(9.22) The 4th annual Ocean State Oyster Festival, featuring live music, craft beer, food trucks, a shucking contest, and family fun on the boardwalk along the Providence River, takes place Saturday along South Water Street. Last year, the 1,300 attendees downed over 11,500 oysters from 17 Rhode Island-based farms. (Facebook event.)
MUSIC SET TIMES:
6-7pm – DJ Nick Riemer aka Nick DeParis
5-6pm – The Z-Boys
5ish – SHUCKING CONTEST – FRONTIER RAFFLE – AWARDS W/ MISS RI
3:30-5pm – DJ Ty Jesso
2-3:30pm – Matthew Stubbs & GA-20
1-2pm – DJ Rachel Sholly aka Red Dawn
Children 12-and-under are free. Advance tickets $25. Day-of festival $30. Rain or shine.
Entry ticket gets half-dozen oysters from the array of RI farms, plus a beverage. Additional oyster and drink tickets available to purchase separately.
This is a Net Zero Waste event.
Last year . . . with the help of The Nature Conservancy in Rhode Island we diverted over 2.6 tons of shells for reef building throughout southern New England; and all else was compostable waste kept from the landfills thanks to our friends at The Compost Plant.
You can help by disposing of your trash and shells in the designated containers.
$30 day of, 1pm to 7pm, Saturday, September 22, 243 South Water Street, (directions)