This special event features a menu of the invasive Chesapeake Channa (Snakehead), Blue Catfish, and crab soup. Enjoy local beverages, delicious sides, and desserts as you mingle with fellow supporters and conservationists. You’ll also have the opportunity to meet our 2024 and 2025 conservation grantees, whose innovative work is helping to protect the natural heritage of the Chesapeake region.

While enjoying live music and a peek at our festival art gallery, Guests will get an exclusive preview of this year’s Waterfowl Festival Poster, browse new Waterfowl Festival merchandise, take a chance on a raffle or two, and take a sneak peek inside our newly redesigned Waterfowling Museum! Be the first to hear exciting updates about new venues and attractions coming to Festival 54 this November!

Come hungry. Leave inspired!