Celebrate Seafood at the BC Seafood Festival On Mt. Washington In The Comox Valley
We love heading to Vancouver Island for a family visit in Qualicum and inevitably get our fair share of seafood on our journey; but is there ever enough? But, if we time it right we can ensure we get a ton of oysters, crab, geoduck, sablefish and spot prawns at the BC Seafood Festival On June 21-23.
The Comox Valley on Vancouver Island produces 50%+ of British Columbia’s shellfish and the most oysters in Canada, and where the BC Seafood Festival, celebrating its 16th anniversary this June 2024, will take place. The BC Seafood Festival (formerly the BC Shellfish Festival) began as a single-event dinner developed and hosted by the BC Shellfish Growers Association (BCSGA). Over the years the BCSGA added a second public day event that focused on increased awareness of the growing shellfish industry.
The event had grown to become the largest seafood festival in western Canada and June the Festival is at Mount Washington Alpine Resort, in the Comox Valley, with returning and new seafood-filled dinners, competitions, Master Classes and tastings to once again celebrate and drive awareness around award-winning BC seafood, the producers and the chefs the create those memorable BC Seafood Dishes.
Friday, June 21, 2024
| Soft Open with Recorded Music – Admissions Open | 1:00 PM |
| Chefs Corner Seafood Demo – Oysters – Presented by the BC Shellfish Growers Association | 1:30 – 2:00 PM |
| Masterclass – Early Bird Gets the Seafood – Make A Seafood Cocktail with Wayward Distillery | 2:15 – 3:00 PM |
| Bar(s) Open | 3:00 PM |
| Masterclass – Ceviche & Sparkling | 3:00 – 3:45 PM |
| Chefs Corner Seafood Demo – Sablefish – Presented by the Canadian Sablefish Association | 3:00 – 3:30 PM |
| Clam It Up! Happy Hour, Sponsored by Mac’s Oysters | 3:00 – 5:30 PM |
| Chefs Corner Seafood Demo – Tuna | 4:00 – 4:30 PM |
| CrabFest’s Kitchen Party – Presented by the BC Crab Fishermen’s Association, Sponsored by Crabben, the Vancouver Island CrabFest and featuring Festival Chefs and The Whiskeydicks | 6:30 – 9:00 PM |
| Friday After Party Featuring Hounds of Cuchulain | 9:00 – 11:00 PM |
| The Festival closed for the day | 11:30 PM |
Saturday, June 22, 2024
| Early Riser – Full Irish Breakfast | 10:00 – 11:30 AM |
| Seafood Market Pavillion Opens – Interactive, Seafood Demos, Educational & Ticketed Food, Beverage & Retail booths | 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM |
| Bar(s) Open | 10:00 AM |
| MasterClass – Dig Deep with This Hands-on Tasty Shellfish – The Geoduck, Wine & Sampling – Presented by the Underwater Harvesters Association | 10:00 – 10:45 AM |
| Chefs Corner Seafood Demo – Kelp | 10:30 – 11:00 AM |
| MasterClass – Discover Sablefish – Immerse Yourself in our Pacific Deep Waters – Presented by the Canadian Sablefish Association | 11:15 AM – 12:00 PM |
| Wild About Halibut! Demo and Lunch – Presented by Wild Pacific Halibut | 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM |
| Chefs Corner Seafood Demo – Mussels – Presented by Saltspring Island Mussels and the BC Shellfish Growers Association | 11:30 AM – 12:00 PM |
| Chefs Corner Seafood Demo – Prawns – Presented by the Pacific Prawn Fishermen’s Association | 12:30 – 1:00 PM |
| MasterClass – Oyster Rockefeller – Presented by the BC Shellfish Growers Association | 12:30 – 1:15 PM |
| MasterClass – Mystery MasterClass | 1:30 – 2:15 PM |
| Chefs Corner Seafood Demo – Geoduck – Presented by the Underwater Harvesters Association | 1:30 – 2:00 PM |
| MasterClass – Prawn to be Wild – Our West Coast Treasure – Beheaded – Presented by the Pacific Prawn Fishermen’s Association | 2:30 – 3:15 PM |
| Seafood Market Pavillion Closes for the day | 3:00 PM |
| Shucked! Oyster Bar Happy Hour – Sponsored by the BC Shellfish Growers Association | 3:30 – 6:00 PM |
| Chefs Corner Seafood Demo – Urchin – Presented by the Pacific Urchin Harvesters Association | 3:30 – 4:00 PM |
| BC Seafood Industry Mixer hosted by MNP | 4:30 – 5:30 PM |
| Gala Dinner – Sponsored by the BC Shellfish Growers Association | 6:30 – 9:00 PM |
| Saturday After Party with Time Well Wasted | 9:00 – 11:00 PM |
| The Festival closed for the day | 11:30 PM |
Sunday, June 23, 2024
| Bounty! A Brunch Seafood Cookout – SOLD OUT | 9:30 – 11:00 AM |
| Seafood Market Pavillion Opens – Interactive, Seafood Demos, Educational & Ticketed Food, Beverage & Retail booths | 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM |
| Bar(s) Open | 10:00 AM |
| Late Riser – The Art of Making a Seafood Breakfast Roll | 10:00 – 11:30 AM |
| Chefs Corner Seafood Demo – Halibut | 10:15 – 10:45 AM |
| MasterClass – Crab – Presented by the BC Crab Fishermen’s Association | 10:15 – 11:00 AM |
| Chefs Corner Seafood Demo – Ling cod – Fish and Chips | 11:00 – 11:30 AM |
| MasterClass – Taste the Forgotten 5 – Petrale sole, Rockfish, Lingcod, Skate and Dogfish | 11:30 AM – 12:15 PM |
| Show Me Your Mussels! Lunch – Sponsored by Saltspring Island Mussels | 12:00 – 1:30 PM |
| Chefs Corner Seafood Demo – Crab – Presented by Crabben and the BC Crab Fishermen’s Association | 1:30 – 2:00 PM |
| Masterclass – The Grand Finale – All Chefs in the Kitchen – Leaning Towers of Seafood. Taste the towers and learn how to make them at home | 1:30 – 2:30 PM |
| 2024 BC Seafood Festival – Closed | 3:00 PM |
