Before you go, you might want to visit the "Follow the Blue Crab" exhibit at ... There’s a giant mechanical crab, which for years has been a big draw for kids, with moving legs and claws ...

Bullard said the festival is a draw for out of town visitors. “We get calls from early in the spring, winter, asking questions about when are the dates of the Blue Crab Festival,” he said.

(“Blue Crab: A Recipe to Save the Seas ... the crabs were not even on offer, though a drawing above the display case depicted crabs being devoured by an octopus and a sharp-beaked curlew.

drawing thousands of people to the streets of downtown Palatka on Memorial Day weekend: music, fine arts, a parade and tons of blue crabs. The 15th annual Blue Crab Festival, which covers six and ...