# Event Details - **Event Name**: Ocean Treasures Festival - **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 21 Feb, 2026 at 10:00 am - **Event Description**: You are invited to the Barrier Island Center’s 12th Annual Ocean Treasures Festival on Saturday, February 21st, 2026, from 10 AM to 4 PM. The festival is free to attend and offers beachcombing and marine life talks all day, guided walks, sharing table, crafting demos by local artists, educational displays, make-n-take craft table, ocean inspired art for sale, art raffle to benefit Sea Turtle Conservancy, a judged beachcombing competition, food trucks, and more! Of special note, Dawn and Blair Witherington, coauthors of Florida's Living Beaches and Ed Perry IV, coauthor of Sea-Beans From the Tropics, will be onsite to identify your beachcombing treasures. Be sure to enter all of your favorite beach finds into our friendly competition! So come enjoy the day at the beach enjoying the Ocean’s many treasures! Theater Schedule, Guest Speakers & Demos On the hour - 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. 10 a.m. - Crafting Demos, observe the tricks to make treasures! Napkin Art by Cindy Grella Sea Glass Wire Wrap by Diana Watkins, Beach Beads Resin Art by Vicki Glass Turtles by Delynn Ellis, Melbourne Beach Glass Artist 11 a.m. - The Colors and Rarity of Sea Glass - Ann Fisk - Florida's East Coast Sea Glass Club 12 p.m. - Right Whales - Julie Albert, Director, Right Whale Sighting Network Blue World Research Institute 1 p.m. - Sea Turtles, Whales, Mantas Rays and Boats, Oh My! - Joel Cohen, megafauna conservation super volunteer and photographer, joelikestophoto.com 2 p.m. - Young Author Emiliana Fuger, Luna the Loggerhead reading and book signing 3 p.m. - Sea-beans & Basic Beachcombing - Margie Mitchell - International Sea-bean Symposium and Beachcombers’ Festival Ocean Treasures Exhibits Florida’s East Coast Sea Glass Club - Sea glass displays Glass Fishing Floats - Collection of Becky & Tuck Mallory Verre de la Mer - Paciorek Family European Sea Glass Activities Meet-the-Authors Dawn & Blair Witherington, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Have the coauthors of Living Beaches ID your beach finds, sign your guides, and try your hand at their scavenger hunt. Florida's East Coast Sea Glass Club Beachcombing Competition, 10 a.m. - 2:15 p.m. - Enter your cool finds in on of the following categories: 1) Best Beach Find (People's Choice Award) * 2) Most Distant Sand Bottle 3) Craft/Artwork (Mosaic, Oyster Shell, Decoupage, Shell, Sea Glass) 4) Rarest Sea Glass 5) Rarest Sea Bean 6) Oddest Man-Made Trash Piece 7) Ceramic Tile 8) Treasure Piece 9) Best Natural Piece (Rock, Driftwood, Bark, Stone, Wood) 10) Oldest Fossil 11) Rarest Shell 12) Best Bottle (Whole, Rim, Bottom) * People's Choice Judged By Ocean Treasure Festival attendees ** All items must be found and hand made) Expert ID with Ed Perry IV. Separate Kid’s Category for 12 and under(or enter any of the above). Awards at 2:30 p.m. Eco-Arts for All - 10 a.m. - 4 p.m Cereal Box Paper Mache Make 'n Take with Jabebo Upcycled seahorses and palm frond fish (classroom) Guided Dune-to-Lagoon Hikes Join EEL Staff for a stroll through “Old Florida” habitat. 10:30 a.m. & 1 p.m. Guess the Glass, Sea-beans & Shells in the Jar Contest - 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Winner announced at 3:15 p.m. Ocean Art Raffle to Benefit Sea Turtle Conservancy - 10 a.m. to 2:45 p.m. Drawings at 2:45 p.m. Ocean Inspired Art - Shop for local, hand-crafted treasures! Ocean Treasures Eco-Art - Make-n-take upcycled seahorses and palm frond fish Refreshments - Pita Pyramid & 40South Sharing Table & Shell ID - Take or leave a treasure and learn to ID your finds Coastal Conservation Exhibitors Dawn and Blair Witherington Environmental Learning Center Florida Marine Science Educucators Association Florida’s East Coast Sea Glass Club Friends of the Carr Refuge Hubbs-Seaworld Research Institute Island Garden Club Natural Resources Boating and Waterways Program Right Whale Monitoring Network Sebastian Inlet State Park Sea Turtle Conservancy Sea Turtle Preservation Society Space Coast Regional Friends Group of the Florida Master Naturalist Program Stella Maris Environmental Research Water Warriors Artists Fishbone Silver Beach Bling Vintage Island Designs Resilience Florida The Pickled Oak Color Works Designs Girl in the Garden Pottery Street Walkers SheShells Design Sta-seas Treasures Atlantic Sea Glass Viola's Visions Food Pita Pyramid 40 South - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/micco/ocean-treasures-festival/200029175059605 - **Event Categories**: art, festivals, contests, literary-art, food-drinks - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 492 ## Ticket Details - **Ticket URL**: http://facebook.com/200029175059605?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=micco-events ## Event venue details - **city**: Micco - **state**: FL - **country**: United States - **location**: Barrier Island Center, 8385 Jimmy Buffett Memorial Highway, Melbourne Beach, FL 32951 - **lat**: 27.9029 - **long**: -80.47135 - **full address**: Barrier Island Center, 8385 Jimmy Buffett Memorial Highway, Melbourne Beach, FL 32951, 8385 SR-A1A, Melbourne Beach, FL 32951-3920, United States, Micco ## Event Organizer details - **affiliate_id**: 2 - **organizer**: Brevard County Environmentally Endangered Lands Program (https://allevents.in/org/brevard-county-environmentally-endangered-lands-program/6742495) ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: banner - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events7/banners/833c9f1a484c4c3855c970a4e50093ee0188cee1cb29e7c355c1813ef18f1834-rimg-w407-h274-dc322d2c-gmir?v=1771480645 - **Alt text**: thumbnail - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events7/banners/c941d1877acacbe77abb3a2aaf18007e6a8a92a52f64d9f122c2812c7bb911fb-rimg-w300-h300-dc322d2c-gmir?v=1771480646 ## FAQs - **Q**: When is the event happening? - **A:** Sat, 21 Feb, 2026 at 10:00 am - **Q**: Where is the event happening? - **A:** Barrier Island Center, 8385 Jimmy Buffett Memorial Highway, Melbourne Beach, FL 32951, 8385 SR-A1A, Melbourne Beach, FL 32951-3920, United States, Micco - **Q**: Who is organizing the event? - **A:** Brevard County Environmentally Endangered Lands Program - **Q**: What type of event is this? - **A:** art, festivals, contests, literary-art, food-drinks - **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Ocean Treasures Festival ? - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents. ## Structured Data (JSON-LD) ```json [ { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "Event", "name": "Ocean Treasures Festival", "image": "https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events7/banners/833c9f1a484c4c3855c970a4e50093ee0188cee1cb29e7c355c1813ef18f1834-rimg-w407-h274-dc322d2c-gmir?v=1771480645", "startDate": "2026-02-21", "url": "https://allevents.in/micco/ocean-treasures-festival/200029175059605", "location": { "@type": "Place", "name": "Barrier Island Center, 8385 Jimmy Buffett Memorial Highway, Melbourne Beach, FL 32951", "address": { "@type": "PostalAddress", "streetAddress": "8385 SR-A1A, Melbourne Beach, FL 32951-3920, United States", "addressLocality": "Micco", "addressRegion": "FL", "addressCountry": "US" }, "geo": { "@type": "GeoCoordinates", "latitude": "27.9029", "longitude": "-80.47135" } }, "eventAttendanceMode": "https://schema.org/OfflineEventAttendanceMode", "description": "You are invited to the Barrier Island Center’s 12th Annual Ocean Treasures Festival on Saturday, February 21st, 2026, from 10 AM to 4 PM. 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