January is a great month for sustainable seafood.

Which products will you find in the market?

Fresh mussels, live lobster, crab, oysters, snapper, cod, mahi-mahi and flounder to name a few.

Maybe you’re one of the lucky people who live near the coast, or better, are packing your bags for your annual winter vacation to a warmer climate.

If so, I created a list of seafood festivals and events in January around the US for you. I listed events by date.

  • Uncorked…Key Largo & Islamorada F & W Festival Jan 11-19 Ten days of seafood and sunshine in the northern keys includes cooking demos, fishing, wine tastings and more.
  • Baltimore County Restaurant Week Jan 11-27 Over forty-four participating restaurants serving up MD-style seafood. (Although I don’t know why it’s not called Restaurant Month.)
  • Pacific Star Winery Annual Wine & Crab Gala Jan 12 1-6 This one-day event takes place at the winery with dungeness crab dishes and wine tastings.
  • Mendocino County Crab, Wine & Beer Festival Jan 18-27 Highlights include Dungeness crab cookoff, dinners, crabbing adventures, wine tastings and more.
  • Apalachicola Oyster Cook-off Jan 19 Noon-five. This one-day event is a fundraiser for Apalachicola Volunteer Firefighters. Includes an oyster Contest, local restaurants showcase fresh seafood and more.
  • Florida Keys Seafood Festival Jan 19 11-8 Sponsored by the Univ of FL IFSA Extension. Event includes fresh seafood, live music, children’s events, dancing and more.
  • Key West Food & Wine Festival Jan 24-29 Event includes writing workshops, wine tastings, shrimp boil, seafood contests and more.
  • Port Salerno Seafood Festival Jan 26 10-8 This east-coast Florida event includes fresh seafood, live music, mermaids, pirates, art vendors and children’s activities.
  • Key Largo Stone Crab & Seafood Festival Jan 26-27 Highlights for this two-day event include family friendly events like mermaid contests, petting aquarium, shrimp eating contests and more.
  • Island Grass Music Fest & Conch Chowder Cookoff Jan 27 This one-day event benefits Habitat for Humanity and offers live music, silent auction and a conch chowder cookoff for amateurs and professionals.
  • 2013 Global Seafood Conference Santa Monica, CA Jan 28-31 The Mack-Daddy seafood event of the month. Sponsored by The National Fisheries Institute this premier event includes species specific seminars and lectures. Topics range from state of the industry to food service, wild capture, aquaculture, economics and more.

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