OYSTER RAMA RETURNS!

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 shucking competition, 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. 2026 tickets are on sale now!

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Thank you to Quilcene Lantern for lining up the bands and running the stage!

This year's lineup is an eclectic mix of bands from near and far, including country western singer songwriters, mavens of R&B/soul, local garage bands, and post-punk surf rockers. 

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We'll be joined by our friends from Row 34 (Boston), Yodelin (Port Angeles & Leavenworth),  Paellaworks (Glacier),  Perkins Family Farm (Olympia), 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!

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Our colleagues and friends in the industry are generously donating product, shucking time, and expertise. Thank you to: 

Taylor Shellfish Farms (Totten Inlet), Chelsea Farms (Eld Inlet), Shoalwater Seafood (Willapa), Jorstad Creek Oyster Company (Hood Canal), Island Creek Oyster Company (MA), Perkins Family Farm (South Puget Sound), Baywater Shellfish Company (Hood Canal), and Hog Island Oyster Company (CA)

With shucking help and shellfish expertise from Tournant , Nacar Oysters & the Wandering Shuckers Co

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Purchase $45 entrance tickets for everyone over the age of 16.

If you want to harvest oysters to take home, you'll also need to buy an $85 u-pick pass to pre-purchase 3 dz oysters oysters and 3 lbs of clams that you'll harvest on site. These passes come with 5 gallon buckets. 

Sign up ahead of time for a Seaweed Printing Workshop - ticket link will be mailed to Saturday tickeholders in early April.

Want to make a weekend of it? Book a house, hotel room, or camping spot ahead of time. The Glen and Mike's Beach are the closest resorts, and The Cove RV Park is a great campground in Brinnon. Alderbrook Resort is about 45 minutes away. 

Saturday we'll have a transit between Hama Hama and Eagle Creek generously provided by Mason Transit Authority. 

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