SEP 23-24, 2022 | HALIFAX WATERFRONT | NOVA SCOTIA
early bird tickets on sale now
early bird tickets on sale now
WE ARE BACK FOR 2022
The Halifax Oyster Festival is Canada’s largest oyster festival. Taking place on the beautiful Halifax waterfront, it’s a unique gathering of oyster producers and heaven on earth for people who love eating oysters. Whether you’re an oyster fanatic or are just bi-valve curious, you’ll taste a wide variety of oysters and get a rich immersion in oyster culture where local sea farmers and their families shuck for you. Think of it like a beer fest, but for oysters. Cruise around to the different oyster farm booths, meet farmers and their families and taste their products. Shucking demos and contests will be activated on the main stage. Live music each night.
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Halifax Oyster Festival and Four Points by Sheraton Halifax are teaming up to provide festival rates for out-of-town guests. Stay just a block up from the festival site, an easy walk down to the festival and the city’s famous boardwalk. Room discount rates are available for 2022 Oyster Festival ticket holders at $259 plus taxes and fees.
*Proof of purchased Halifax Oyster Festival tickets must be shown upon check in for rate.
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ViewThere is a new Canadian Oyster Champion…congrats to Chris Manocchio representing Rodney’s Oyster House from Toronto. The Tyne Valley competition is a great community event with shuckers from around the country competing. Chris will represent Canada at the World Shucking Championships @galwayoysterfest . If you can shuck enter the Halifax oyster Festival’s competition at the end of September. 🕶🦪🗡
OpenAug 6
ViewFeeling very honoured to pop into the 58th Tyne Valley Miss Oyster Pearl Pageant !! Best of luck to all these beautiful island pearls 🤩🦪👑 @tvoysterfest
OpenAug 5
ViewWe’ve loved Pearl since day one but it took the rest of y’all to catch up to what is a perfect interpretation of a salty hard-wroking Nova Scotian oyster from the deep. Drawn and created by @azizaasat , the costume came to life by local artist Helah Cooper.
Read more about Pearl’s fame over at BuzzFeed.
Pearly bird tickets for the festival are on sale now! (Link in bio!)OpenJul 26
ViewHalifax Oyster Festival doesn’t just shuck itself! A whole crew of volunteers help to make the even happen. We have a whole range of volunteer opportunities and offer discounted tickets in return for a donated shift time. If you want to get involved and learn more about Nova Scotia oysters, visit our bio and sign up with the volunteer form. We thank everyone who has volunteered in the past including these excellent ticket sellers pictures above!
👏🌊🦪OpenJul 13
ViewLimited Early Bird tickets available to Canada’s biggest raw bar! Sample Nova Scotia, PEI and New Brunswick oysters on the Halifax Waterfront.
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Ticket link in bio.OpenJul 13
ViewWe’re back Halifax! 🦪
Tickets are on sale now for the 6th annual Halifax Oyster Festival.
Early bird pricing until August 8th
See you in the Halifax Waterfront September 23 & 24OpenJul 4
ViewThis could be your holiday dinner table! 🦪🎄
Order the Holiday Oyster Fest Box from @afishionadomonger for HFX home delivery Dec 23 or 30
$85
24 @shandaph 🦪
24 @deonoysters eel lake 🦪
@lamer shucking knife 🗡
Order by Dec 21st or 28th for home delivery 🚚
Link in bio to order!OpenDec 15
ViewWe’re headed to the waterfront this weekend!
Find us @evergreenfestns on the Halifax Waterfront Sunday Dec 5, 12 - 6pm
We’ll be their with our friends from @afishionadomonger with oysters, holiday box pre orders and lots of fun oyster merch!
Oyster prices
* $2.50 - 1
* $13.50 - 6
* $24 - 12OpenNov 30
ViewThank you to everyone who came out this weekend to see us at @birchandanchor especially our AMAZING volunteers! (not all pictured here) we can’t wait to see you again!
OpenSep 27
ViewWe can’t wait to see you today, Saturday 25th @birchandanchor
We will not be on site Sunday due to the high winds and rain forecasted!
Oyster prices!
6 🦪 $15.00
12 🦪 $27.00
24 🦪 $52.00
40 🦪 $80.00OpenSep 25
ViewWe can’t wait to see you this weekend @birchandanchor for our pop up event Saturday.
We will be selling 🦪
Saturday 25, 1-9pm
No tickets needed, reservations suggested for groups 8+
Oysters from us
Food and drink from @birchandanchor 🍻
Stay tuned here for any weather updates! ⛈🌦☀️OpenSep 21
ViewOysters on the Halifax pier from @hookedhalifax. Great way to kick off the weekend.
OpenSep 18
ViewWe’re POPPPING back up SEPTEMBER 25
Join us for a Halifax Oyster Festival pop-up at Halifax's largest beer garden, @birchandanchor Birch & Anchor on the Bedford Basin. We will be offering Nova Scotia and PEI oysters alongside @birchandanchor full food and drink menu.
No admittance tickets necessary but it is recommended you make a reservation with @birchandanchor as seating is limited. Oysters will be available for sale by purchasing tickets onsite at the Oyster Festival tent! Stay tuned for more details!OpenAug 10
View🎵Jingle Shells, Jingle Shells 🎵
Make merry this holiday with Halifax Oyster Festival Holiday Box from @afishionadomonger!
For $85 you’ll receive:
- 24 pc box @shandaph Oysters
- 24 pc box Eel Lake Oysters
- oyster shucker
Shuck the link in our bio to get this briney holiday box for under your tree or for that oyster lover you can’t *sea* this year
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#hfxholidayoystersOpenDec 16
View🎉🦪Happy National Oyster Day🦪 🎉
From our spat to yours, we hope you have a yourself a shucking good day. Even though we won’t be living it up on the Halifax harbour this fall enjoying oysters from all over, we will be keeping #hfxoysterfest alive and well in our hearts and bellies by buying oysters from local farms and restaurants!
Where are you slurping from today?
If you want to host your own oysterfest with your bubble head to @afishionadomonger’s O’Fest from Home Box (link in bio) and enjoy from the comfort and safety of your own backyard.OpenAug 5
ViewWell, shuck – what can we say…
It is with salty tears that we let you know that we have made the difficult decision to cancel Halifax Oyster Festival for 2020. As COVID-19 has moved through our province, country, world, at a rapid pace the unpredictable nature of what the fall may look like in terms of restrictions and guidelines around large gatherings as well as public safety for our farmers, staff, volunteers, suppliers and attendees is difficult to navigate. Oysters are a communal food, they are best enjoyed under a pearly white tent and paired with something bubbly (preferably, Nova Scotian) in large crowds with loud music and laughter but right now that just isn’t possible.
In lieu of the festival and until we can hinge together again soon, we have partnered with Afishionado to bring you your very own oyster festival in a box! (link in bio)
The good thing is, oysters never stop growing so look forward to a bigger than ever Oyster Festival when it is safe for us to slurp! All pre-purchased tickets for our 2020 festival (including pre-purchased food and drink tickets) will be automatically valid for our 2021 event scheduled for October 1 & 2 next year. By keeping the tickets intact it helps us pay for our ongoing operating costs like storage spaces and marketing we can’t recoup. Should you require a refund you can reach out to Ticket Halifax (tickethalifax@thecoast.ca) who will process it asap.
“We will miss sharing the quintessential Nova Scotia experience with you at what is now Canada’s largest oyster festival. But we will continue to embrace its spirit, and applaud the ingenuity (and humour) of the Oyster Fest team, by supporting the sea farmers and digging into these incredible local delicacies wherever we are this year. We're looking forward to once again sharing this special experience with you at the water’s edge in Halifax next year, and to sharing your stories of oyster love,” says Jennifer Angel, CEO, Develop Nova Scotia.
We greatly appreciate the support from all of you and hope to share in a shuck on the Halifax Harbour soon. Until then, keep so-shell distancing and we will sea you in 2021!
#hfxoysterfestOpenJun 15
ViewStill looking for the perfect holiday gift? Pick up PEARLYBIRD tickets to #Hfxoysterfest for every bivalve curious pal on your list! ON SALE NOW @ TicketHalifax.com 🎁
OpenDec 6
Viewpssst.... As a special gift 🎁from us to you, we just launched some PEARLY BIRD tickets to Halifax Oyster Festival 2020! The perfect gift to give your your oyster loving pal this holiday season! ⠀
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Join us on October 2nd and 3rd for another shucking good time on the Halifax Waterfront! Visit TicketHalifax.com or Oysterfest.ca for more information and to get tickets!⠀
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📸: @iamryanwilliamsOpenNov 22
