Arcata Main Street's 19th Annual Oyster Festival

The Shuck and Swallow Contest was sponsored by the Point. For the third consecutive year, the winners of the Shuck and Swallow Contest were local oyster aficionados Conor and Aidan, pictured below. Photo is courtesy of Tracy McCormack.

The Wedding
John and Kylee McMahan, are local residents of Humboldt County, both born and raised here. They have
been long time Arcata Oyster Festival goers, but it wasn’t until three years ago that they came to the Oyster
Festival “together” for the first time and that is where they fell in love with each other. John and Kylee made the Oyster Festival their Anniversary of their love when they took their marriage vows on the stage!

In an attempt reduce the environmental impact a large festival has, we are taking steps to reduce our waste from the Oyster Festival!

This year’s souvenir tees with be 100% organic cotton tees, available in men’s short sleeve and long sleeve styles and women’s short sleeve styles.

We will also be recycling all of the oyster shells! The shells are sorted out from the trash and recycling flow, and used as filters for fish hatcheries.

Last but not least, we will also be using special compostable cups for all beer served at the festival.