Astoria Warrenton Crab, Seafood & Wine Festival!
The Astoria Warrenton Crab, Seafood & Festival will celebrate its 28th anniversary in 2010. The Festival is always on the last full weekend in April, the 23-25th in 2010. However, in 2011, this coincides with Easter and the festival will be delayed to April 29, 30 & May 1st.
Enjoy a great spread of northwest cuisine, myriad arts and crafts, a selection of Oregon and Washington’s finest wineries, the beer garden and more. The Rotary Club of Astoria will be serving their traditional crab dinner all weekend long (price TBD based on Market Value). Live music will be on the stage in the exhibit hall all weekend and we’ll also have musicians at times in the tent.
Hours:
Friday, April 23 4 – 9 pm $8 general admission
Saturday, April 24 10 – 8 pm $10 general admission
Sunday, April 25 11 – 4 pm $5 general admission
Children under 12 years are free all weekend. We encourage you to take advantage of our less crowded times on Saturday morning and Sunday when bringing small children to the Festival.
A weekend pass may be purchased for $18 on Friday at the Festival or at the Chamber during the month of April.
The Festival is located at the Clatsop County Fairgrounds, on Hwy 202 about 4 miles from the junction with Hwy 101 in Astoria. The physical address is 92937 Walluski Loop, Astoria. Parking is $5 a car and is limited at the event, especially when the weather brings rain. We encourage you to take the Festival shuttle.
VENDORS: Please visit this page for details about applying for space at our festival.
Astoria Rotary Club Crab Dinner: Price TBD based on Market Value. Includes coleslaw, garlic bread, and soft drink/coffee
Our main stage in the Exhibit Hall will feature a variety of great live music all weekend.
Shuttles will be servicing many of the Astoria and Warrenton lodging properties and the park & ride stop at the Port of Astoria on Friday and Saturday. On Sunday, shuttles will only run to the Port of Astoria park & ride. Festival shuttle rides are $1 each way, and the fee is collected at the Festival.
FRIDAY – Shuttles start at 4pm and the last bus leaves the Festival at 9pm.
SATURDAY – Shuttles start at 9:30am and the last bus leaves the Festival at 8pm.
SUNDAY – LIMITED SHUTTLE SERVICE from the Port of Astoria only starting at 10:30am and the last bus leaves the Festival at 4pm.
Festival Shuttle Stops listed by Route (Subject to change)
Dungeness Bus – West Astoria: Astoria Dunes Motel, KFC, Cannery Pier Hotel, Red Lion Inn, Port of Astoria, Best Western (at Hamburg)
Salmon Bus – Central Astoria: Liberty Theater, 5th & Marine, State parking lot at 3rd & Marine, Columbia Inn, Holiday Inn Express, Peter Pan Market
Tuna Bus – East Astoria: Tongue Point Job Corps entrance, Crest Motel, Alderbrook Community Center, Comfort Suites, East End Mooring Basin
Halibut Bus – Warrenton: Shilo Inn, Mini Mart, 9th & South Main, Fort Stevens main gate, KOA, Corkey’s, Kamper’s West, Fred Meyer
Wine Competition Winners
Each year we invite our winery vendors to enter into our Festival Wine Competition to vie for Best of Show. Awards are given to the top 3 “Best of Show” winners and to the best in each varietal. We had a record number of entries last year and many great wines rose to the top.
Are you seeking a wineglass from 2009? Give us a call or stop by the Chamber. They are $5 each. If you’d like them shipped to you, we can let you know what the postage costs would be to your location. We will bring these leftovers to the Festival, but they will only be available while supplies last.