Tybee Island Events

February 5, 2011

Critz Tybee Run

Annual 5K and Half Marathon on Tybee. Packet pick-up and Fleet Feet expo at the Ocean Plaza Conference Center Friday Feb. 4th 9am-7pm. 5K starts at 8am, Half Marathon starts at 8:30am. Click here for more details.

March 4, 2011 - March 5, 2011

3rd Annual Mardi Gras Tybee

On March 4th and 5th, 2011 Tybeefest will present the 3nd Annual Mardi Gras Tybee celebration on Tybee Island, Georgia. Tybee is a natural setting for the Mardi Gras event due to its unique character and fun-loving residents.

The event will encompass the traditions of Mardi Gras, an event with origins dating back to the ancient Romans and carried on today in cities such as Mobile, Alabama and New Orleans, Louisiana. Mardi Gras is held on the last day before the start of Lent. Click here for more details.

March 12, 2011 - March, 12 2011

Irish Heritage Celebration Parade

Tybee Island’s fun, family-friendly parade to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day. Put on your green & join in the fun at 3pm on Saturday. Parade starts at City Hall and continues down Butler Avenue to Tybrisa Street. (912) 786-5444/(800) 868-2322

April 15, 2011 - April 17, 2011

2011 Tybee Island Wine Festival

The Friends of Tybee Theater host the 2011 Tybee Wine Festival on April 16, 2010 from 3 pm to 7 pm on the grounds of the Tybee Lighthouse. Click here for more details.

May 20, 2011

Tybee Island Beach Bum Parade

The Beach Bum Parade might surprise the unsuspecting visitor. Floats are pulled behind cars and trucks, and often are filled with water-throwing paraphernalia. Spectators, lined up along the parade route on Butler Avenue, armed with buckets, squirt guns and hoses. What results is an all-out water war for fun loving beach bums of all ages. (912) 786-5444/(800) 868-2322

May 21, 2011

EVP Tour Pro-AM Beach Volleyball

The EVP is excited to host our very 1st EVP Pro Tour event of the 2011 season on Tybee Island. The best one day event on the planet - featuring the top “Poster” athletes and free agents. Do not miss this event on Tybee Island. Click here for more details.

May 21, 2011

The Tybee 500

Annual 500 mile catamaran race from Islamorada, Florida, to Tybee Island, Georgia. Watch the catamaran’s sail to the finish line. Click here for more details. 

June 4, 2011

Tybee Island Tour of Homes

10am - 4pm. 2011 Tour features a wide variety of large and small island homes, old and new, each completely unique in both character and design. The Tybee Tour of Homes raises funds to support the Hope House of Savannah, and this is the organization’s primary fund raising event. This event will take place RAIN or SHINE. Any additional questions, please contact: Viviane Dubuc 912-786-7704 or viviane.dubuc@comcast.net. Click here for more details.

July 3, 2011

Fireworks on the Pier

Tybee’s annual celebration of America’s birthday. Come early and plan to stay late as this is one of Tybee’s busiest days of the year and the island fills up fast. The show starts around dark thirty (around 9:15pm). The fireworks are staged on the pier, but they are easily viewed from any of Tybee’s eastern beaches. (912) 786-5444/(800) 868-2322

September 4, 2011

Labor Day Beach Bash

Enjoy Tybee Island, while live music fills the air from the Tybee Island Pier & Pavilion. Enjoy the 4th Annual Labor Day Beach Bash featuring free live entertainment & fireworks - oceanfront! Click here for more details.

October 7, 2011 - October 9, 2011

7th Annual Tybee Island Pirate Festival

Swashbucklers of all ages will be converging on Tybee Island to participate in the 7th Annual Tybee Island Pirate Fest! Featuring a Pirate Victory Parade, Live Entertainment, Costume Contests, Children’s Activities and the Thieves Market filled with treasures. Click here for more details.

December 31, 2011

New Year's Eve Fireworks

Bring in the New Year with a bang! Enjoy the fireworks launched from the Tybee Pier at midnight at one of Tybee’s many restaurants and bars, or watch it from the beach. It will be memorable!

January 1, 2012

Tybee Polar Plunge

This event has become a Tybee tradition, held every January 1st at noon at the Pier on the south end of the island. Plan to be with us next year, invigorating your soul with a cleansing (and cold) plunge into the Atlantic. Come take the plunge, we are freezing for a reason. Come for the camaraderie, the fun, your face will hurt from smiling so much. It's the premiere family fun event. Funny hats and costumes are strongly encouraged. GET a group together of 4 or more for the NEW Gang of Goofs competition to win the coveted Le Goofs trophy. Fun will be had by all. Click here for more details.