Keeping Ucluelet’s population growing since 1997, the Clayoquot Oyster Festival celebrates Ucluelet’s favourite bivalve. It is held annually on the 3rd week of November, coinciding with the beginning of the area’s oyster harvest as this is when oysters are at their plumpest.
What began in 1997 as a one night event to break up the winter blues and call attention to a sustainable aquaculture industry has now grown in to four days of oyster events that include a costume party, oyster farm tours, restaurant events and a gala featuring a chef competition all in the name of Clayoquot Sound’s love of eating oysters and feeling good.
