Mark your calendars now October 5th and 6th.  Local restaurants will be serving up some of their best shrimp dishes and competing for best shrimp dish in Beaufort.  The South Carolina Shrimper's Association will serve fresh, fried and boiled shrimp.  They will also be selling coolers of fresh shrimp off of the shrimp boats.  Friday night, Zach Deputy will perform at 5:30pm and Plane Jane will play at 8pm.  Saturday,  at 8am there will be a 5K run/walk through history.  There will also be a Popcorn shrimp race for kids 7 and under.  At 11am, craft booths and food and beverage stands open.  The Rickey Godfrey band (beach music band) will play at 11am.  At 1:30pm there will be a shrimp heading contest for adults and a shrimp peeling contest for kids.  At 3pm, music by Gaslight Street (blues band).   Festival ends by 5pm.  There will be crafts, food, beer and wine and a great time to be had by all.  Advanced Real Estate Company is one of the sponsors this year where we will have a wheel to spin for prizes and possibly a money wind tunnel for a chance to win some amazing prizes.  Don't miss your chance to see how much money you can catch in 30 seconds.  Hope to see you there.