Urbanna Oyster Festival

There was music everywhere at the 67th Annual Urbanna Oyster Festival. Food and drink abounded. Two parades. A feeling of small-town America comforted those who remembered, and perhaps longed for, simpler times. On crisp days with warm sun and cool shade they ambled past historic...

Josie Anton crowned 2024 festival’s Little Miss Spat Hailey Bruce was crowned Queen of the 67th Urbanna Oyster Festival and Josie Anton was crowned Little Miss Spat at the Urbanna firehouse on Friday, Nov. 1. As the 2024 Urbanna Oyster Festival Queen, Bruce received a $5,000...

Professional division Overall winner – Robert Minor, adjusted time, 3:08. Second place – Hannah Bush, adjusted time, 4:55. Men’s professional division, six contestants First place — Robert Minor, Gwynn’s Island, adjusted time, 3:04. Second place — Sam Davis, adjusted time, 3:06. Third place — Joey McComas, Weems, adjusted time, 3:53. Women’s...

Bands First place — Essex High School Trojan Marching Band. Second place — Lancaster High School Red Devil Band. Marching/walking units First place — Virginia Elite Gymnastics Academy (VEGA). Second place — Do Baton! Dance Twirl Team. Floats First place — Mike’s Custom Golf Cars. Second place —  Chesapeake Boat Basin/Middlesex...

The Middlesex Volunteer Fire Department hosted the 2024 Oyster Festival Fireman’s Parade on Friday, Nov. 1. There was a great turnout of both volunteer and career emergency service personnel in attendance. Fifty-five units were judged for the Fireman’s Parade with the farthest department being...

The Virginia Oyster Shucking Contest, sponsored by T.M. Williams & Son Seafood, Urbanna Seafood & Raw Bar, Tony Walton Seafood and Walton Seafood, will start at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 2, behind the Middlesex Volunteer Fire Department station (the Urbanna firehouse) at 335...

More than 100 vendors will be open for business when the 2024 Urbanna Oyster Festival begins at 10 a.m. on Friday and goes until midnight with the dance at the Urbanna firehouse, and on Saturday the festival runs from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Bring your...

Elena Fomin and Josie Anton’s Urbanna Oyster Festival 2024 service project is about colon...

Urbanna Oyster Festival Queen Contestant Hailey Bruce and her Little Miss Spat contestant Leah...

This year there are seven queen contestants, each of whom has at least one...

Queen contestants Cheyenne Sears and her little miss spat Scarlett Ebinger have been working...

Queen contestant Karli Parker and her little miss spat contestant Monroe Hudnall have been...

Queen contestant Kayleigh Moye and her little miss spat contestant Rosie Robertson have been...

Queen contestant Zikirah Morris and her little miss spat contestant Felicity Acevedo have been...