Little River Blue Crab Festival - Myrtle Beach on the Cheap

On Saturday and Sunday, May 20 and 21, 2023, the 41st annual Blue Crab Festival will take place on the waterfront in Little River.

Adult tickets may be purchased online or at the gate and are $7. Kids 12 and under get in FREE.

The Little River Blue Crab Festival is one of the largest festivals in the Southeast. It includes more than 300 vendors (specialty foods, crafts, and business), live music, along with a variety of activities and entertainment.

If you would like to be a vendor for the 2023 Little River Crab Festival, click here.

NO DOGS OR PETS (Working Service Animals Excepted) | NO CONCEALED WEAPONS

Festival admission does not include food. Menus and prices are set by the vendors/restaurants.

The festival runs from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. both days.

Entertainment schedule and ticket information to follow, bookmark this page and checkback.

You can purchase your online ticket here.

2023 Blue Crab Festival Entertainment:

Saturday, May 20:
• 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 noon, Preston Duffee Band
• 12:30 – 2:15 p.m., Diversity Band
• 3:00 – 5:00 p.m., Tokyo Joe

Sunday May 21:
• 10:30 a.m. – 12:25 p.m., King Tide
• 12:45 – 2:15 p.m., The Paul Grimshaw Band
• 2:45 – 4:45 p.m., Jim Quick and Coastline
Stilt Walkers and Balloon Makers will be roaming the festival from 12 noon to 4 p.m.

Blue Crab Festival Parking:

Parking for the festival is very limited, but is available in the following lots. Buses will be going back and forth between the festival and the lots from 9 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. on festival days.

Hope Willard
701 Highway 17
Little River, SC 29566

Pizzeli’s – Handicap & Staff
Handicap Parking for Patrons and Festival Volunteers and Vendor Staff ONLY. Golf cart shuttle will be available. Look for the open grass lot behind Pizzeli’s Italian Oven – no pavement parking. Area will be marked.
1698 US-17
Little River, SC 29566

Southwest Brunswick Branch Library
9400 Ocean Hwy W
Calabash, NC 28467

Blue Crab Festival Ticket Pricing:

Online Advance Ticket – $7 each
Day-of Admission (at the gate) – $7 each
Children 12 & Under Free
Event tickets are redeemable only once and can be used either day of 2023 event.