Placencia Lobsterfest Booths....

Food was not the only thing available at this year's Placencia Lobsterfest. Usually vendors come from all over the country to sell their wares. With the Kendal Causeway out (the temporary one is back in place now BTW - it washed out right in time to make organizing the fest a real challenge and was back in place by Monday morning) many of the usual vendors were unable to make it.

Some of the ones that did make it where......

Every year the Placencia BTIA, one of the festival's main coordinators, has a booth where they sell that year's Lobsterfest T-shirts, other Lobsterfest merchandise and the tickets for the Placencia BTIA Lobsterfest Raffle. This raffle is one of the most popular parts of the fest and this year there were more than 80 prizes to be won. We'll post the list later - the prizes this year were great and for the first time ever ALL the tickets sold!!!!

The set up this year really helped the crowd to flow.......

Wood Carvings can always be found at Placencia Lobsterfest. These beautiful hand carved items add to anyones art collection! Each year one carving is chosen as the Best Boat trophy for the winner of the Placencia Lobstefest Fishermen's Day Saltwater Fishing Tournament.

The Placencia Mooring Masters had a booth to help raise awareness about their reef protection project. They gave information, sold their wristbands, and had a bake sale.

Friends of Nature, the NGO in the area that manages several protected areas, had a booth to educate the public on their role in the community.

The Joint Boutique..... Coming Soon? They made their debut at this year's Lobsterfest. Last I heard they're still looking for a storefront for their grand opening later this year. Cool clothes....

The Placencia BTIA/Placencia Tourism Center shared this tent with the St. John's PTA. St. John's, Placencia's primary school, ran the soft drink and water sales for the fest this year. The PTA is trying to do a major school expansion and right now every penny counts.

Photos courtesy of Muzamanzie Photographs