Shrimp Gumbo Festival Expansion Announced

PRLog (Press Release) - Jul. 11, 2011 - Boats, Gumbo, Music, Friends and Fun! Yaga's Entertainment, Inc. has announced the return and expansion of the Galveston Island Wild Texas Shrimp Festival. Events kick-off Friday September 23 and run through Sunday September 25, 2011.  Last year the festival drew in an estimated 10,000 in attendance to the Historic Strand District for the shrimp gumbo cook-off, 5K run, Lil’ Shrimps Procession, kids area, merchant walk-about and live music. If that wasn’t enough, Yaga's Entertainment, Inc. has added some exciting additions to the festival this year that include a major concert, boat parade, boat show and blessing of the fleet.

The festival has extended to Pier 21 were Yaga's Entertainment, Inc. will host a boat show, nautical vendors, concert and Blessing of the Fleet Boat Parade. “In honor of the shrimp industry, we have decided in bring back the Blessing of the Fleet Boat Parade…with a twist,” said Mike Dean President of Yaga's Entertainment, Inc. The Blessing of the Fleet Boat Parade will not be exclusive to shrimp boats, but allow “Anything that Floats” to take part in a time honored tradition. An exciting concert announcement will come in the next months for the Jumbo Shrimp Jam Concert on Pier 21 Saturday September 24, 2011.

In addition to the new festivities on Pier 21, all events from last year will continue down on the Strand. Amateur and professional teams will vie for the title of Best Shrimp Gumbo on Galveston Island, Galveston Jamz Bands music will fill the streets as the public strolls the Strand sampling gumbo and visiting vendors while the kids play in the expanded kids area complete with dunking booth only to stop as the Lil’ Shrimp’s Children’s Procession rolls down Strand. Bernardo’s at Hotel Galvez will be defending their title against 11 other competing island restaurants including Olympia Pier 21, Yaga’s Café and M&M Restaurant & Bar.

The Galveston Island Wild Texas Shrimp Festival schedule is as follows:

Friday Sept. 23- 5:00pm Boat Show and Nautical Vendors on Pier 21 Open
         8:00pm-10:00pm Team & Sponsor Party in Saengerfest Park
Saturday Sept 24-8:00am 5K Shrimp Scamper Fun Run @ Moody Gardens
           10:00am Nautical Vendors & Boat Show Open on Pier 21
                  Vendors & Information Booth Open on Strand
                             11:00am Strand Merchant Walk-About Begins
            12:00pm Public Gumbo Sampling and Kids Area begin
            1:00pm Live Music Begins in Saengerfest Park
            3:00pm Lil’ Shrimp’s Parade begins
            4:00pm Jumbo Shrimp Jam Concert Area Opens on Pier 21
            6:00pm Gumbo Champion Awarded
Sunday Sept 25- 10:00am-5:00pm Boat Show and Nautical Vendors Open on Pier 21
          2:00pm “Anything that Floats” Boat Parade and Blessing of the Fleet begins   


Bob Schneider To Play Galveston Shrimp Festival

A PERFECT DAY is exactly what inspired Bob Schneider’s new album of the same name. Out on Lake Travis, with a group of friends wishing they had the perfect album to provide the perfect soundtrack for their perfect day.

It's that magic that the Michigan-born, Germany-raised Schneider has pursued since the early 90s, when he dropped out of his art studies at the University of Texas at El Paso to pursue music full-time--starting, professionally, in the band Joe Rockhead and then in the Ugly Americans and the Scabs, all of which led up to his solo career in 1998. He debuted with SONGS SUNG AND PLAYED ON GUITAR AT THE SAME TIME but thought about adopting another group name, Lonelyland. Instead that became the title of his second album, and Schneider has since added another 11 titles to his catalog, including a pair of live albums, and EP (2009's LOVE IS EVERYWHERE) and a holiday release (CHRISTMASTIME, also in 2009), as well as his last studio album, LOVELY CREATURES, which featured the national AAA hit "40 Dogs (Like Romeo and Juliet)" as well as a collaboration with Patty Griffin on "Changing Your Mind."
A committed road dog, Schneider--who maintains a Monday night residency at the Saxon Pub back home in Austin--plans to burn some significant rubber on tour to support A PERFECT DAY. But there's also that large body of existing songs and that "very active imagination" that keeps new tunes coming, so even as one album comes out another is most assuredly on the way. "It's pretty crazy," he acknowledges. "I'll think, 'Oh man, I really want to write songs like Mason Jennings or Griffin House™ because I really love that kind of heartfelt, earnest, acoustic, heart on your sleeve sort of music--then I'll write electronic stuff that sounds like Kanye West. So I really don't feel like I have much choice in the matter; I just try to let it be what it's supposed to be and don't ask questions. I just do the work and then sort it out later."

Bob Schneider will bring his magic for his first ever Galveston concert on September 24, 2011 for the Galveston Island Wild Texas Shrimp Festival Jumbo Shrimp Jam on Pier 21 gates open at 4:00pm. This concert comes as part of the expansion of the shrimp festival along with a boat show and boat parade taking place on Pier 21 September 23-25, 2011.

Sponsors for this year’s festival include Mitchell Historic Properties, Galveston Island Convention & Visitors Bureau, Galveston County Daily News, Galveston Shrimp Company, The Islander Magazine, and Galveston Monthly

For tickets and more event information visit www.galvestonislandshrimpfestival.com

Media Contact: Erin Dhonau edhonau@yagaspresents.com 409-770-0999

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Yaga's Entertainment is a Galveston based events company which hosts 4 events throughout the year including Yaga's Chili Quest and Beer Fest, Galveston Island Food & Wine Festival, Galveston Island Wild Texas Shrimp Festival and Mardi Gras! Galveston.

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