Events · Fall · Jekyll Island, Georgia
Jekyll Island Shrimp & Grits Festival
The Jekyll Island Shrimp & Grits Festival is a popular annual food festival in the Jekyll Island Historic District, with shrimp and grits and other food offerings at its center. The 2026 edition runs Friday, October 23 and Saturday, October 24.
Verified for 2026 · October 23-24
The 2026 edition, at a glance
Jekyll Island Shrimp & Grits Festival 2026
When
Friday, October 23 and Saturday, October 24
The 2026 edition runs over two days. Explore Georgia and GoSouthSavannah both list it for October 23-24; festival hours are set by the organizer.
Where
Jekyll Island Historic District
The festival is set in the Jekyll Island Historic District on Jekyll Island, Georgia, a state-owned barrier island off the coast in the Golden Isles near Brunswick.
What's inside
Shrimp and grits, and more
A popular annual food festival centered on shrimp and grits, with other food offerings across the historic district.
The dates and location on this card were verified October 19, 2026, against the Explore Georgia and GoSouthSavannah listings, which place the festival on October 23-24 at the Jekyll Island Historic District. Confirm with the organizer before you travel.
The short version
A food festival on the island
The Jekyll Island Shrimp & Grits Festival is one of the island's signature food weekends: a popular annual festival built around shrimp and grits, with other food offerings filling the historic district. The verified record is the two-day run on October 23-24 at the Jekyll Island Historic District, per Explore Georgia and GoSouthSavannah. Hours, tickets, and the full vendor list are the organizer's to post, and the island's official events page carries the festival.
- A popular annual food festival
- Shrimp and grits at the center
- Friday and Saturday, October 23-24
- Jekyll Island Historic District
Plan around it
The festival shares its weekend with other verified fall happenings on the calendar. The festivals hub and the weekend feed keep the honest, verified picture of what is on for October 23-24.
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The questions people ask
When is the Jekyll Island Shrimp & Grits Festival in 2026?
The 2026 festival runs Friday, October 23 and Saturday, October 24. Explore Georgia and GoSouthSavannah both list it on those dates at the Jekyll Island Historic District. Festival hours are set by the organizer.
Where does the festival happen?
In the Jekyll Island Historic District on Jekyll Island, Georgia. Jekyll Island is a state-owned barrier island off the state's coast in the Golden Isles, near Brunswick, with beaches, bike paths, and the historic district.
What is at the festival?
The festival is a popular annual food festival centered on shrimp and grits, with other food offerings. The verified description stops at the food; the organizer's page carries the current lineup and any tickets.
How do I confirm the details before I go?
Check the island's official events page and the Explore Georgia and GoSouthSavannah listings as the dates approach. Dates and details can shift without notice, and this guide only repeats what it has verified.
Before you go
The verified facts are the two-day run on October 23-24 at the Jekyll Island Historic District. Hours, tickets, and the vendor list are the organizer's to post, so check the island's official events page before you head out. The festivals hub holds the rest of the verified October calendar.
The weekend it falls on
The festival lands on the weekend of October 24-25, one of the busiest on the October calendar. The weekend feed keeps the verified slate for that weekend, so you can line up more than one stop without trusting an unverified post.
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See the full weekend
The Jekyll Island festival shares October 23-24 with a busy verified slate. The weekend feed lists what is confirmed across Georgia for that weekend, festival by festival.
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