Port Angeles–Taste the bounty of the Olympic coast and savor the riches from the region’s sparkling blue waters, magical forests, and organic farms at the 12th Annual Dungeness Crab and Seafood Festival, Friday-Sunday, October 11-13, 2013 in Port Angeles, Wash.
“Crabfest is the annual celebration of our region’s diverse bounty, the seafood, agriculture and maritime traditions, and the breathtaking coastal environment that is home to the Dungeness crab,” says festival Producing Director Scott Nagel. “The event will once again take place downtown at the Port Angeles City Pier, Gateway Center, and Red Lion Hotel overlooking the beautiful Strait of Juan de Fuca and Victoria, B.C.”
Festival hours are Friday 4pm-9pm; Saturday 10am-9pm, and Sunday 10am-5pm. Admission is FREE and the big top tent provides covered seating.
This year festival organizers are honored to host the return visit of the first television chef, the iconic Galloping Gourmet Graham Kerr and his wife and producer, Treena. Kerr will prepare his favorite crab cakes, talk about his world view of food, and will have books for sale and signing. Additionally, he will serve as the celebrity judge of the festival’s first annual chowder making competition, the Captain Joseph House Chowder Cook-off, to be held Sunday afternoon. The public will not only have several opportunities to connect with Kerr, but will participate in the tasting and rating of the amateur and professional chowder cooks.
It’s All About Great Food and the Freshest Crab! In the 9,000 square foot Kitsap Bank Crab Central food tent, visitors will find an old-fashioned “crab feed” complete with large kettles of fresh whole crabs ready to be enjoyed with fresh corn and cole slaw. The crabs are caught live locally – the freshest you can get!
At Crab Central and throughout the grounds 15 local and regional restaurants will provide visitors with many delicious seafood dishes including: crab cakes, grilled wild salmon, fish tacos, crab enchiladas, crab Rangoon, clam chowder, crab bisque, seafood gumbo, northwest paella, fish & chips, barbecue oysters, steamed clams, oyster stew, mussels, grilled scallops, and more. New this year is the Taylor Shellfish Farms Raw Oyster Bar!
There will be live music, Olympic Peninsula wines for tasting, Northwest micro-brews, and the Peninsula’s own Bedford Sodas.
