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Event Agenda

Saturday October 19, 2024

• 10:00am – The 58th Annual US Oyster Festival Begins! (Gates Open)
• 10:30am –  Water Nymph Story Time: Performed by Adrianna Reloba  ( Fair Stage – Auditorium)
• 11:00am – 1:00pm – Cooking Demonstration with Chef’s John Shields and Gwyn Novak (Auditorium)
• 1:00pm – The Chesapeake Mermaid: Educational Storytime Experience (Fair Stage – Auditorium)
• 2:00pm – At the Shucking Stage:

• • Presentation of Colors by BSA Troops 560G and 561
  • followed by the National Anthem performed by Megan Rankin Herring
  • The Shucking Competitions begin (Qualifying Rounds)

• 2:30 –  St Mary’s River Watershed Association presents  (Fair Stage – Auditorium)
• 3:30 – The Chesapeake Mermaid: Educational Storytime Experience (Fair Stage – Auditorium)

Band Line-Up:

• Main Shucking Stage

• • 10:00am – 6:00pm – DJ Rock’n Country Carl

• Pavilion Bands

• • 10am-11:00am – Blair Rich Project
  • 11:30-12:30 – Cougar Flash
  • 1:00pm-2:00pm – One Trick Pony
  • 2:30pm-3:30pm – Honey Trap
  • 4:00pm-5:00pm – Wiskers

Sunday October 20, 2024

• 11:00am – The 58th Annual US Oyster Festival Continues! (Gates Open)
• 12:00pm – The Chesapeake Mermaid Experience (Fair Stage – Auditorium)
• 12:00pm- Mystic Caravan-Belly Dancing (Shucking Stage)
• 2:30pm – At the Shucking Stage:

• • Presentation of Colors by BSA Troops 560G and 561
  • followed by the National Anthem
  • The Shucking Competitions continues (Championship Rounds)

• 2:30 – St Mary’s River Watershed Association presents  (Fair Stage – Auditorium)
• 3:00 –  The Chesapeake Mermaid Experience (Fair Stage – Auditorium)
• 5:00pm –  Water Nymph Story Time: Performed by Adrianna Reloba  (Fair Stage – Auditorium)

Band Line-Up:

• Main Shucking Stage

• • 11:00am – 6:00pm – HydraFX

• Pavilion Bands

• • 11:00am-12:00pm – Kung Fusion
  • 12:30-1:30pm – Monkey Business
  • 2:00pm-3:00pm – Bootleggers
  • 3:30pm-4:30 – Fast Eddie & The Boyz