Updated Nov. 13, 2017
CORTEZ – The Sixth Annual Cortez Stone Crab Festival netted hundreds of seafood fans on a beautiful fall weekend.
Hosted by the Swordfish Grill and Tiki Bar, this year’s free festival featured nautical art displays, pony rides, live music and, of course, the delicacy the festival is named after.
The Stone Crab Festival benefits the Manatee Chapter of Fishing For Freedom, a commercial fishing group.
Sixth Annual Cortez Stone Crab Festival
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Englewood Artist Joseph I. Kreisel shows off his pebble mosaics, made from pebbles, bits of tortoise shell, shark teeth and stingray barbs that wash up on Englewood Beach. - Cindy Lane | Sun
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A Stone Crab Festival attendee admires fish painted on wood by Bradenton artist Mike Parrott of Brushes and Bouquets Custom Art and Flowers. - Cindy Lane | Sun
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Wine bottle fish by Village of the Arts artist Kevin Webb, who also displays at Restless Natives on Anna Maria Island, attract attention at the Cortez Stone Crab Festival. - Cindy Lane | Sun
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Stone crab claws are what it’s all about at the Sixth Annual Cortez Stone Crab Festival. - Cindy Lane | Sun