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Lund Shellfish Festival

 

May 25, 26 & 27, 2012  

 

Come to the fifth annual open air Lund Shellfish Festival held along the shores Lund Harbour.  Eat fresh cooked seafood, enjoy local musicians, take a boat or land tour, watch free cooking demonstrations, buy some fresh live shellfish, shop at the booths, enter a contest or sample special menu items at the restaurants - there are activities for everyone!.

 

The Lund Shellfish Festival is a “green event” with recycling bins placed at strategic locations. This event produces no garbage.  Take the bus to Lund from Powell River and the Westview Ferry Terminal for only $2.00 per person.  Or stay for the weekend and take advantage of the special rates offered by Lund’s accommodation providers.

 

Vendors:  To book a food booth, contact Roy at 604-483-2201.  To book a craft booth, contact Anne at 604-483-2128.  Musicians, contact Sandy at 604-483-2395.

 

Many thanks to our 2012 sponsors including Tourism Powell River and the Powell River Regional District.  It is their support that makes this event so much fun!

 

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Below is the evolving 2012 Schedule of Events.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Date

Location

Event

Details

 

 

 

 

 

Friday,

May 25

Lund Community Hall

Chowder Challenge

6pm-

9pm

 

SOLD

OUT

$15/person

A community kick-off to the Shellfish Festival.  Sample the seafood chowders and vote for your favourite, meet the locals, enjoy fresh prawns, and other treats, silent auction, cash bar, and a really great time.  Everyone welcome!  This event sells out every year.

 

Call Tourism Powell River at 604-485-4701 for advance ticket sales.  There will be no ticket sales at the door.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Date

Location

Event

Details

 

 

 

 

Saturday,

May 26

 

 

 

 

Lund Harbour

Bunsters Tour

10am-

2pm

 

George’s Coastal Backroads Adventures

$50.00/prsn for approximately 4 hours

The area has hundreds of kilometers of old logging roads which offer mild to extreme 4-wheeling.  The second growth forests, crystal lakes and spectacular views are some of the rewards of 4-wheeling here.  You can experience the thrills, sites and smells of 4-wheeling in the comfort and safety of this guided tour.  Meet at Nancy’s Bakery by 9:45am.  To reserve, call 604-483-1855 or email George.

 

 

 

Service with a smile, dishing up oysters and scallops at Lund's Annual Shellfish Festival in Lund, BC, on Canada's Sunshine Coast.

Harbour Kayak Tour

11am -

1pm

Footprint Nature Explorations

$39.00/adult     $29.00/child 16 years and younger

Enjoy a guided paddle around the sheltered waters of Lund Harbour in a small group.  Tour includes kayak, paddling gear, and a famous Nancy’s Bakery snack.  Beginners welcome!  Wear water-friendly footwear and meet at the boat ramp by 10:45am.  Reservations required – call 604-414-6884 or email Footprint Nature Explorations.

 

 

Music

12noon-

1:30pm

Centre Stage

Free

A warm welcome and Festival announcements followed by the lively and popular Cailish (Trad Band) playing traditional Irish music on fiddles.

 

 

Food Kiosks

 

12noon–

4pm

Vendor Food Booths

$5 per plate

Local shellfish growers are dishing up fresh-cooked culinary delights.  Enjoy a different selection of shellfish at each booth.

 

 

Artisan Booths

12noon–

5pm

Vendor Craft Booths

Located along the harbour-front, local artists and talented crafters will display their handiwork for sale.

 

 

Restaurant Specials

All day

Try a special seafood meal at one of the restaurants in Lund.

 

 

Live Shellfish Sales

12noon–

4pm

Shellfish Truck

Local shellfish growers will be selling their fresh harvest right off the truck.  Great prices!

 

 

 

Paddleboard Demo

1pm –

1:30pm

Powell River Sea Kayak

Free

Watch a paddleboarder demonstrate some paddleboarding techniques in the waters of Lund Harbour.

 

 

 

 

Ladeling fresh steamed mussels at the Lund Anual Shellfish Festival in Lund, BC, on Canada's Sunshine Coast.

Shellfish Appy Cruise

1pm –

3pm

Pristine Charters

$49.00/person

Relax on this 2-hour cruise of the beautiful Copeland Islands Marine Park and savour tasty scallops and prawns served with a fresh garden salad. Reservations required.  Call 604-483-1131.

 

 

 

 

Music

1:45pm –

3:00pm

Centre Stage

Free

Listen to local favourite Phil Williams strum and sing the blues.

 

 

 

 

Cooking Demonstration

2pm-

2:30pm

Nancy’s Bakery

Free

Andrew Johnson, sponsored by the Boardwalk Restaurant, is cooking up an amazing clam and mussel recipe.  Limited samples will be available after the demonstrations.  Demonstration will take place on the patio at Nancy’s Bakery.

 

 

 

 

Harbour Kayak Tour

2:30pm -

4:30pm

Footprint Nature Explorations

$39.00/adult     $29.00/child 16 years and younger

Enjoy a guided low-tide paddle around the sheltered waters of Lund Harbour in a small group.  Includes kayak, paddling gear, and a famous Nancy’s Bakery snack.  Beginners welcome!  Wear water-friendly footwear and meet at the boat ramp by 12:45pm.  Reservations required – call 604-414-6884 or email Footprint Nature Explorations.

 

 

 

 

Inspecting the wares of a jewellry booth at the Lund Shellfish Festival in Lund, BC, on Canada's Sunshine Coast.

Cooking Demonstration

3pm -

3:30pm

 

Nancy’s Bakery

Free

Matt Charette of Vancouverr Island University will cook up a mouth-watering mussels recipe while you watch his technique.  Stay for the whole demo and you may be offered a sample!  Demonstration will take place on the patio at Nancy’s Bakery.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Marine Park Sampler Zodiac Boat Tour

3pm –

5pm

TerraCentric Coastal Adventures

$59/prsn

See the beautiful Copeland Islands Marine Park then peak into beautiful Desolation Sound while your guide shares some of the unique history of the area.  Reservations required.  Call 604-483-7900 or email TerraCentric.

 

 

 

 

 

Music

3:15pm –

4:30pm

Centre Stage

Free

Listen or sing along with Lund residents, George Huber and Colleen Cox, as they play and sing some favourite country and blue grass songs.

 

 

 

 

Offering up barbecued oysters at the Lund Shellfish Festival in Lund, BC, on Canada's Sunshine Coast.

Shellfish Sampler Cruise

4pm-

7pm

Swan Spirit Cruises

$84.00/prsn

Enjoy a delicious sampling of various shellfish as you cruise aboard the Swan Spirit.  The 58’ catamaran features an open-top observation deck, glassed-in lower deck, cash bar, and washrooms facilities.  Watch for seals, sea lions, porpoises, eagles and the occasional bear foraging on shore.    Reservations required – call 604-414-0474 or email the Lund Hotel.

 

 

 

 

Music

4:30pm –

5pm

Centre Stage

Free

Local resident and Shellfish Festival MC, Sheila Butts, will showcase her talents as the last musician of the day.

 

 

 

 

Oyster Shucking Contest, Local Seafood Buffet & Buddy Holly Show

 

6pm –

11pm

Laughing Oyster Restaurant

35.00 per person

Watch local oyster farmers challenge each other in an Oyster Shucking Contest then enjoy their freshly-shucked oysters on the half-shell.  Feast on the world-famous local seafood buffet which features wild sockeye salmon, crisp baked oysters, halibut & clam linguini, mussel & cod grog, and spit-fired barbecue pork.  Then the Buddy Holly Show which will have you dancing in your seat or in the aisles.  Reservations highly recommended.  Call 604-483-9775.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Date

Location

Event

Details

 

 

 

 

Sunday, May 27

Lund Harbour

 

Pancake Breakfast

9am–

11am

Northside Volunteer Fire Department

$5.00 per person

The Northside Volunteer Fire Department will once again serve up fresh pancakes with lots of sausages, bacon, coffee, tea, juice and fruit on the deck of the Boardwalk Restaurant.

 

 

 

Customers by the food booths at the Lund Shellfish Festival in Lund, BC, on Canada's Sunshine Coast.

Bunsters Tour

10am-

2pm

 

George’s Coastal Backroads Adventures

$50.00/prsn for approximately 4 hours

The area has hundreds of kilometers of old logging roads which offer mild to extreme 4-wheeling.  The second growth forests, crystal lakes and spectacular views are some of the rewards of 4-wheeling here.  You can experience the thrills, sites and smells of 4-wheeling in the comfort and safety of this guided tour.  Meet at Nancy’s Bakery by 9:45am.  To reserve, call 604-483-1855 or email George.

 

 

 

Harbour Kayak Tour

11am -

1pm

Footprint Nature Explorations

$39.00/adult     $29.00/child 16 years and younger

Enjoy a guided paddle around the sheltered waters of Lund Harbour in a small group.  Tour includes kayak, paddling gear, and a famous Nancy’s Bakery snack.  Beginners welcome!  Wear water-friendly footwear and meet at the boat ramp by 10:45am.  Reservations required – call 604-414-6884 or email Footprint Nature Explorations.

 

 

Music

 

12noon–

12:30pm

 

Centre Stage

Free

Start the day off with pipes and drums in a quick march from the Mile 0 marker to Centre Stage.  Enjoy many popular piping tunes, followed by a warm welcome and Festival announcements.

 

 

Food Kiosks

 

12noon–

4pm

Vendor Food Booths

$5 per plate

Local shellfish growers are dishing up fresh-cooked culinary delights.  Enjoy a different selection of fresh-cooked seafood at each booth.

 

 

 

Artisan Booths

12noon–

5pm

Vendor Craft Booths

Located along the harbour-front, local artists and talented crafters will display their handiwork for sale.

 

 

Restaurant specials

All day

Try a fresh seafood meal at one of the restaurants in Lund.

 

 

 

Fresh Shellfish

12noon–

4pm

Shellfish Truck

Local shellfish growers will be selling their fresh harvest right off the truck.  Great prices!

 

 

 

 

Music

12:30pm –

1:30pm

Centre Stage

Free

Enjoy toe-tapping jazz performed by the River City Dixieland Band.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shellfish Appy Cruise

1pm –

3pm

Pristine Charters

$49.00/person

Relax on this 2-hour cruise of the beautiful Copeland Islands Marine Park and savour tasty scallops and prawns served with a fresh garden salad. Reservations required.  Call 604-483-1131.

 

 

 

 

 

Oyster Shucking Demo

1pm-

1:15pm

Boardwalk Restaurant’s deck

Free

Demonstrated by a seasoned shucker whose hand is faster than the eye, you will see lightning-fast oyster shucking techniques.  This demonstration will take place on the deck at the Boardwalk Restaurant. Come and learn a thing or two about oysters.

 

 

 

 

 

Whale Singing Contest

1:30pm –

1:45pm

Centre Stage

Free

Contestants will have up to 15 seconds at the microphone to sing like a whale.  Yes, there is a prize.  Sign up at the Tours Table all day Saturday or  until 1pm on Sunday.

 

 

 

 

Raven Calling Contest

1:45pm –

2pm

Centre Stage

Free

Contestants will have up to 15 seconds at the microphone to call like a raven.  Yes, there is a prize.  Sign up at the Tours Table all day Saturday or until 1pm on Sunday.

 

 

 

 

Cooking Demonstration

2pm-

2:30pm

Nancy’s Bakery

Free

Nurul, of Nurul’s Authentic Indian and Fusion Cuisine, will have your mouth watering as you watch him cook fresh curried mussels.  Stay for the whole demo and you may be offered a sample!  Demonstration will take place on the patio at Nancy’s Bakery.

 

 

 

 

Music

2:15pm –

3:30pm

Centre Stage

Free

Enjoy Nancy Tyler’s melodic voice and guitar music while she sings her own compositions and other songs.

 

 

 

 

 

Harbour Kayak Tour

2:30pm -

4:30pm

Footprint Nature Explorations

$39.00/adult     $29.00/child 16 years and younger

Enjoy a guided low-tide paddle around the sheltered waters of Lund Harbour in a small group.  Includes kayak, paddling gear, and a famous Nancy’s Bakery snack.  Beginners welcome!  Wear water-friendly footwear and meet at the boat ramp by 12:45pm.  Reservations required – call 604-414-6884 or email Footprint Nature Explorations.

 

 

 

 

A vendor offering up handmade items at the Lund Shellfish Festival in Lund, BC, on Canada's Sunshine Coast.

Cooking Demonstration

3pm -

3:30pm

 

Nancy’s Bakery

Free

Local Chef, David Bowes of the Laughing Oyster Restaurant, will cook up a mouth-watering recipe while you watch their technique.  Stay for the whole demo and you may be offered a sample!  Demonstration will take place on the patio at Nancy’s Bakery.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Prawn Peeling Contest

3pm-

3:15pm

Boardwalk Restaurant’s deck

Free

Sidle up to a bucket of prawns and try your hand at speed peeling for one minute.  You get to keep the ones you peeled!

 

 

 

 

Marine Park Sampler Zodiac Boat Tour

3:30pm –

5:30pm

TerraCentric Coastal Adventures

$59/prsn

See the beautiful Copeland Islands Marine Park then peak into beautiful Desolation Sound while your guide shares some of the unique history of the area.  Pre-registration required.  Call 604-483-7900 or email TerraCentric.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Music

3:45pm –

5pm

Centre Stage

Free

Let Cris Greenwell and Sue Dixon entertain you as the closing musician for the 2012 Lund Shellfish Festival.

 

 

 

 

 

Bunsters Sunset Tour

5pm-

9pm

George’s Coastal Backroads Adventures

$50.00/prsn for approximately 4 hours

The area has hundreds of kilometers of old logging roads which offer mild to extreme 4-wheeling.  The second growth forests, crystal lakes and spectacular views  are some of the rewards of 4-wheeling here.  You can experience the thrills, sites and smells of 4-wheeling in the comfort and safety of this guided tour.  Meet at the Tours Table by 4:45pm.  Reservations required -  call 604-483-1855 or email George.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Shellfish Festival 2012 Bus Schedule

 

The fare is $2.00 per person each way

 

Chowder Challenge Express

 

 

Friday, May 25, 2012

To Lund

To Powell River

 

 

Bus between Lund and Powell River

 

Departs

Departs

 

 

Town Centre Mall by the liquor store               

 

5:05pm

9:15pm

 

 

Willingdon Beach Campground

 

5:15pm

9:05pm

 

 

Townsite (Lund Street & King Street)

 

5:25pm

8:55pm

 

 

Wildwood

 

5:35pm

8:45pm

 

 

Sliammon (highway bus stop)

 

5:45pm

8:35pm

 

 

Southview Road and Highway 101

 

5:50pm

8:30pm

 

 

Lund (Community Centre)

 

6:05pm

8:15pm

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shellfish Festival Express

 

 

Saturday May 26 & Sunday May 27, 2012

To Lund

To Powell River

 

 

Bus between Lund and Powell River

 

Departs

Departs

 

 

Town Centre Mall by the liquor store               

 

11:30am

2:45pm

 

 

Westview Ferry terminal

 

11:40am

n/a

 

 

Willingdon Beach Campground

 

11:50am

2:55pm

 

 

Townsite (Lund Street & King Street)

 

12:00pm

3:05pm

 

 

Wildwood

 

12:10pm

3:15pm

 

 

Sliammon (highway bus stop)

 

12:20pm

3:25pm

 

 

Lund

 

12:35pm

3:40pm

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bus to Powell River (from Lund)

Departs

Departs

 

 

Leave Lund

 

12:45pm

3:50pm

 

 

Sliammon (highway bus stop)

 

1:00pm

4:05pm

 

 

Wildwood

 

1:10pm

4:15pm

 

 

Townsite (Lund Street & King Street)

 

1:20pm

4:25pm

 

 

Willingdon Beach Campground

 

1:40pm

4:20pm

 

 

Westview Ferry terminal

 

n/a

4:45pm

 

 

Town Centre Mall by the liquor store               

 

1:50pm

4:55pm

 

 

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