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2023 Scallop Festival approaches

The 2023 Scallop Festival, to be held Labor Day weekend, Sept. 2 and 3, in Port St. Joe, continues to offer something for the whole family. The festival features arts and crafts vendors, great live entertainment, kid’s activities and a variety of food options.

The event will take place at George Core Park.

Buy your tickets in advance at bit.ly/3MPV2DB or at the gate on the days of the show. A one-day pass is $10 in advance and $15 at the gate. A two-day pass is $20 in advance. Kids under 12 may attend for free.



For more information, call the Gulf County Chamber of Commerce at 800-239-9553. Visit www.GulfChamber.org for more information. 

Scallop Festival musical line-up

SATURDAY, SEPT. 2

Gates at Noon EDT, Music at 12:30 p.m. EDT:

Dirty Little Billy

Flabbergasted Band

Skyler Saufley and the 99th Degree

Jonn Del Toro Richardson

Damon Fowler

SUNDAY, SEPT. 3

Gates at Noon EDT, Music at 1 p.m. EDT:

Hot Mess

Baby Gray

Memphis Lightning

Bo Spring Band



Meet the Editor

David Adlerstein, The Apalachicola Times’ digital editor, started with the news outlet in January 2002 as a reporter.

Prior to then, David Adlerstein began as a newspaperman with a small Boston weekly, after graduating magna cum laude from Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts. He later edited the weekly Bellville Times, and as business reporter for the daily Marion Star, both not far from his hometown of Columbus, Ohio.

In 1995, he moved to South Florida, and worked as a business reporter and editor of Medical Business newspaper. In Jan. 2002, he began with the Apalachicola Times, first as reporter and later as editor, and in Oct. 2020, also began editing the Port St. Joe Star.

Wendy Weitzel The Star Digital Editor

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