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!
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 - Rotary Club of Oyster Bay - 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