by Tom Chillemi –
The 65th Urbanna Oyster Festival is set for Friday and Saturday, Nov. 4 and 5, and once again the event promises good times, delicious food, two parades, live music on three stages, historic buyboats, crowning of the Oyster Festival Queen and Little Miss Spat, the Virginia Oyster Shucking Contest and more. Admission is free, however parking is $20.
Parades
The annual Fireman’s Parade is set for 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 4, and the Urbanna Oyster Festival Parade is set for 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 5.
The Fireman’s Parade will feature 60 fire and rescue units, queens and dignitaries. It is sponsored by the Middlesex Volunteer Fire Department (MVFD) of Urbanna.
Saturday’s Oyster Festival Parade will have about 35 units. A special parade guest will be Harris Ferguson carrying Deborah Pratt and Davila Redmond in his homemade tricycle with bench seating.
Festival Queen
The 2022 Oyster Festival Queen and Little Miss Spat will be crowned Friday, Nov. 4, at 4 p.m. inside the Urbanna firehouse. This year, the five Queen contestants and six Little Miss Spat contestants raised more than $12,100 and contributed more than 251 hours of community service.
The 2022 Queen contestants and their Little Miss Spat contestants include:
- Sara Hale and Piper Gill.
- Courtney Harrow and Kayleigh Carias.
- Makayla Seamster and Julianna Gobush.
- Abigail Smiley and Lucy Myers and Olivia Payne. (Abigail has two Spats because a Queen contestant dropped out).
- Grace Wynberry and Finley Welch.
Community Row
The museum porch overlooks “Community Row,” sponsored by Primis Bank, which will be on Virginia Street between Cross Street and the waterfront…
Make sure you pick up the special section in the Nov. 3 print edition of the Southside Sentinel for all the details on the 2022 Urbanna Oyster Festival!
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