10/14/2026
What a weekend to be a York-er! 😍😍 Do t forget to pop into your local markets while you’re at the oyster festival AND Cars for a Cause! 💝🩷💝🩷
FIVE DAYS TO GO
Know before you go, the 30-second version
What: The 52nd Annual Fall Oyster Festival, presented by White Rose Bar & Grill
When: Sunday, Oct. 18, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Where: Colonial Complex, Pershing Avenue between Market and Philadelphia streets, downtown York
Details: Free admission. Food, drinks and merch are pay as you go, and proceeds benefit the History Center and its work in preserving and telling the stories of York County's history. View all the day's details on the Fall Oyster Festival web page. Link is in the comments.
Finding your way
The Kids Corral, sponsored by the W. Dale Brougher Foundation, wraps around the Colonial Courthouse.
The Golden Plough Marketplace, sponsored by Coni Wolf, lines Pershing Avenue.
Luxury Patriots’ Premier Privy trailers are in the front lot of the York City School District Administration Building on Pershing Avenue.
Parking is plentiful within a short walk, including free parking in the White Rose Bar & Grill lot (enter off Beaver Street). Accessible parking is in the Rail Trail lot across from our front entrance; enter from Pershing Avenue.
Live music
11 a.m.: Central York Middle School Fife and Drum Corps
Noon: Sarah and Corey Music
2 p.m.: Crossing Abbey Road
Lawn chairs welcome for music!
Lightning Talks
Noon: Martin Library Story Time. This one is for the youngsters and the young at heart.
1:30 p.m.: Neicy DeShields-Moulton. Neicy traces her family's roots in the oyster trade.
3 p.m.: Kenya Brown Feeser. Kenya takes you behind the scenes on art conservation and the Lafayette portrait in the "Revolutionary York" exhibit.
Foodie, family, history buff, first-timer or 52-year regular: You’re going to love this year’s festival.
