2019 Jekyll Island Shrimp & Grits Festival
Beginning Friday, September 20, 2019, through Sunday, September 22, 2019, the following will be closed:
Roads (9/20 at 2 p.m. until 9/22 at 5:30 p.m.)
- Riverview Drive: From Ben Fortson Parkway through the Historic District
- Stable Road
- Shell Road
- Riverview Drive: From the Jekyll Island Airport through the Historic District
- Captain Wylly: Restricted to government-issued disability placard or designated parking permit
Parking Lots (9/20 at 2 a.m. until 9/22 at 5:30 p.m.)
- Georgia Sea Turtle Center & JIA Administrative Lot (government-issued disability placard or license plate and driver's license required for entry)
- Historic Wharf & Overflow Lot
- Jekyll Island Club Resort (parking permit required)
- Mosaic, Jekyll Island Museum
- Morgan Center
- Old Infirmary (parking permit required)
- Villa Ospo
Golf Cart/Electric Vehicles Parking
Please be advised, all golf carts, electric vehicles, and other off-road vehicles must have a designated parking permit to park in a restricted parking lot. Villa Ospo parking lot and lawn will be
closed to the public for emergency services command and medivac landing. Those without a designated parking permit must park in the general parking lot at the Jekyll Island Airport. Golf carts and electric vehicles will not be permitted within the festival.
Traffic will be heavy entering and exiting Jekyll Island Friday, September 20, through Sunday, September 22.
Vehicles entering the island will be routed from Ben Fortson Parkway through the roundabout at Beach Village onto North Beachview Drive, continuing south onto Riverview Drive to the Jekyll Island Airport for general festival parking. Shuttles will transport guests to the festival.
Traffic exiting the island will be routed north of Riverview Drive, continuing on to North Beachview Drive, out to the roundabout, onto Ben Fortson Parkway, and back onto the Downing Musgrove Causeway. No traffic will be routed through residential areas.
Thank you for your patience and hospitality as we welcome our friends and neighbors to our beautiful island for this annual tradition.
