NC Oyster Festival
Topic Concert Venue
Why pick this one
NC Oyster Festival offers a two-day Ocean Isle Beach event with live music, arts and crafts, food vendors, and $5 adult admission.
Best for
- attending a two-day coastal festival
- hearing live rock, country, R&B, and beach music
- shopping for handmade arts and crafts
- watching or entering oyster shucking and cooking contests
- families seeking free admission for children 12 and under
Look elsewhere if
- visitors need alcohol, smoking, vaping, pets, coolers, or outside food and drinks
- visitors require an event outside the October 17-18, 2026 schedule
- visitors need non-cash admission payment
Specialties
- live music performances
- oyster shucking contests
- cooking contests
- arts and crafts vendors
What makes them different
- 45th annual festival scheduled for October 17 and 18, 2026
- Live performances include old school rock-and-roll, country, R&B, and classic beach music
- Free shuttle service operates from Lowes Foods and Odell Williamson Municipal Airport parking lots
- ADA-accessible transportation is available from the Lowes Foods lot and the festival is navigable for wheelchairs
- $5 adult admission, with free admission for children 12 and under
- Serves
- Ocean Isle Beach
Distilled from this business's own website.
Contact & Location
- Address
- 8 E 2nd St, Ocean Isle Beach, NC 28469
- Phone
- +19107546644
- Website
- http://www.ncoysterfestival.com/
Services
- live entertainment
- arts and crafts festival
- food vendors
- community festival activities