Oyster Festivals & Oyster Shucking & Oyster Celebrations
The U.S. is not alone in hosting Oyster Festivals!
The U.K. is home to several annual oyster festivals including the Woburn Oyster Festival. Many British breweries produce Oyster Stout, a brew intended to be drunk with oysters that sometimes includes the fish in the brewing process.
Ireland plays host to the world-famous Clarenbridge and Galway Oyster Festivals that take place each September. It’s tradition there to eat live oysters with beer and buttered brown soda bread. The Galway festival is home to the World Oyster Opening Championship, which is considered the premiere oyster shucking competition, although the sport of oyster shucking is staged at other venues around the world.
In Canada, The Tyne Valley Oyster Festival is held in Prince Edward Island, featuring the Canadian Oyster Shucking Championship, the PEI Oyster Grading Championship, Miss Oyster Pearl Pageant and lots more.
The U.K. is home to several annual oyster festivals including the Woburn Oyster Festival. Many British breweries produce Oyster Stout, a brew intended to be drunk with oysters that sometimes includes the fish in the brewing process.
Ireland plays host to the world-famous Clarenbridge and Galway Oyster Festivals that take place each September. It’s tradition there to eat live oysters with beer and buttered brown soda bread. The Galway festival is home to the World Oyster Opening Championship, which is considered the premiere oyster shucking competition, although the sport of oyster shucking is staged at other venues around the world.
In Canada, The Tyne Valley Oyster Festival is held in Prince Edward Island, featuring the Canadian Oyster Shucking Championship, the PEI Oyster Grading Championship, Miss Oyster Pearl Pageant and lots more.
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Oyster Festivalsnote: Our list is a work in progress so forgive us if we missed any that should be here or if we got anything wrong. Please let us know by sending us a note - see contact us form below.
ST. Mary's County Oyster Festival California, Maryland http://usoysterfest.com/ The New Orleans Oyster Festival New Orleans http://neworleansoysterfestival.org/ The Hangout Oyster Cook-Off & Craft Beer Weekend Gulf Shores, AL https://wwww.hangoutcookoff.com New York Oyster Week New York Oyster Week will once again celebrate the benevolent bivalve that New York was built on, inviting social New Yorkers, oyster lovers and curious foodies to explore the cuisine and culture oysters have spawned. www.oysterweek.com/ Central Coast Oyster Festival Morro Bay, CA http://centralcoastoysterfestival.org/ Whitestable Oyster Festival Kent, England http://www.whitstableoysterfestival.com/ Tyne Valley Oyster Festival Home of the Canadian Oyster Shucking Championship Tyne Valley, Prince Edward Island, Canada http://www.tynevalleyoysterfestival.ca/oyster/HOME.html The Clayoquot Oyster Festival Tofino, BC http://www.oystergala.com/ Wellfleet OysterFest Wellfleet Massachusetts http://www.wellfleetoysterfest.org/ Falmouth Oyster Festival Cornwall, England Falmouth Oyster Festival celebrates the start of the oyster dredging season, the diversity and quality of Cornish Seafood and in particular, one of the last remaining traditional oyster fisheries, dredging by sail and hand punt http://www.falmouthoysterfestival.co.uk/ Galway International Oyster & Seafood Festival Galway City, Ireland http://www.galwayoysterfest.com/ Milford Oyster Festival MMilford, Connecticut Third Saturday of August http://www.milfordoysterfestival.com/ The Florida Seafood Festival Apalachicola , Fl http://www.floridaseafoodfestival.com/ Urbanna Oyster Festival Urbanna, VA http://www.urbannaoysterfestival.com/ Fiesta Oyster Bake Campus of St. Mary’s University San Antonio, TX http://www.oysterbake.com/ Guinness Oyster Fest Chicago http://www.chicagoevents.com/event.cfm?eid=119 Pemaquid Oyster Festival Schooner Landing in Damariscotta, Maine http://pemaquidoysterfestival.com/ Mine Oyster Restaurant Annual Oyster Festival Boothbay Harbor, Maine http://mineoyster.net/ Halifax Oyster Festival Halifax, NS, Canada www.oysterfest.ca |
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