of Lowell, Mass., will attempt to repeat as champion of the event's Lobster Roll Eating Competition, over 80 arts and crafts vendors will showcase their work, local Hampton Beach businesses will hold sidewalk sales and special deals, and a variety of live performances, demonstrations and exhibitions are planned as part of the celebration in addition to hundreds of different food choices and seafood dishes.

The hours for this year's Seafood Fest are as follows:

• Friday, Sept. 6, 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. 
• Saturday, Sept. 7, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.
• Sunday, Sept. 8, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

The child-friendly event also features many sought-after awards and bragging rights for businesses and food vendors. Click here to find out who won in 2012. 

The official tent layout and schedule for the 2013 festival — which will include a ribbon cutting on Friday to kick off the event — can be found here. The menu and shuttle locations can be found here and here, respectively, and the live entertainment schedule is available here.

More information about the 2013 Hampton Beach Seafood Festival can be found here.