Dungeness Crab Festival

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"For the first time since 2019, I learned the Dungeness Crab and Seafood Festival—also known simply as Crabfest—returns to Port Angeles from October 7 to 9, offering the chance to eat fresh Dungeness crab harvested and cooked nearby and supplied by executive director Scott Nagel's own fleet of crab boats that harvest from the Strait of Juan de Fuca. During its last rendition the festival served nine tons of crab in three days; the crabs are harvested in the week leading up to the festival, brought alive each day, cleaned and cooked on site, served with corn and coleslaw, and typically weigh around two pounds each. Preorders for crab dinners are $40 (or $21 for half a crab) on the festival's website, a cooked and cleaned crab with no sides is $35, and the festival is offering curbside pickup Friday and Saturday. Beyond crab, the event will feature live music, a beer and wine garden, and about 60 seafood-focused dishes from local restaurants, ranging from Caribbean seafood stew to pan-seared Alaskan weathervane scallops." - Jade Yamazaki Stewart