This weekend, October 3 & 4, 2009
10:00 am until 6:00 pm
MASON COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS
Much to do, taste, sip and hear at this years Oysterfest!
The OysterFest makes its annual two-day appearance this
weekend and seafood lovers are salivating as they wait for
the gates at the Mason County Fairgrounds to open at 10:00
am on Saturday.
Admission is $5 per person, with military members in uniform
addmitted free. Parking is also free.
Sponsored by the Skookum Rotary Club of Shelton, the two-day
festival features an oyster shucking competition where contestants
compete for West Coast Oyster Shucking Championship titles.
But the oyster shucking is just one aspect of OyesterFest. There’s
the annual cook-off featuring amatuer and professional chefs vying for
prize money and the title of OyserFest Cook-off Champion.
OysterFest also features exhibits, including touch tanks, model ships,
local shellfish and water-quality displays and an electrical-safety
display by PUD 3. Also on tap will be and art and photo competition.
There’s plenty for children and adults to see. For youngsters there will
be a kids fishing pool, football toss, putt-putt golf course, and pony rides
and games.
Meanwhile, there’s lots of entertainment lined up to keep festival goers, well,
entertained. Various musical groups will be playing on stage, but most of all,
there is the food. Seafood lovers will be in paradise! From bacon-wrapped
oysters, traditional baked salmon, Indian fry bread, steamer clams, grilled
halibut tacos, local corn on the cob, smoked sockeye salmon on cream cheese
bagels and much more!
Adults 21 and over will be able to taste microbrew beer and wine.
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