Welcome to the newest tradition in Wellfleet, the Wellfleet Oyster Festival, held each year on the weekend after Columbus Day!

Here in Wellfleet, the festival highlights the shucking contest, but includes food vendors, educational booths, poetry readings, live music - and more!  Come to Wellfleet and discover this small fishing town's charms.  Check out the official Wellfleet Oyster Festival web site.  And see our photo albums of each event:

• First Annual Wellfleet Oyster Festival, 2001
• Second Annual Wellfleet Oyster Festival, 2002
• Third Annual Wellfleet Oyster Festival, 2003

There are shucking contests and festivals held all over the world:

• The National Oyster Shucking Championship is held in Maryland during the St. Mary's Oyster Festival;
• See how they shuck in North Carolina;
• ... or maybe on the Pacific coast of the US;
• The festival on Prince Edward Island; or
• Oyster Bay, Long Island's version.