5th Annual!

SATURDAY OCTOBER 11th 2025

DRAYTON HARBOR OYSTER COMPANY’S 11th ANNUAL SHELLEBRATION!

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☔🏖️ Rain or Shine, DHO will Sea you There! 🏖️☔

Guaranteed Weather! 🦭 Guaranteed Great Vibes!

Come Get your PNW on!

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Rubber Boots! Rain Jackets! Umbrellas! Puddle Jumping? Fashion Show Anyone?

🌧️🌦️🌈🕺

  • Party On!

    Information on the Day’s Events
    Check it out Below!

    Plan / Sign-Up / Get Stoked

  • Volunteer?

    Every year since 2014, Drayton Harbor Oyster Company has Celebrated the Reopening of the Harbor with Shellebration, donating Oysters, time, energy, materials, equipment and planning - it wouldn’t be as easy, or as fun! - without the help of our shucking awesome Volunteers!

    Sign Up to Help Out!

  • Street Fair Sign-Up!

    Register for a booth to Showcase Your Crafts and your Passions, so the Party can Shellebrate you too!

    Booth Registration

  • Plan your Stay

    Accommodations, Parking, and Travel

    Logistics

EVENTS

  • Amateur Shucking Competition

    Are you a natural?

    This contest for those that haven’t worked in the industry.

    Honor Code applies

    Sign Up!

  • Industry Shuckers Competition

    Are you in the biz?

    Those with professional experience

  • Blindfolded Shucking Competition

    Rules to be made up on the day-of

    Sign Up!

  • Seagull Immitation Contest

    Blend in in Blaine — Look and sound like a seagull!

    Silly Prizes Awarded for a Silly Competition 😄

    Calls, Costumes, and Struts Encouraged 😎

    Come have fun and get your Squawk on!

    Demo Video 🔗 for Example

    Sign Up Here!

  • Live Music Line-Up

    4 p.m. - 7 p.m.
    H Street Plaza

    Overlooking Drayton Harbor

    All-Ages!

    Listen Here

  • A Party with Our Pals

    Happening in coordination with and right alongside OysterFest!

    Visit Seaside Bash

  • Seymours See More Sea

    DHO’s Dynamic Father-Son duo talks Family, Business, Oysters and History in Drayton Harbor

    Hear More Here

  • Shuck Off!

    MARK vs STEVE

    Fastest Shucker Wins
    ⏱️ 🦪

    Click Here

  • Oyster Photo Booth

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  • Corn Hole Etc.

    kids games for grown-ups and kids

  • Shuck Toss

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  • Oyster Trivia

    🍻➕🦪➕🤔

  • Oyster Art for Kids!

    Across the street behind KTC

    🦪 🎨🖌️

  • Silent Auction

    In Support of the Blaine Food Bank!

    Auction begins Saturday

    Bid Here @ BetterWorld.org (link active soon)

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AUCTION ITEMS (Details Coming Soon)

  • Fun!

  • Adventure!

  • Community!

  • Creativity!

  • Recreation!

  • Nature!

🚧 Event Page and Offerings Updated as they are Confirmed 🚧

DHO FESTIVAL FOOD

  • 🎟️Purchase Tickets In-Store (Wed-Fri this week) or Day-of!

  • Seafood Boil

  • Simple Steamed Oysters

  • Buttered Steamed Oysters

  • Fish Tacos

  • Shrimp Tacos

  • Hot Dogs!

  • Oysters Raw on the 1/2 Shell

  • Pacific French Fries

  • Street Corn

  • Oyster Chowder

  • Grilled Oy - Savory

  • Grilled Oy - Simple

  • Grilled Oy - Bacon Bleu

  • Grilled Oy - Sweet 'n Smokey

  • +💦 wATER AND pOP 🫧

DHO ADULT DRINK OFFERINGS

  • 🎫Purchase Tickets In-Store (Wed-Fri this week) or Day-of!

  • Beer

  • Red Wine

  • Rose Wine

  • White Wine

  • Sparkles

  • Non-Alcoholic Beer 🍻

LOGISTICS

SUPPORT BLAINE

  • 🧡 Borderites Volley Ball 🏐

    Blaine Borderites HS Girls Volley Ball Team is setting up and stepping up at OysterFest this year!

    DHO’s Manager is a Borderites Coach, and looking forward to bringing the DHO and Borderites Teams together to serve up a solid OysterFest 2025.

    A portion of proceeds from OysterFest will go towards supporting the Borderites.

    Link Forthcoming

  • Blaine Food Bank

    NEIGHBORS HELPING NEIGHBORS

    At Blaine Food Bank, we believe that everyone deserves access to nutritious and culturally appropriate food. We are committed to removing barriers to food and essentials, ensuring that our offerings are valued by our diverse community.

    Donate Directly

Allies in Oysters

  • Blaine Birch Bay Parks & Rec

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  • City of Blaine

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  • Port of Bellinghmam

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    Click Here

  • Whatcom Conservation District

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    Click Here

  • Garden of the Salish Sea

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    Click Here

  • Puget Sound Restoration

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    Click Here

  • Whatcom Working Waterfront

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    Click Here

  • Pacific Coast Shellfish Growers Association

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    Click Here

  • Sustainable Connections

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    Click Here