Oyster Bay, your biggest weekend of the year is almost here.
The 43rd annual Oyster Fest is back Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 17 and 18. Expect two full days of seafood, live music, carnival rides and waterfront fun in downtown Oyster Bay and Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Park.
And this year there’s a curveball. Players from the Savannah Bananas will be on hand both days to meet fans and sign autographs.
- What
- 43rd annual Oyster Fest
- Where
- Downtown Oyster Bay and Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Park
- When
- Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 17-18
- Highlights
- Seafood court, food trucks, rides, oyster eating and shucking contests, Savannah Bananas meet-and-greets, Kings of the Coast Pirate Show
- Sensory Friendly Family Hour
- Sunday, 10 to 11 a.m., before the festival opens for the day
- Info
- theoysterfest.org
A Long Island story
Oyster Fest is the North Shore’s homecoming. It regularly pulls tens of thousands of people into the hamlet, and crowds have hit as many as 200,000 over a weekend.
The oysters keep it local too. Organizers say the lineup includes oysters from Long Island growers and harvesters. Live music runs all weekend in the park and along Audrey Avenue, and the pirates are back on the waterfront.
Families with kids who get overwhelmed by big crowds get their own time on Sunday morning, with rides running just for them before the gates open to everyone.
Your empty shells can do some good, too. The fest is part of the Town of Oyster Bay’s shell recycling program, which puts discarded shells to work for the local marine ecosystem.
One tip: parking near the fest is extremely tight. Use the alternate lots and shuttle buses and save yourself the headache.
Grab your crew, bring your appetite, and keep it locked to WLIT.FM for more of the best weekends on Long Island.
Source: Greater Long Island. Photo: GLI/Nick Grasso, file (Oyster Fest 2022).
