Sat, Oct 17th - Maine Studio Works - Portland, ME
30+ Farms, 60+ Farmers View Location
Come sip, slurp & savor fresh Maine oysters at our 8th Annual event! Every event is 21+.
Learn More Get TicketsA day of authentic community & camaraderie. Maine OysterFest is part of the multi day Harvest on the Harbor celebration!
Meet & chat with the Maine oyster farmers themselves as they shuck their own shells.
Dodge Cove
Long Reach
Mere Point
Scruffy's Cove
Chebeague Island
Buffleheads
IO
Indigo Oyster Co
Lanes Island
Mill Cove
Pemaquid
Islesboro Oyster
Bailey Point
Glidden Point
Winnegance
Basin Cove
PC
Pleasant Cove
Dingley Cove
Wolfe Neck
Basket Island
Spinney Crk
Nonesuch
BT
Bryn's Test Farm
Johns River
Emily's Oyster
Green Boat
Merritt Island
Eros
Blackstone Pt
Nauti Sisters
Whiskey Stones
Beso del Mar
Spartan
Split Ledge
AT
Aubrey's Test Farm
Little Busters
Brightwater
Lady Shuckers
Iron Island
Love Point
LM
Lil' Mo Oysters
Eider Cove
Cora Cressy
OystHERS
Recompense Cove
Getchell's Ledge
Georges River
Bombazine
MDI's
Madeleine Point
Aphrodite
Pine Point
Cape Smalls
Tickets are sold by Harvest on the Harbor through Tickets207, so you'll leave our site to buy and your confirmation comes from them. Thursday's Opening Night Happy Hour with the Maine Distillers' Guild and Friday's Maine Lobster Chef of the Year are on the same ticket page if you want to make a weekend of it.
It's a party. The farmers make sure of that.
Spinning vinyl from the first shuck to the last. Back for another year.
Last year, mid-session, the whole floor stopped shucking and danced to James Brown. Sixty farmers. This year we go bigger: the largest group of oyster farmers dancing in one room, ever. Guinness hasn't called us back yet.
Details on this year's song, and how you can be part of it, coming soon.
Watch last year's farmers' danceEvery farm at the fest, on the map. Most of these waters are within two hours of the venue, and every one of them tastes different.
Yes. Every Harvest on the Harbor event is 21+. Bring an ID.
Entry to one session and 18 oysters, shucked for you by the people who grew them. Maine beer and spirits are poured throughout the session.
Yes. Add a half dozen for $17.59 when you buy your ticket. Make sure the add-on matches your session.
Maine Studio Works, 170 Anderson St, East Bayside, Portland. Street parking nearby, and you're a short walk from Rising Tide, Austin Street, and Orange Bike if you want to keep the afternoon going.
Tickets are handled by Harvest on the Harbor through Tickets207. Reach them at hello@harvestontheharbor.com.
Farm oysters in Maine and want a table at the fest? Get in touch.
