The Oyster Bay Oyster Festival
Hosted by NYC Asian Meetup
Details
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EVENT TYPE: Festival
COST: Free Admission
DESCRIPTION:
The Oyster Festival, the East Coast's largest waterfront festival, returns this October for its 32nd year, offering a fun mixture of new activities and old favorites that are certain to entertain the entire family. The Oyster Festival originated as a hometown parade honoring Theodore Roosevelt before evolving into the largest outdoor festival on Long Island, under the auspices of the Oyster Bay Rotary. Every year, more than 200,000 visitors flock to an Indian-summer weekend on the waterfront in downtown Oyster Bay – drawn by live entertainment, Tall Ships, top-notch artisans, pirate shows, midway rides, and the iconic oyster eating and shucking contest. And of course…the Food Court, where volunteer chefs and culinary pros work side by side, cooking and serving dozens of unique oyster, clam and other seafood concoctions along with traditional festival fare.
ATTRACTIONS:
• Amusement Rides (sponsored by Wild Bill's Old Fashioned Soda) Over 20 exciting rides for patrons
• Arts & Crafts Tents (sponsored by North Shore / LIJ Hospitals) ver 140 artisan crafters are in and around 3 large tents that will have patrons ready for pre-holiday shopping.
• Food Court & Sponsor Exhibits (sponsored by Roslyn Savings Bank) More than 30 different food booths serving patrons a tremendous variety of fresh seafood and festival foods plus approximately 25 sponsor booths for patrons to explore.
• Oyster Booth Food Court (sponsor TBD) This food area is reserved for our namesake product the freshest oysters around, Fried Oysters & superior Clam Chowder both New England & Manhattan. It contains our Title Sponsor, VERIZON's main display and other sponsors.
• Exotic Animal Petting Zoo Large circus tent that includes Water Buffalo, Emu, Capabara, Pythons, llamas, etc.
• Pirates The Kings of the Coast bring on their annual show of pitrate adventure and the search for booty: Shows at 12:30pm and 3:30pm.
WEATHER:
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FESTIVAL GALLERY:
• Ready to eat Oysters
• Sail Ship Tour
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• Lots of people
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REFERENCE:
http://theoysterfestival.org/
DISCLAIMER:
https://www.meetup.com/NYCAsianMeetup/pages/Disclaimer/
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