96th Annual Blessing of the Fleet & Shrimp Festival
- Presented By: Harrah's Gulf Coast
- Dates: July 6, 2025
- Time: 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM
- Price: $5 per person
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About
Join us for the 96th Annual Blessing of the Fleet festival on Sunday, July 6 from 11 a.m. until 4 p.m. Starting at 11:25 a.m. will be "The Shrimp Princess Pageant Contest”, for ages 5 to 8 years old.
There will be arts and craft vendors, and from 1-4 p.m. “New Orleans Bag of Donuts” will be live on stage! There will be a $5 charge to enter, best viewing for the Biloxi Boat Blessing. The ceremonial wreath dropping will occur at 12:30 p.m. Boats will form in the west end of the Biloxi Channel near the Beau Rivage Casino and then parade east in the Biloxi Channel. Shrimp and recreational boats are welcome to receive blessing for a safe and bountiful season. Boat participants do not need applications.
Great cash prizes will be given – $2000 to the 1st place best decorated boat, $1000 will be given to 2nd best decorated boat, $500 to the 3rd best decorated boat, and a $500 participation award will be given to a selected working boat. Also, this year is a $300 cash prize to the best decorated pleasure boat.
We encourage the boat owners from St. Michael, Vietnamese Martyrs and Blessed Seelos churches and the community to come out and celebrate this long-standing tradition in Biloxi.
For more information go to the Biloxi Blessing of the Fleet Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/biloxiblessingms or call 228-365-1627 or 228-435-6339.
Full Schedule of Events:- Mass of Deceased Fishermen-Thursday, July 3, 2025 6 p.m.
- Blessing Mass-Saturday, July 5, 2025 5 p.m.
- Coronation of the 96th Biloxi Shrimp King and Queen – Saturday, July 5, 2025 6 p.m.
- The Shrimp Princess Pageant Contest- Sunday, July 6, 2025 11:25 a.m.
- Ceremonial Wreath Dropping-Sunday, July 6, 2025 12:30 p.m.
- Biloxi Blessing of the Fleet & Festival – Sunday, July 6, 2025 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
***Event dates and details are provided by our Tourism Partners and are subject to change or cancellation by the event host/organizer. Please refer to the event host's website or Facebook event for the most up-to-date event detail information.
