2025 Sarasota Shell Show
The 2025 Sarasota Shell Show will be Friday, February 7 and Saturday, February 8 at the Potter Building at the Sarasota Fairgrounds, 2896 Ringling Boulevard, Sarasota, FL.
The Shell Show offers a great way to learn about seashells and the critters that created and inhabited them, plus view unique shell art and learn from scientific exhibits. Visitors enjoy a variety of vendors who display and sell common, exotic and rare shells, rocks and minerals; shell-inspired jewelry; clothing; shell crafts and art; and more. There is a raffle for shells and coastal-inspired prizes.
Shell shows are a lot of fun! Guests receive a free bag of shells with their $5 paid admission fee.
Hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. both days
Entry donation: Adults: $5
Students ages 12-18: $3
Kids under 12 may enter free with a paid adult
If you are interested in entering either a Scientific or Artistic exhibit or becoming a dealer, please download and return the appropriate forms. Questions? email [email protected].
Please read all Shell Show documents carefully as there have been major changes for 2025. Please do NOT send documents or entry forms from previous years. Thank you.