2025 advance tickets are now on sale!
Admission will also be available to purchase at the festival entrance.
The Cold Waters Seafood Festival happens, rain or shine! So if it's wet, just haul out your finest Eastern Shore dancing shoes (aka rubber boots)!
General Admission: $10 Advance Tickets, $12 at the door (under 5 years are free)
Purchase your Advance Tickets below. Make it easy and grab a Ticket Bundle that includes enough Taste Tickets to start feasting right away!
Advance Ticket sales will end on June 4, 2025. After that, admission will be available in-person when you arrive at the festival.
Members get free admission. (Membership must be purchased ahead of time and will not be available on the day of the event.)
Advance Ticket Bundle: $38 per person (Includes Admission & 14 Taste Tickets)
Purchase an Advance Ticket Bundle and get admission at the advance admission rate of $10, plus enough “Tastes” to sample a good selection of truly delicious seafood so you can avoid the lines and start feasting as soon as you arrive! Additional Taste Tickets can be purchased on the festival grounds.
Taste Tickets: $2 each (Quantity of tickets per sample will vary).
What are Taste Tickets? - A Taste Ticket has the value of $2. Some seafood offerings i.e. an oyster on the half shell may cost 1 Taste Ticket ($2) while others, like fishcakes, may cost 3 Taste Tickets ($6). Taste Tickets are valid at any vendor on site, and can be purchased as part of a Ticket Bundle, or on-site the day of the festival.
Local Accommodations: Skip the drive back home and lay anchor for the weekend!
Accommodation Partner Discounts - Salmon River Country Inn and the Lake Charlotte Motel are two of the closest accommodation partners to the festival location. Check out our Accommodation Partners page for more overnight options along the Eastern Shore.
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Non-seafood items will be available to purchase at the festival as well as drinks & sweets. You will need to purchase taste tickets to enjoy any food items at the festival, including non-seafood items.
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