Rhode Island Seafood Festival Returns to Providence

The 2019 Rhode Island Seafood Festival, now in its eighth year, returned to Providence’s India Point Park on September 7-8. Guests enjoyed fresh seafood from area restaurants, including Away Café, Just Us Foods & Cakes, Laughing Crab Catering, Lobster Tailgate, Macray’s Seafood, Matunuck Oyster Bar, Plouf Plouf Gastronomie, Red’s Street Kitchen, Seafood Hut, Shuckin’ Truck, Stanley’s, Taproot Sunset Farm and Swamp Monkeys. Beverage selections were available accompaniments, including local beer from Whalers Brewing Company and Narragansett Beer; Loyal 9 canned cocktails; Deep Eddy Vodka cocktails; Arctic Summer Spiked Seltzer; and wines from California’s Josh Cellars. Musicians TJay and the Tallboys and Connecticut-based rock funk group Joon performed live during the weekend event.

: The Rhode Island Seafood Festival was hosted at Providence’s India Point Park.

: Grand Festivals Volunteer Staff Jacquelyn Gillespie; TJ McNulty, Founder, The Grand Festivals; Ali Cerqueira; Michael McNulty; Kaitlin Carbocci; and Maria Giordano.

: Guests paired fresh oysters with beverage selections.

: Cocktails featured Deep Eddy Vodka.

: Rhode Island Seafood Festival Bartenders Peter Pepler and Lindsey Gratiano.

: Featured beverages included beer from Narragansett and Whalers Brewing Company, Arctic Summer Spiked Seltzer and Loyal 9 canned cocktails.

: Wakefield’s Whalers Brewing Company, an event sponsor, featured its Dry Hopped American Pale Ale and its flagship, RISE.

: Loyal 9 canned cocktail, Loyal Lemonade, made by Sons of Liberty Beer & Spirits Co. of South Kingstown, with fresh oysters.

: Arctic Summer premium spiked seltzers in Pineapple Pomelo, Ruby Red Grapefruit, Raspberry Lime and Black Cherry flavors.

: Nick Bailey, Sales Associate, Arctic Summer Spiked Seltzer and Casey Marks, Rhode Island Representative, Mass Bay Brewing Company pouring Arctic Summer premium spiked seltzer.