2026 New Jersey Oyster Festival

2026 New Jersey Oyster Festival!

Saturday, October 17, 2026 | 12–5 PM
Bayshore Center at Bivalve | Port Norris, NJ

Celebrate New Jersey’s oyster heritage along the Delaware Bay waterfront with local oysters, live music, food and drinks, festival activities, and more.

Tickets are $50 in advance / $60 day-of and include a sampling of freshly shucked local oysters and a commemorative drinking glass.

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LOCAL OYSTERS

Sample freshly shucked oysters from New Jersey growers and purveyors.

LIVE MUSIC

Nathan Cwik 12-1:30 PM                             GoodMan Fiske  2–4:30 PM

FESTIVAL FUN

Oyster shucking competition, speaker presentations and Bay stories, raffle baskets, and festival activities.

FOOD & DRINKS

Oyster Cracker Café

Chilango Taco Loco

AJ’s Pub

PLAN YOUR VISIT

Saturday, October 17, 2026 | 12–5 PM
Bayshore Center at Bivalve
2800 High Street, Port Norris, NJ 08349
Rain or shine.

CLICK HERE FOR TICKETS

THANK YOU TO OUR 2026 SPONSORS

The New Jersey Oyster Festival is made possible through the generous support of our sponsors and community partners.

Counts Sponsors
Wells Fargo Advisors
Jason Vail – Home & Heart Realty

Extra Selects Sponsor
WHIBCO

Selects Sponsors
AMK Glass
Allen Insurance Financial
Century Savings Bank
Hollinger Oyster Company
Mints Insurance Agency

Standards Sponsors
Chemglass Life Sciences
Dino’s Pizza & Restaurant
Dominion Title Services
Miletta Brothers Inc.
Process TDH
Rutgers Haskin Shellfish Research Laboratory
Wheaton Real Estate, LLC

Interested in becoming a 2026 Oyster Festival Sponsor?

EMAIL: marketing@bayshroecenter.org 

Looking for the full festival lineup?

See participating oyster purveyors, food vendors, sponsors, music, and more on our New Jersey Oyster Festival page.

Funding has been made possible in part by the New Jersey State Council on the Arts / Department of State and the Cumberland County Board of Commissioners through the Cumberland County Cultural and Heritage Commission.