Schedule Of Events

10 am – 4 pm: Meet sea farmers & eat oysters, learn to shuck, shop with the vendors & food trucks, kids can make a craft or two to take home, and find out more about seaworthy organizations. L.L.Bean Discovery Park and the Mallard Parking Lot behind Freeport Oyster Bar

10AM – 10:45AM: Live Music by Ben Zanfagna.  Ben is a solo artist and the vocalist/guitarist/sax for the band Red Tailed Hawk. A fluent vocalist & sax player whose songwriting and arrangements have been inspired by raw experience, blues, jazz, and soul but are never bounded by conventional norms. FMI: https://www.facebook.com/Benny.RTH   Free. L.L.Bean Discovery Park Stage

11:15AM – 12PM: Live Music by Becky Krill. American singer-songwriter and producer Becky Krill has concocted a sound all her own, delivering soulful vocals over warm, nostalgic and inspired compositions. Her approach to songwriting? Classic and unquestionably folk. Inspired by a wide-range of influences including Ani Difranco, The Rolling Stones, Brandi Carlile and The Temptations, Becky released her self-produced debut album Little Girl in 2021 and is gearing up for her sophomore release later this year. FMI: beckykrill.com. Free. Mallard Lot Stage (behind Lobster Cooker)

12 Noon: The Big Shuck. Professional Shucking Contest. L.L.Bean Discovery Park Stage

12:30PM – 1:15PM: Live Music by Wes Covey.Wes Covey is the multi-instrumentalist frontman of experimental ambient collective The Ten Thousand Things(sacredmusick.bandcamp.com). When not bending his strings into soundscape narratives, Covey is a fingerpicking folksinger. The Serpent Eats His Tail is his first solo acoustic album, collecting favorite covers, instrumentals and songs written over the past dozen years. His second solo album is due out this year. FMI: https://www.facebook.com/WesCoveySongs  Free. Mallard Lot Stage (behind Lobster Cooker)

1:30PM-2:45PM: Live Music by Oyster Creek Fiddlers. The Oyster Creek Fiddlers, students of Kaity Newell, were formed over 20 years ago and have been playing for community events and barn dances across mid-coast Maine ever since. The group is constantly evolving as young fiddlers grow up and head out into the world with their music. Some of the original Oyster Creek Fiddlers are enjoying illustrious fiddling careers including Julia Plumb, Alden Robinson, and Maisie Newell. The Oyster Creek Fiddlers’ repertoire is rooted in the fiddling tradition of Maine and the Maritimes with elements of Scots-Irish, Quebecois, and Scandinavian. FMI: https://sites.google.com/site/oystercreekfiddlers/home  Free. L.L.Bean Discovery Park Stage

1:45PM – 3:45PM: Live Music by Doug Kolmar. Singer/songwriter, Doug Kolmar, explores the beauty and trouble of our inner and outer worlds with compassion, wit, and insight.  His decades-long musical journey has been a winding one, with detours through multiple modes of expression that continue to provide a unique color to the simple, direct songs he has been sharing with audiences for the past twenty-plus years. FMI: http://dougkolmarmusic.com  Free. Mallard Lot Stage (behind Lobster Cooker)

3:15PM-4PM: Live Music by Jack Fossett & Friends. Jack Fossett & Friends are an exciting and engaging rock band who blend beautiful melodies with powerful guitar, harmony and melodic musings that will grab your attention and hold on the entire show! Lead by nationally recognized and award-winning guitarist Jack Fossett, they play a combination of catchy originals, and notable but not-overplayed covers, and they have a generally sunny disposition.