Celebrate the tideflats! We're welcoming the public to our beach to learn about oysters, oyster farming, and life in the Hood Canal, aquatic and other. We call this beach festival the Hama Hama Oyster Rama. It's not the biggest party in the world, but it might be the biggest subtidal one!
The Rama features tours with intertidal ecologists and oyster growers, u-pick oysters and clams, an oyster-sports competition we call the Shuckathalon, beer and wine, kid's activities, live music, and various delicious food options. Every year, the Rama benefits local Hood Canal charities.
This will be the first Oyster Rama since 2019 - read below for more information about how the event has changed (or not!).
Tickets are needed for everybody 16 and up (this means folks 15 and under get in free). Tickets get you into the event and entered into a door prize drawing
Saturday April 18th
12:00 - Party Starts!
12:00 - 1:00 The Boom and the Bust (Pinedale, Wyoming)
1:00 - 1:30 Oyster Trivia on the main stage
1:30 - 2:30 Bete Grise (Port Townsend)
3:00 - 4:00 Annie J (Seattle)
4:00 - 5:00 Mystery Oyster Final Round
5:00 - 6:00 Acapulco Lips (Seattle)
6:00 - Party Ends
Sunday April 19th
12:00 - Party Starts!
12:00 - 1:00 Lotion (Quilcene)
1:00 - 2:00 Shuckathalon Oyster Sports Competition
2:00 - 3:00 Esoterasaurus (Quilcene)
3:30 - 4:30 Grace Love (Port Townsend)
4:30 - 5:00 Awards Ceremony
5:00 - 6:00 Jaws of Brooklyn (Seattle)
6:00 - Party Ends
We'll be joined by our friends from Row 34 (Boston), Yodelin (Port Angeles & Leavenworth), Paellaworks (Glacier), Perkins Family Farm (Olympia), Tournant (Portland), Olympic Mountain Ice Cream (Skokomish Valley), Holy Mountain Brewery(Seattle), and Potlatch Brewery (Hoodsport). More food and beverage partners coming soon!
On site to help with activities, tours, and general hijinks: the Pacific Coast Shellfish Grower's Association, Washington Sea Grant, Pacific Shellfish Institute, Puget Sound Restoration Fund, Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife, Port Townsend Marine Science Center, and more!