Golconda Shrimp Festival 2025. Golconda shrimp fest is back! The golconda shrimp festival was named the #1 food festival in the state of illinois by national geographic traveler magazine and has become the premiere event showcasing the natural beauty of rural pope county and.

Since it began in 2000, the shrimp. A “shrimp festival” may sound like a crazy celebration in a quaint river town in southern illinois,.