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Check out what’s happening at this year’s PEI Shellfish Festival

Join us for the 2012 PEI Shellfish Festival which happens September 13-16 at the height of the harvest of both land and sea on Prince Edward Island.

A full schedule of events will be posted in the Spring of 2012, but we can promise this year’s festival is going to be bigger and better than ever before!

Your favourite events and activities will still be here at this awesome PEI festival, from the chowder championship and the live entertainment to the oyster shucking contest and all the fresh delicious shellfish you can eat!

2011 PEI Shellfish Festival offered...

PEI International Shellfish Festival
2011 Main Tent Schedule
DateEventLocationTime
Thursday, September 15thMott's Clamato "Best Caesar in Town" contest.Peake's Quay Restaurant7:00-9:00pm

Shellfish Feast & Frolic Dinner~ An evening with Curtis Stone and the Culinary Institute of Canada. Entertainment for the evening Boys in the Kitchen.
Sample the worlds best oysters from the top oyster growers in PEI as part of the 2011 Oyster Grower of the Year		Festival Tent5:00-11:00pm
Friday, September 16thJoin Curtis Stone for a live cooking demonstration featuring PEI shellfish and agricultural products. After the Demo, get up close and personal with a candid interview with Curtis StoneFestival Tent
9:00-10:30am
 

International Seafood Chef Challenge

Culinary Institute 
of Canada

 9:00- 11:00am

 Join Curtis Stone for a live cooking demonstration featuring PEI shellfish and agricultural products. After the Demo, get up close and personal with a candid interview with Curtis StoneFestival Tent12:00-1:30pm
 

 Festival Tent Open to General Admission
Ticket Holders

Festival Tent 

2:00- 11:00pm

 Entertainment - 10 Strings & A Goat Skin
Festival Tent
 1:30-2:30pm
 Official Opening Ceremony/Celebrity Oyster Shucking ChallengeFestival Tent
2:30-3:30pm
 Entertainment - Jon Matthews X-perience
Main Festival Stage3:30-4:45pm
 PEI Potato Seafood Chowder Championship (heat #1)Festival Tent4:45-5:30pm
 Entertainment - Boys in the Kitchen
Festival Tent5:30-6:30pm
 Mott's Clamato Best Caesar In Town Finals
 		Festival Tent6:30-7:15pm
 Entertainment- Richard Wood Trio w/ Gordon Belsher & Brad Fremlin Festival Tent7:15-8:45pm
 Mott's Caesar Best Caesar In Town Award Presentation
Festival Tent7:45-8:00pm
 Entertainment - Aaron PritchettFestival Tent9:00-11:00pm

Saturday, September 17th

  Festival Tent Open to General Admission
Ticket Holders

Festival Tent

11:00am - 11:00pm


Canadian Living Test Kitchen - Culinary Demo with Food Editor Annabelle Waugh Festival Tent
11:00-11:30am
 Culinary Demo by Discover Mussels with Chef Gordon BaileyFestival Tent11:00am-12:00pm
 Canadian Living Test Kitchen - Culinary Demo with Food Editor Annabelle Waugh Festival Tent12:00-12:30pm
 Entertainment- Boxcar Dan & The Vagabond Strangers
Festival Tent12:30-1:30pm
 PEI Potato Seafood Chowder Championship (heat #2)
Festival Tent1:30-2:15pm
 Entertainment- Amanda Rae GallantFestival Tent2:15-3:15pm
 Go Deep International/ Masternet Ltd. Tie-one-on Finals

Outside Festival Tent

2:15-3:15pm
 

International Seafood Chef Challenge Cook-off

Festival Tent3:15-4:45pm
 Entertainment- Le Famille ArsenaultFestival Tent4:45-6:00pm
 

PEI Potato Seafood Chowder Championship, Oyster Grower of the Year, Tie-One-On, and International Chef Championship Awards Presentation

 Festival Tent

5:00-
5:15pm

 Shiny Sea PEI Oyster Shucking ChampionshipFestival Tent
6:00-6:45pm
 Entertainment- THE NAVIGATORS from the rocky shores of Newfoundland
Festival Tent6:45-8:45pm
 Shiny Sea PEI Oyster Shucking Championship Awards PresentationFestival Tent7:30-7:45pm
 Entertainment- Rawlins Cross - Canada's most beloved celtic band Festival Tent
9:00-11:00pm

Sunday,
September 18th

Festival Tent Open to General Admission
Ticket Holders 

 Festival Tent

11:00am - 6:00pm


Canadian Living Test Kitchen - Culinary Demo with Food Editor Annabelle Waugh Festival Tent
11:00-11:30am
 Mussels vs Muscles Competition
Outside Festival Tent
11:00am-12:00pm
 Culinary Demo by Discover Mussels with Chef Gordon BaileyFestival Tent11:30am-12:00pm
 Canadian Living Test Kitchen - Culinary Demo with Food Editor Annabelle WaughFestival Tent12:00-12:30pm
 Entertainment- Watertown
Festival Tent12:30-1:30pm
 International Seafood Chowder Championship Festival Tent1:30-2:15pm
 Entertainment- Lazy Jacks -nominated for Roots/Traditional Group Recording at the 2010 East Coast Music Awards. Festival Tent2:15-3:15pm
 Raspberry Point International Shucking Championship Festival Tent3:15-4:00pm
 Entertainment- Big City
Festival Tent4:00-5:00pm
 Raspberry Point International Shucking & International Seafood Chowder Championship Awards PresentationFestival Tent5:00-5:15pm
 Entertainment- Richard Wood Trio w/ Gordon Belsher & Brand Fremlin Festival Tent5:15-6:00p
*Schedule Subject to Change. Check back for the most up to date information.

The Festival Main Tent is located on the Historic Charlottetown Waterfront in the parking lot across from Peake’s Quay Restaurant & Bar (at the foot of Great George Street). The majority of the Prince Edward Island International Shellfish Festival activities take place in the Festival Main Tent including the Chowder Championships, Shucking Championships, Entertainment Stage, and Festival Food Pavilion offering bar service, steamed mussels and claims, hot chowder, quahogs, and oysters on the half shell.


Offsite Venues include the featured shellfish restaurants located throughout Downtown Charlottetown. Seafood Excursions and Experiences with: Top Notch Charters - Lobster Fishing Exercursions, Peake's Wharf Boat Cruises , and Culinary Boot Camps at the Culinary Institute of Canada.

Order your tickets to the PEI Shellfish Festival today.

 
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