Urbanna Oyster Festival

  Urbanna Oyster Festival Oyster Shucking Contest winners appear below. Amateurs (shucking 12 oysters): irst — Craig Bishop, Powhatan, 2:03. Second — Jacob Perry,  Mathews, 3:40. Third — Kiki Ladendorf, Urbanna, 3:51. Professional Women’s division (shucking 24 oysters): First — Hannah Bush, Manassas, 3:47. Second — Leila Avery, Newport...

Thousands came to the 68th Urbanna Oyster Festival for different reasons. It was a fashion show. There was music, shopping, and foods to tempt the palate.  For some it was a homecoming of sorts… you might see people that you only see at the Oyster...

The Virginia Oyster Shucking Contest will start at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 7, behind the Middlesex Volunteer Fire Department station (the Urbanna firehouse) at 335 Virginia St. Since Urbanna is the home of Virginia’s “official” Oyster Festival, it is only appropriate that some of...

They will be recycled to make new oysters The Town of Urbanna Marina is the location of the “Friends of the Rappahannock” oyster shell recycling bin, which is where shells can be taken for recycling from the Urbanna Oyster Festival. Every shell brought to the bin...

The United States Postal Service has approved a pictorial oyster festival postmark honoring the 68th annual Urbanna Oyster Festival, which is this Friday and Saturday, Nov. 7 and 8, in Urbanna. Urbanna Postmaster Dana Longest said that the postmark, which is a group of oyster...

The 68th Urbanna Oyster Festival is set for Friday and Saturday, Nov. 7 and 8, and once again the event promises good times, delicious food, two parades, live music on three stages, historic buyboats, tall ships, crowning of the Urbanna Oyster Festival Queen and...

The Urbanna Oyster Festival has many traditions and in 1985 at the 28th annual oyster festival, the first tall ship, Alexandria, came to the town’s waterfront, marking the beginning of an annual tradition with large sailing vessels down by the water. This year, the Urbanna...

Urbanna Oyster Festival Queen contestant Elisabeth Gobush and her Little Miss Spat co-contestant Charlee...

Urbanna Queen contestant Taylor Newman and her Little Miss Spat co-contestant Marilyn Major created...

Urbanna Oyster Festival Queen contestant Ashlynn Sears and her Little Miss Spat Skyler Epperly...

Urbanna Oyster Festival Queen contestant Lorelei Cooke and her Little Miss Spat co-contestant Emersyn...

Urbanna Oyster Festival Queen contestant Cara Moss and her Little Miss Spat co-contestant Sawyer...

This past summer, Urbanna Oyster Festival Queen contestant Macon Kissman and her Little Miss...

Kallie Robins Blakelee Anderson Blakelynn Moore Urbanna Oyster Festival Queen contestant Kallie Robins and her Little Miss...