Maritime Museums, Seafood Festivals, Fishing Derbies & More On LI

Pirates & Mermaids ... oh my!

9/7 - Cap Tree State Park - Dockside Family Festival - interactive pirate shows and much more!

9/21 - Greenport - Maritime Festival - Merry Merfolk parade plus so so much more!

10/6 - Cold Spring Harbor - Monsters & Mermaids Family Bash - meet a mermaid and enjoy the cool new Monsters & Mermaids exhibit!

10/19-20 - Oyster Fest - The Kings of the Coast’s pirate encampment is coming back, with multiple shows each day where children can help find a buried treasure.

Seafood Festivals

Southold - July - Greenport & Southold Rotary - Lobsterfest

• Proceeds from ticket sales support various community service projects benefiting both Southold and Greenport.

West Sayville - August - Long Island Maritime Museum - Seafood Festival 

• The Seafood Festival is the Long Island Maritime Museum’s premier annual fundraiser. The museum, a 501-C-3 not-for profit, relies on proceeds from our annual fundraisers to allow us to continue our mission of educating the public about Long Island’s rich maritime history.

Montauk - September - Montauk Chamber of Commerce- Seafood Festival 

• The seafood festival is an annual fundraiser for the MONTAUK Friends of Erin and the East Hampton Kiwanis Club

Greenport - October - Greenport Harbor Brewing Company - Oysterfest

Montauk - October - Montauk Chamber of Commerce - Clam Chowder Contest

Oyster Bay - October - Town of Oyster Bay/Oyster Bay-East Norwich Chamber of Commerce - Oysterfest

• The Festival is one of the largest cooperative non-profit fundraising events on the east coast hosted by a 501C(3) organized by the Rotary Club of Oyster Bay.

Greenport - December - Cornell Cooperative Extension - Shellabration 

• Shellabration is an annual culinary celebration that showcases local shellfish and benefits Cornell Cooperative Extension Marine Program’s Back to the Bays Initiative and SPAT Program.

Fishing Derbys

August - Hamptons - Hamptons Offershore Invitational Fishing Tournment

• Benefitting Big Brothers Big Sisters of Long Island

9/7/24 - Cold Spring Harbor - CSH Lions Club Annual Snapper Fishing Derby

9/8/24 - Center Moriches - Snapper Derby 

Maritime Museums

Cold Spring Harbor - CSH Whaling Museum

Greenport - East End Seaport Museum & Marine Foundation

Sag Harbor - Whaling & Historical Museum

West Sayville - LI Maritime Museum