Travel: Savannah PRIDE Presents Mermaid Fest

Savannah PRIDE, the organizers of Savannah’s annual LGBTQ Pride Festival, will be presenting the first annual MERMAID FEST, Friday, March 23 – Saturday, March 24, on Tybee Island, Georgia. MERMAID FEST is a 2-day long celebration of the surf, sand and sun in the Savannah-area. Events include live music, parties, club crawls, beach games, mermaids and, of course, mermen.

“Savannah PRIDE attracts people from all over the world for our annual Pride Festival during the Halloween weekend,” says Rich Walczak, one of the organizers. “Mermaid Fest is a chance to show that Savannah is a year-round LGBTQ destination, where five miles of beaches are only 20 minutes away from an historic downtown.”

Highlighting Mermaid Fest will be an appearance by Blixunami, the gay Geechie Merman, one of the country’s most popular mermen, described as “the most beautiful person imaginable” by Metro UK and “as the most magical mermaid there is” by YouTube personality Davey Wavey.

Savannah PRIDE made history this past year when it relocated its festival to downtown Savannah and made the event free to the public. “Our goal was to have everybody celebrate the area’s diversity with us,” says Walczak. “And it was a huge success. People of all backgrounds, colors, ages - from college kids with rainbow streaked hair to people living deep in the country to Southern conservatives – all joined in for a day of fun and friendship.”