Beer Festival To Feature 68 Specialty Craft Beers at Event

The event scheduled for January 15, 2011 will crown the Galveston Island chili champion for 2011. A grand beer tasting will be one of the main events, and other activities include a 5K Run/Walk, a jalapeno-eating contest, and margarita contest.

Galveston Island hosted the first annual Wild Texas Shrimp Festival on September 25, 2010 in the historic downtown Strand district. The festival drew an estimated 10,000 in attendance.

The Galveston Island Shrimp Festival makes it return September 25, 2010 to downtown historic Galveston. The first of a planned annual event will host a Gumbo Cook-Off. Additional activities include a children's parade, 5K walk/run and much more.