Great Inland Seafood Festival
- Cincy Fests
- Aug 1, 2018
- 2 min read
WHEN
The 2018 Great Inland Seafood Festival will take place August 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th.
Thursday, August 9th: 5:00-11:00pm
Friday, August 10th: 5:00-11:00pm
Saturday, August 11th: 12:00pm-11:00pm
Sunday, August 12th: 12:00pm-9:00pm
WHERE
This festival will take place at Newport's Riverfront Levee, otherwise known as Newport's Festival Park on Riverboat Row. If you have been to Newport Italianfest, Bacon Bourbon and Brew, Glier's Goettafest or Newport Oktoberfest, it is at the same location. Newport's Festival Park is below the Newport Aquarium, next to BB Riverboats and in front of the Ohio River.
WHAT
Seafood Restaurants and Vendors from all over the Tri-State Area come together to serve festival attendees delicious seafood. This festival is family friendly and features activities for the kids. So, gather all the seafood lovers you know of and prepare for a festival like no other! We have high hopes for the 2018 Great Inland Seafood Festival and our team has been working nonstop to try to make this year better than ever. This festival features so many different and unique food items, such as Shark Tacos, Alligator Fritters, Smoked Trout Dip and much more.
MENU
This year the hard working team behind The Great Inland Seafood Festival began approaching more restaurants than ever before. For 2018, all of your favorite local seafood restaurants will be participating in the festival. Brio Tuscan Grille, Trotta's Steak and Seafood, Pompilio's, and Mck's Chicks are some of the great participating restaurants. See below what each vendor and restaurant will be serving. Let us know in the comments what you are most excited to try!
Great Inland Seafood Bar: Pineapple Seafood Boat, Crab Boil, Ribbon Fries and Funnel Cakes
Raw Bar: Oysters, Cocktail Shrimp, Half Crab
Trotta’s Steak and Seafood: Drunkin' Shrimp, Seafood Lasagna, Fried Ice Cream, Baked Crab Cakes and Corn on the Cob
Pompilio’s Restaurant: Cold Crab Salad, Shrimp Hush Puppies, Alligator Fritters, Salmon over Fried Polenta Cakes and Scallops with Cream Sauce
Brio Tuscan Grille: Pepper Shrimp, Lobster Ravioli, Lobster Bisque, and Crab Cakes
Mck’s Chicks: Bacon Wrapped Shrimp and Scallops, Shark Taco, Seared Barramundi Fish, Seafood Salad and Smoked Trout Dip
Alberto’s: Giant Cream Puff, Fudge Brownie, Shrimp Skewers with Garlic-Lime Marinade
Captain’s Seafood Market: Coleslaw, Roasted Corn, Baked Potato, Hush Puppies, Fries, Crab Cakes, Shrimp Po Boy Sandwich, Fish Sandwich, Salmon Sandwich, Crabby Lobster Mac & Cheese, Fried Oyster Platter, Butterfly Shrimp Platter, Coconut Shrimp Platter, Popcorn Shrimp Platter, Fish Platter, and Grilled Salmon Patty Platter.
Whole Maine Lobster
MUSIC
Thursday, August 9
The Everyday People Band 5:00pm-7:30pm
Sunburners 8:00pm-11:00pm
Friday, August 10
Queen City Silver Stars 5:00pm-7:30pm
Elementree Livity Project 8:00pm-11:00pm
Saturday, August 11
Trailer Park Floosies 12:00pm-3:15pm
Sunburners 4:00pm-7:15pm
Robin Lacy 8:00pm-11:00pm
Sunday, August 12
3 Day Rule 12:00pm-2:30pm
Marsha Brady 3:00pm-5:30pm
The Everyday People Band 6:00pm-9:00pm
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We hope you all come out and have a great time at The Great Inland Seafood Festival!
Sincerely,
CincyFests
The Great Inland Seafood Festival is hands down the best way to spend a summer weekend by the river! Those $10-12 whole Maine lobsters are legendary—I make sure to get there early every year before they sell out. I’ve been using MarkdownCoonverter to organize my festival food crawls and parking tips into a clean PDF guide for my friends. It’s so much easier than scrolling through messy notes when you're navigating the crowds at Newport on the Levee!
I love the live music lineup almost as much as the crab legs at this festival. It’s such a vibrant atmosphere for the whole family. I actually drafted a complete 'Cincinnati Summer Bucket List' in Markdown to share with my travel group. Markdown To Word allowed me to instantly turn my list into a professional Word document so everyone could add their own suggestions. It’s a fantastic free tool for anyone who loves planning local adventures!
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This sounds absolutely incredible! The 2018 Great Inland Seafood Festival menu is making my mouth water, especially those Shark Tacos and Alligator Fritters from Mck's Chicks – what unique options! I also love that it's family-friendly and at such a familiar spot like Newport's Riverfront Levee. With all those vendors and live music, it's bound to be a fantastic time. I'll definitely be checking out the schedule. For anyone looking to organize their festival photos afterwards, I'd suggest checking out Merge JPG – it’s a super quick way to combine images without any uploads.
This breakdown of the Great Inland Seafood Festival for 2018 is fantastic! It's great to see the specific dates and times, and knowing it's at Newport's Riverfront Levee, the same spot as other popular festivals, helps with planning. The menu highlights are what really caught my eye – Shark Tacos and Alligator Fritters sound adventurous, but I think I'd have to try the Pineapple Seafood Boat first! And with all those local restaurants participating, it's clear a lot of effort went into making this a memorable event. I appreciate such thorough planning, it makes attending so much easier. If anyone needs to keep track of event details or notes from festivals, I've found Markdown to Doc really useful for organizing…