The 13th Annual Galveston Island Shrimp Festival returns to Galveston’s Historic Strand District this weekend, kicking off with a Friday Kick-Off Party in Saengerfest Park at 7:30 p.m. (tickets are $65 and include a Texas-sized fried shrimp dinner, free-flowing beverages and live entertainment); and followed by the big festivities on Saturday, including the Shrimp Gumbo Cook-Off and Famous Gumbo Stroll running from noon to 4 p.m. Ticket holders (prices starting at $15) will receive a gumbo sampling cup to taste up to 40-ounce of shrimp gumbo from more than 40 cook-off teams.
