Preliminary Schedule
Events in the 2024 BC Seafood Festival will take place on Mount Washington at the Mount Washington Alpine Resort, Comox Valley, Vancouver Island, British Columbia.
MasterClasses, Seafood Demos TBA.
Please note this is a preliminary schedule.
Friday, June 21, 2024
| Soft Open with Recorded Music | 2:00 PM | Outside locations |
| Masterclass #1 | 2:00 – 2:45 PM | Glacier View |
| Festival Gate opens | 3:00 – 5:30 PM | GFS Stage – Courtyard |
| Bar(s) Open | 3:00 PM | Main Tent |
| Seafood Market Opens interactive, seafood demos, educational & ticketed food beverage & retail booths | 3:00 – 6:00 PM | Courtyard |
| Masterclass #2 | 3:00 – 3:45 PM | |
| Clam It Up! Happy Hour, sponsored by Mac’s Oysters | 3:00 – 5:30 PM | Teds |
| Caesar Mixing Hands-on Demonstration – sponsored by Walter Craft Caesar | 4:00 – 5:30 PM | GFS Stage – Courtyard |
| Chefs Corner Seafood Demo #1 | 4:00 – 4:30 PM | GFS Stage – Courtyard |
| Ocean Wise Clam Chowder Cook Out and Competition | 4:00 – 4:45 PM | Alpine Patio |
| Chefs Corner Seafood Demo #2 | 4:15 – 4:45 PM | GFS Stage – Courtyard |
| Chefs Corner Seafood Demo #3 | 5:00 – 5:30 PM | GFS Stage – Courtyard |
| Kitchen Party – Presented by BC Crab Fishermen’s Association and the VI CrabFest, and featuring Festival Chefs and The Whiskeydicks | 6:30 – 9:30 PM | Festival Tent |
| After Party – Featuring the Whiskeydicks | 9:00 – 11:00 PM | Teds Bar & Grill |
| Festival closed | 11:30 PM | ALL |
Saturday, June 22, 2024
| Early Riser – Full Irish Breakfast | 10:00 – 11:30 AM | Teds |
| Seafood Market Opens interactive, seafood demos, educational & ticketed food beverage & retail booths | 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM | GFS Stage – Courtyard |
| MasterClass #3 | 10:30 – 11:15 AM | Whiskey Jack |
| Chefs Corner Seafood Demo #4 | 10:30 – 11:00 AM | GFS Stage – Courtyard |
| MasterClass #4 | 11:15 AM – 12:00 PM | Glacier View |
| Wild About Halibut! Demo and Lunch – presented by the Pacific Halibut Industry | 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM | Main Tent Stage |
| Chefs Corner Seafood Demo #5 | 11:30 AM – 12:00 PM | GFS Stage – Courtyard |
| Chefs Corner Seafood Demo #6 | 12:30 – 1:00 PM | GFS Stage – Courtyard |
| MasterClass #5 | 1:30 – 2:15 PM | Whiskey Jack |
| Chefs Corner Seafood Demo #7 | 1:30 – 2:00 PM | GFS Stage – Courtyard |
| Fanny Bay Oysters Shucking Competition – sponsored by Fanny Bay Oysters | 2:30 – 3:30 PM | Main Tent Stage |
| MasterClass #6 | 2:30 – 3:15 PM | Glacier View |
| Shucked! Oyster Bar Happy Hour – sponsored by BC Shellfish Growers Assn. | 3:30 – 6:00 PM | GFS Stage – Courtyard |
| MasterClass #7 | 3:15 – 4:00 PM | Whiskey Jack |
| Chefs Corner Seafood Demo #8 | 3:30 – 4:00 PM | GFS Stage – Courtyard |
| Gala Dinner – sponsored by the BC Shellfish Growers Assn. | 6:30 – 10:00 PM | Main Tent |
| After Party featuring Time Well Wasted | 9:00 – 11:00 PM | |
| Festival closed | 11:30 PM | ALL |
Sunday, June 23, 2024
| Bounty! A Brunch Seafood Cookout | 9:30 – 11:00 AM | Main Tent |
| Seafood Market Opens interactive, seafood demos, educational & ticketed food beverage & retail booths | 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM | GFS Stage – Courtyard |
| Bar(s) Open | 10:00 AM | GFS Stage – Courtyard |
| Late Riser – The Art of making a Seafood Breakfast Roll | 10:00 AM | Teds Bar and Grill |
| Chefs Corner Seafood Demo #9 | 10:15 – 10:45 AM | GFS Stage – Courtyard |
| MasterClass #8 | 10:15 – 11:00 AM | Whiskey Jack |
| Chefs Corner Seafood Demo #10 | 11:00 – 11:30 AM | |
| MasterClass #9 | 11:30 AM – 12:15 PM | Glacier View |
| Lunch #2 – Show me your Mussels! Sponsored by Saltspring Island Mussels | 12:00 – 1:30 PM | Main Tent |
| Chefs Corner Seafood Demo #11 | 1:30 – 2:00 PM | GFS Stage – Courtyard |
| Masterclass #10 | 1:30 – 2:30 PM | TBA |
| 2024 BC Seafood Festival – Closed | 3:00 PM | ALL |
| Thank you for coming! See you next year! | Subject to change without notice. |
Events / dates / times subject to change.