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21st Annual Charleston Seafood Festival August 21 & 22, 2019 The 21st annual Charleston Seafood Festival located at the Charleston Marina come for food, fun, music and crafts. This is the second year the Charleston Volunteer Firefighters’ Association has hosted this event celebrating the harvest from the sea. We hope to have over 50 vendors to be there selling food, crafts, shirts, trinkets and lots more. For more information contact members of the Charleston Fire District at 541-888-3268. Vendors Information: Email us at: cvffa@live.com (if link does not work copy and paste into your email program) To request information of an application to be a vendor or part of the Entertainment. Click here for 2009 Vendor List (2010 list will not be posted until July) Events: Saturday August 21st. Specials 7AM to 11AM Charleston Firefighters All you can eat Pancake Breakfast 12noon to 3PM Albacore Tuna Dinner (American Legion Bay Area Post 34 and the American Legion Bay Area Post 34 Auxiliary) Entertainment 10:30AM to 10:45AM (on Stage) Welcome speech 11AM to 12 noon (on Stage) Open 12noon to 1PM (on Stage) Open 2PM to 3PM (on Stage) Open 3PM to 4PM (on Stage) Open 4PM to 6PM (on Stage) Open Sunday August 22nd. Specials 7AM to 11AM Charleston Firefighters All you can eat Pancake Breakfast 12noon to 3PM Albacore Tuna Dinner (American Legion Bay Area Post 34 and the American Legion Bay Area Post 34 Auxiliary) Entertainment
11AM to 12noon (on Stage) Open 12 noon to 1PM (on Stage) Open 1PM to 2PM (on Stage) Open 2PM to 3PM (on Stage) Open 3PM to 4PM (on Stage) Open Directions: The Oregon International Port of Coos Bay provides the venue in the port parking lot for the small boat basin. Directions are South on Cape Arago Highway, right on Boat Basin Road, right on Guano Rock Road to event. 90389 Albacore Lane Charleston, OR Potential Vendors: Vendors are provided a 12' by 12' or larger booth space and for an additional fee electricity is available. Set-up starts at noon on Friday August 14th and booths are required to be open from 10AM to 6PM Saturday and 10AM to 4PM Sunday. Different operating times must be approved by event manager prior to the event. To become a vendor at this great local event and for information leave a message for event managers at Charleston Fire at 541-888-3268, weekdays or email us cvffa@live.com History The first seafood festival was in 1986 as the "Charlie Tuna Festival". During the first few years it bounced between the Charleston Boat Basin and Pony Village Mall returning permanently to Charleston by 1990. During the first few years the festival was on again off again but has been solid for the past 12 plus years. In 1986 the festival received a prized possession known as "Charlie the Tuna" (1986 -2008) an 8 foot wood carving of the famed Star-Kist advertising icon. In 2006 the festival received "Charlie Jr." a 10 foot replacement for Charlie Sr. who was beginning the show his age with cancer. Charlie stood at the east end of the Charleston Bridge. Charlie the 3rd will stand where his grandfather stood at the east end of the Charleston Bridge greeting people as they enter Charleston. The festival grew over the years and today provides booth spaces for 80 selling items from t-shirts to shell wind chimes besides the famed seafood from the Charleston area. Each food vendor is required to provide 1 menu option of seafood. This event is known to draw between 15,000 and 20,000 over the two days. The Association has taken this at the request of the Charleston Merchant's Association due to declining activity levels of it's members. The Association Executive Board will try diligently to make this transition as seamless as possible and we will provide as much information as possible from this web site. Disclaimer: the historical information is limited and cannot be completely substantiated as there are several different memories of the history of this event.
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