Port of Garibaldi Seafood and Spirits Festival

Join us at the Oregon Coast in September, the weekend after Labor Day, for an intimate Seafood and Spirits Festival hosted by the Port of Garibaldi and presented by Visit Tillamook Coast!

The Port of Garibaldi Seafood and Spirits Festival will take place from September 8 -10 at our event venue overlooking the Port’s marina and the beautiful Tillamook Bay.

We created our event with the vision to educate, bring awareness, and highlight the abundance of fresh seafood in our local community. This 3-day event will be an immersive experience where our guests can not only sample Oregon spirits, but also taste freshly harvested local seafood like tuna, oysters and mussels, as well as seaweed.

We will feature Oregon spirits, wine, beer and cider companies that will be selling product samples, glasses, canned cocktails and/or bottles of their products. There will also be other vendors selling their art, products, and wares, as well as, a few non-seafood food trucks selling BBQ and Corn dogs.

Our main stage will have live musical performances by Chad Rupp and the Sugar Roots, NE DayNow, Mercury Coast, North County Blues, Katelyn Convery Band, Scott Casey and the Unsung Heroes, Ronnie Kay and Lauren Sheehan & Great Auntie Lo Band.

The event will also be jam packed with educational demonstrations and seafood sampling by local seafood experts and chefs each day to include:

• Kelly "the Blade" Barnett from the Spot will be giving a fish fileting demonstration (Friday).

• Tom Krupica and Todd Perman of JAndy Oyster will be giving free samples after an oyster shucking demonstration (Friday and Saturday).

• Alanna Kieffer of Shifting Tides will be giving a cooking demonstration with mussels harvested out of the Tillamook Bay and seaweed grown in Garibaldi at Oregon Seaweed (Saturday).

• Executive Brand Chef for Blue Evolution, Maylin Chavez will be joined on stage by Tommy Gomes, the host of the TV show “The Fishmonger”, for an albacore tuna cooking demonstration (Saturday).

• Executive Chef Dennis Cavitt from Garibaldi Portside Bistro will be giving a salmon gravlax demo (Sunday).

• Clair Thomas, Director of Education for Garibaldi Cultural Heritage and U.S. Historic Boathouse programs will be demonstrating how to clean and crack a crab (Saturday and Sunday).

Want the full seafood culinary experience? Our Friday and Saturday VIP tickets get you access to a seafood dinner experience (and smoked meats, too!) catered by Garibaldi Portside Bistro in the VIP tent.

Come sample all the delicious seafood and spirits, learn how to crack and clean a crab, filet a fish, shuck an oyster, incorporate mussels and seaweed into a meal and much more!

Tickets are available here: https://aftontickets.com/POGSeafoodFest

We would like to thank all our generous sponsors for making this event possible!

This event is supported, in part, by a grant funded by Transient Lodging Tax dollars through Tillamook Coast Visitors Association. In addition, the festival is also sponsored by Tillamook County Cultural Coalition, Grocery Outlet, the Confederate Tribes of Siletz Indians, TLC, Fibre Federal, Vacasa, Berkshire Hathaway NW Real Estate – Garibaldi Office, Pacific Metal, the Oregon Albacore Commission, the Oregon Dungeness Crab Commission, Oregon Coast Bank, and Englund Marine.

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For more information about the event or to volunteer, please contact the event coordinator, Laura Schmidt, by email at events@portofgaribaldi.org or by phone at 503-374-1424.

TICKETING INFO AND PRICING:

GENERAL ADMISSION TICKETS AVAILABLE:

General Admission tickets include entrance to the event, a commemorative glass (with advanced ticket purchase only), live music, and free samples of seafood from educational demonstrations.

Friday General Admission - September 8
4-8 PM - $15 advance, $20 door

Saturday General Admission - September 9
12-8 PM - $25 advance, $30 door

Sunday General Admission - September 10
12-4 PM - $15 advance, $20 door

VIP ADMISSION TICKETS AVAILABLE:

VIP Admission Friday - $60 - This ticket includes entrance to event, a commemorative glass, live music, and free samples of seafood from educational demonstrations, private seating area in the VIP Tent, VIP bar cart, 2 free drink tokens, and a VIP Smoked Meat and Seafood Buffet catered by Garibaldi Portside Bistro from 5-8pm in the VIP tent.

VIP Admission Saturday - $100 advance ticket sales only - This ticket includes entrance to event, a commemorative glass, live music, and free samples of seafood from educational demonstrations, private seating area in the VIP Tent, VIP bar cart, 2 free drink tokens, and a Seafood Boil (and smoked ribs, too!) catered by Garibaldi Portside Bistro from 5-8pm in the VIP tent.

VIP Admission Saturday - Table of 6 - $500 - - This ticket includes access for up to 6 at a private table at the Seafood Boil (and smoked meats, too!) catered by Garibaldi Portside Bistro from 5-8pm in the VIP tent.

MULTI-DAY ADMISSION TICKETS AVAILABLE:

3-DAY GENERAL ADMISSION TICKET - $40 advance, $50 door – This ticket includes general admission entrance to event all 3-days, a commemorative glass, live music, and free samples of seafood from educational demonstrations.

2-DAY VIP ADMISSION TICKET - $150 advance - This ticket includes entrance to event on Friday and Saturday, a commemorative glass, live music, and free samples of seafood from educational demonstrations, private seating area in the VIP Tent, and VIP bar cart on Friday and Saturday, 4 free drink tokens, and a VIP Smoked Meat and Seafood Buffet on Friday and a Seafood Boil (and smoked meats, too!) on Saturday catered by Garibaldi Portside Bistro from 5-8pm in the VIP tent each day.