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Penn Cove Musselfest
March 8 @ 10:30 am – 7:00 pm
Saturday & Sunday March 8 & 9, 2025: The Penn Cove Mussel Festival is a culinary celebration of the mussels grown offshore from Coupeville. These tasty mollusks quickly grow in the clean river-fed waters of Penn Cove. Each year area restaurants compete to see who can serve the best chowder, and those who buy tasting tickets get the chance to vote on who is the winner!
There are also mussel cooking demonstrations by both local and regional chefs. There are beer gardens with live music and plenty of shopping in downtown Coupeville. Buy a ticket, take a boat tour of the mussel beds, and finish the day by watching who can chow down on mussels the fastest.
Shuttles
You can park your car and jump on a shuttle to get to your chowder-tasting locations. While many restaurants will have their tastings in the downtown historic district, some will be at their restaurant locations.
Free Shuttles will stop at: (Shuttle service runs Saturday 10am – 6pm and Sunday 10am – 4pm)
Coupeville High School: 501 S Main St, Coupeville, WA 98239
Coupeville Elementary Schoo: 6 S Main St, Coupeville, WA 98239
8th & Main Street, and Alexander & Coveland.
Parking
Free parking is available at Shuttle service runs Saturday 10 am – 6 pm and Sunday 10 am – 4 pm.Coupeville High School and Coupeville Elementary School. Park at either of these locations and walk downtown or hop aboard a free shuttle!
For $10 you can park in the Town Lot next to the library (788 NW Alexander St, Coupeville, WA 98239) — less than 500 feet from Musselfest Headquarters at the Coupeville Rec Hall or the corner of Front & Alexander Streets next to the iconic Coupeville Wharf. Parking proceeds go to the Coupeville High School Class of 2024.
Chowder Tasting
Saturday March 8th & Sunday March 9th from 11:00am – 3:00pm
Tickets $50
Mussel Farm Boat Tours
Saturday March 8th from 10:30am – 4:30pm
Sunday March 9th from 10:30am – 3:30pm
Tickets: $20 for ages 13 and up; $10 for ages 6-12; free for ages 0-5 (On sale February 7th)
LIVE MUSIC LINE UP:
Saturday, March 8TH
11:00am – 1:00pm | WES JONES (from Friends for the Ghost): PNW Acoustic Music
1:30pm – 3:30pm | THE SHIFTY SAILORS: Sea Shanties
4:00pm – 7:00pm | J.P. FALCON BAND: Country/Classic Rock
Sunday, March 9TH
11:00am – 12:45pm | KARINA AND TROY: Pop/Rock/Country
1:15pm – 2:45pm | SAUL NETHANIEL MCCARTNEY: Acoustic Folk
3:15pm – 5:00pm | TENDERPILE’S SMILE AISLE: Yacht Jazz
Please buy your tickets early, as it’s almost always a sellout! Tickets are online only and go on sale February 7th. The fun begins Friday evening with a Mussel Mingle – a get-together at the Coupeville Rec. Hall, but the tasting and all the rest happen on Saturday and Sunday!
Buy tickets HERE
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