Come early, stay late and wear walking shoes, because there’s lots to see, hear and do at the Oyster Festival. It’s all happening only in Urbanna, as it has since 1957.
Inserted with the November 4th, 2021 issue of the Southside Sentinel and available for download, is our 2021 Southside Sentinel Oyster Festival Supplement.
ON THE COVER: Ms. Oyster, Jamaica shucking sensation, expected to return
Virginia State Oyster Shucking Champion Deborah Pratt, far left, of Jamaica in Middlesex County, won last year’s Urbanna Oyster Festival shucking competition. She poses with, continuing from left, Urbanna Oyster Festival mascot Ms. Oyster and 2020 men’s division winner Robert Minor of Mathews. In the background are people modeling the 2020 Urbanna Oyster Festival T-shirts. Some were volunteers who ran the shucking contest. Due to COVID-19 concerns, last year’s shucking competition was presented as an online, rather than in-person, event. This year, however, things are back to normal and great fun is on tap. See related stories, page 8.
