The Texas Crab Festival Committee received five outstanding entries in the annual TCF T-shirt design contest, and the winning designs were selected last week. The first place design will be printed on the official 2022 Texas Crab Festival T-shirt which will be available for purchase as early as next month. The runner-up design will be printed on the “Crab Patrol” T-shirts worn by all
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2022 TCF T-Shirt Contest Winners
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Texas Crab Festival 5K
The Texas Crab Festival 5K/1K Fun Run/Walk has gotten bigger, better and crabbier each year since it got its start in 2013. Participants are encouraged to wear their craziest crab costumes for the event, making it even more fun to watch, run or walk! There are prizes and trophies awarded in several categories, including one for Craziest Crab Costume. Included in your packet is a
TCF Recognizes Volunteers
The 36th Annual Texas Crab Festival Volunteer Appreciation Gathering was held Sunday at the Festival Park Pavilion. The Texas Crab Festival committees and volunteers certainly have a lot to be thankful for and the celebration was truly in honor of each and every one of these people who poured their hearts and souls into the planning, dedication and success of this event. It’s nice to have a break,
Record Breaking TCF
After a whirlwind pandemic year, the 2021 Texas Crab Festival came back with a phenomenal, record breaking turnout. The devastating cancellation of the TCF from last year gave way to a bigger and better festival this year. The weather conditions were favorable with breezy winds and bright skies. The largest vendor group thus far served up delightful options for food and crafts. The record
Pirates and Mermaids Brave the Cold
The Bolivar Peninsular Lighthouse Krewe’s Mardi Gras Parade cruised along despite the thirty degree temperatures and whistling winds. The floats, vehicles, and golf carts were decorated to this year’s ‘Pirates and Mermaids’ theme. Bundled up parade enthusiasts started lining the highway hours before the start, ready to catch some beads and goodies while cheering on the floats. The parade
Lighthouse Krewe presented their 2021 Mardi Gras Parade Social Distance Style
By Lydia Spirko
This was the 31st year for The Bolivar Peninsula Lighthouse Krewe Mardi Gras and they took great care in the organization of the parade this year with emphases on social distancing for entries and spectators. We ask all persons to space 6 feet apart watching the parade from the sidelines and entries to social distance on floats or make them
Mardi Gras at Festival Park
Saturday was a busy day at Festival Park with the excitement of Mardi Gras filling the chilly air. Thankfully the temperatures didn’t stop the fun – Runners, Vendors, Skydivers, and a Carnival, too. First up in the morning, over sixty runners braved the biting cold to compete in the inaugural Mardi Gras 5k Race. Layered with gloves, hats, and thick socks, the runners were dedicated to the race. The race course
TCF 2020 Golf Cart Raffle Winner
Though there was no festival this year, the Texas Crab Festival continued with the Golf Cart giveaway. Tickets began selling in January and have continued through covid quarantines, spring break, and all summer. The winning ticket was drawn on Sunday, September 6, and Kim Hill from Vidor is the proud owner of the 2020 TCF Golf Cart. Kim spent her summer on Bolivar, and knew the proceeds
Dear Texas Crab Festival Friends
We had hoped for a Labor Day festival, but given the spike in Texas Covid cases, new closures, (including schools) and the need to avoid large gatherings, we have cancelled the 2020 Texas Crab Festival. Our team is as disappointed as you, but confident this is the right choice for the safety of thousands of people. However, we have a plan. It involves a better-than-ever Mother’s Day Weekend Crab Festival in 2021,
Dear Texas Crab Festival Friends,
The Texas Crab Festival Board is carefully monitoring statements and recommendations from health and government officials regarding our May 2020 Festival in Crystal Beach. The health and safety of our community, visitors, vendors and sponsors is our number one concern. No decision has been made about rescheduling the 2020 Festival. We will make an informed announcement
Skydiving Into TCF
The REMAX Skydiving Team is making a grand entrance into the Texas Crab Festival this year. The trained free-fallers will appear shortly before Mark Chesnutt takes the stage on Saturday night, May 9th. The REMAX plane will fly over the park brandishing a smoke trail. As the Star Spangled Banner plays, four skydivers will jump from the plane and start their descent at over 100 mph. Minutes later they will
A Fabulous Parade
Laissez Les Bons Temps Rouler! The Bolivar Peninsula Lighthouse Krewe hosted another fabulous Mardi Gras Parade on Saturday. Under beautiful blue skies, paraders lined the streets as Mardi Gras enthusiasts floated by. Over ninety floats, vehicles, and golf carts were adorned with Mardi Gras cheer, throwing beads and goodies to the thousands lining the highway. Kids of all ages scrambled
Crab Fest Selects T-Shirt Designs
Each year, the Texas Crab Festival celebrates “Music, Art, and Crabs, Gulf Coast Style.” And each year, artists are called to create the annual TCF T-shirt design with these themes central to their design. Seven outstanding entries were received for the 2020 T-shirt Design Contest, and the winning designs were selected last week by the Texas Crab Festival Charities Board of Directors at their
TCF Sponsorship Opportunity
The Texas Crab Festival has a unique sponsorship opportunity currently available for our most popular giveaway prize: the 2020 Texas Crab Festival Golf Cart! Each year, the Texas Crab Festival raffles a new golf cart with a custom Texas flag design. It is a real attention-getter, and the raffle is well publicized in the months leading up to the drawing at the Crab Fest Sunday, May 10, 2019. This is a
Lions Club Presents
Bolivar Peninsula Lions Club presenting checks to Crenshaw and High Island Schools, proceeds from the annual Golf Cart Poker Run held earlier this month. (8-26-2019)
Poker Run Fun
(8-5-2019) The 7th Annual Bolivar Peninsula Lions Club Poker Run went cruisin’ by on Saturday under a beautiful Texas summer sky. The weather was hot and the carts, participants, and supporters were out in full force. The golf cart entries exceeded 230 with well over 500 poker players registered. Decorated golf carts gathered at Jose’s by 8 am to check in and receive their first card towards the
Crab Fest Grounds Improvements
Noticeable from the highway are the many mounds of dirt at the new Texas Crab Festival grounds. The festival folks are working hard to improve the property for the next festival, and beyond. After the huge rainstorms that turned the 2019 festival into a sloppy mess, the crew knew improvements were necessary. “Drainage is very important,” says Dennis Rollfing, site coordinator for Festival Park, “and this year
As Luck Would Have It
The 2019 Texas Crab Festival Raffle winner of the Golf Cart is Tricia Brooks of Silsbee, Texas. It’s a true story of luck! Tricia recently bought property on Bolivar and purchased a single raffle ticket back in February. She was feeling lucky, “I’m going to win this,” she remarked to her family. Not long ago, she purchased a used golf cart, but now that will be the one the
The Show DID Go On!
TEXAS CRAB FESTIVAL, 2019
By Linda Elissalde
Texas Crab Festival where music, art and crab come together moved to a new venue for the 2019 celebration. New home! Great music! Myriad artists! Delicious crabs and other tasty vittles, with rides, contests and multiple vendors! Numerous volunteers hustled to have everything up and ready
Running for a Reason: Crab Costumes, Cold Beer, and Community
By Katie Lott Gragnaniello
Last Saturday, the Texas Crab Festival Fun Run 5K/1K took place at Gregory Park with approximately 200 people in attendance—including 124 entries for the 5K, 10 entries for the kids 1K, and numerous community volunteers braving the light rain to ensure the fun run went off without a hitch. In true Crab Fest spirit, runners, attendees, and volunteers
An open letter to the Bolivar community:
As you may have heard, the 2019 Texas Crab Festival will be moving from its long-time location at Gregory Park to a new permanent home at 1605 Hwy 87, former site of the Texas Frog Festival. Along with the congratulations that followed that announcement were a number of questions and concerns voiced from the community, which I would like to address here.
I Love a Parade!
By Linda Elissalde
I have always loved parades. There were the Ringling Brothers Circus Parades, Neches River Festival Parades, The Big Thicket Trek Parades, Lamar Tech Homecoming Parades, and of course, The Bolivar Peninsula Mardi Gras Parades. Each had its own personality, but all were thrilling and fun to watch from the sidelines. However,
Texas Crab Festival Finds New Home
New venue offers expanded opportunities
The Texas Crab Festival has announced plans to kick off the 34th annual celebration of Gulf Coast style Music, Art and Crabs with an exciting change of venue. The 2019 Texas Crab Festival opens Friday, May 10, 2019 at its new permanent home at 1605 Highway 87 in Crystal Beach, and runs through Sunday, May 12, 2019.
2019 TCF T-Shirt Contest Winners
Each year, the Texas Crab Festival celebrates Music, Art, Crabs, and Gulf Coast style. And, artists are called to create the annual TCF t-shirt design with these themes central to their design. The t-shirt design contest received 14 entries this year, the largest ever. TCF volunteers and enthusiasts met last Thursday at Jose’s Steakhouse to select winners of the t-shirt art contest and prepare for
