An Insider's Guide to the NC Seafood Festival

Friday, October 1 through Sunday, October 3

FRIDAY

October 1 insider tip:

CHEFS TENT HERE

RIDES & GAMES HERE

Purchase a $30 armband and get unlimited access to all rides on Friday only! $5

CAROLINA COOKER DECK

from each purchase gets donated to a a Carteret County school of your choice. MUST be purchased

LIVE MUSIC HERE!

online before attending at

ncseafoodfestival.org

happenings:

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12:00PM Vendors open

1:00PM - 4:00PM Carolina Cooker Deck

3:00PM - 11:00PM Festival rides open

LIVE MUSIC ALL WEEKEND!

3:00PM - 11:00PM Stages open

at Jaycee Pa 5:45PM • Paige King Johnson 8:15PM • Cat 5 Band

FREE PARKING HERE! FREE parking is offered at the NC State Port at 113 Arendell Street with a free shuttle

Saturday & Sunday ONLY to

and from the Festival grounds. The shuttle leaves from the state port and carries attendees to 4th Street. The shuttle runs Saturday from 9 AM– Midnight and Sunday from 10 AM– 7 PM.

Other lots around Morehead City are operated by community groups with most charging a daily fee to park. Do NOT park on side streets or alleys surrounding the festival. Vehicles parked illegally will be towed at owners expense.

6:00PM Wine & Brine $85/person Sample local oysters and clams, wine from hand selected wineries (with your own logo glass!) and enjoy dinner provided by

Beaufort Grocery! Purchase

includes two tickets for alcoholic drinks, and an open beer and wine bar.

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11:00AM • Thunderfoot 2:00PM • The Bonafides

11:00AM • Aquanauts

5:00PM • Kaleigh Matthews

2:00PM • Spare Change

8:00PM • Smokin Hot

Enjoy unlimited samples of over 50 beers from breweries across North Carolina and beyond, including some of our local brewmasters. Plus, over two dozen seltzers from Bud Light, Michelob Ultra, and Kona will be sampled as well!

Grab a sample after watching amazing chefs from all over NC prepare local dishes! Learn more about them while WCTI News 12 converses with each chef!

10:00AM • Basnight’s Lone Cedar Cafe presents sauteed shrimp and stone ground grits

11:00AM • Chef Clarke Merrell with Circa 81, Dank Burrito, Beaufort Olive Oil Co., and Merrell Estate & Gardens

12:00PM • Ana Shellem with Shell’em Seafood Co. presents wildly sustainable North Carolina mussels

1:00PM • Striper Hub presents Chef Caroline Dominguez with Carteret Local Food Network serving up sauteed garlic-basil butter striped bass.

2:30PM • Chef Dawn Freeman presents Blackbeards blackened snapper with tropical fruit slaw

3:30PM • US Foods presents Chefs Marshall Beatty and Jimmy Reale serving up Outerbanks scallops, with an orange fennel salad and a vanilla bean gastrique

4:30PM • Blue Ocean Market presents Chef Jeremiah Tryon featuring pan seared flounder tacos

11:00AM • PBS North Carolina presents The Key Ingredient with Sheri Castle featuring oyster stew with toasted benne seeds

12:00PM • NC Department of Agriculture presents Chef Chad Blackwelder serving a seafood charcuterie with speckled trout

1:00PM • Chef Keith Rhodes with Catch in Wilmington, NC 2:00PM • Striper Hub presents Chef Caroline Dominguez with Carteret Local Food network serving up sauteed garlic-basil butter striped bass.

3:00PM • Chef Dawn Freeman of New Bern presents Ole’ Salt Shrimp, Crab, and Corn Chowder

SATURDAY October 2

happenings: 8:00AM 5K & 10K Road Race

10:00AM Vendors and Stages open

10:00AM Cooking with the Chefs

10:00AM - 11:00PM Festival rides open

11:00AM - 4:00PM

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Carolina Cooker Deck

12:00PM Stages open

12:00PM - 4:00PM Port of Pours

12:00PM - 5:00PM Flounder Fling

12:00PM/2:00PM/4:00PM Oyster Shucking

SUNDAY October 3

happenings: 9:00AM - 10:00AM Yoga on the Sound

10:00AM Blessing of the Fleet

Join instructors from

Downtown

Barre for an hour long yoga session on the Sound at Jaycee Park! Bring a

11:00AM Vendors and stages open

mat, a water bottle and a donation to the RAAB Cancer Clinic, then stay for a Lululemon yoga mat giveaway!

Don't forget to wear pink in honor of

11:00AM - 3:00PM Chef's Tent

Breast Cancer Awareness!

Taste cooking samples prepared by our own culinary students at the

10:00AM - 5:00PM Festival rides open

Carteret Community College with Carolina Cooker sauces and spices at Big Rock Landing!

Grab a brew at the Land Shark trailer while you're there, too!

12:00PM - 5:00PM Carolina Cooker Deck

faq's and faves 1. Are pets allowed?

In order to ensure the safety of patrons and of pets, please leave pets at home.

2. Favorite festival foods: Executive Director, Stephanie McIntyre, shared her fave vendors for a

St. Egberts and soft shell crabs from either the Same Power Ministries or Jones County Community Development tents! weekend meal that include shrimp in a pita from

3. Favorite treats: You and the kids will love

Raleigh Popsicle Co. (y'all must try the kiwi

or watermelon flavors!) or a classic funnel cake while sitting on the boardwalk!

INSIDER TIP: Due to supply shortages, be sure to grab your T-shirt early this year as there is a limited amount!

Have a wonderful weekend, y'all!

For more details on the NC Seafood Festival, visit www.ncseafoodfestival.org

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