Admissions on Sale for the 12th Annual Irvington Crab Festival

The Steamboat Era Museum is getting ready to celebrate the 12th Annual Irvington Crab Festival, and we hope you are too! On September 16, from 4-8 pm, attendees will pick crabs, listen to great music and support the museum! The festival is held in the Carousel Physical Therapy tent on the Irvington Town Commons adjacent to the Steamboat Era Museum. The crab festival is the museum’s largest fund-raising event of the year.

The $60 early crab discounted admission includes all you can eat crabs, barbecue, hot dogs & soft drinks. Crabs will be served starting at 5pm. All other food and beverages will be available at 4pm. Beer and wine will be available for purchase for $5. Museum Manager, Candee Pevahouse reminds festival goers that admission increases to $75 on August 17, so beat the increase.

A raffle for items and gift certificates, will be held at the festival. Raffle tickets will be sold at the event, and you must be present to win! Tickets are $5 each or 5 for $20. Museum President, Keith Kehlbeck is excited to announce that raffle prizes include tickets to Compass Entertainment Complex, a crab quilt from Sewlovelee, jewelry from Burke’s Jewelry and SS Magpie, four players and golf cart package for the Golden Eagle golf course, gift certificates and much more! The raffle prizes are valued at over $4,000. If you would like to donate an item to the raffle, please email CrabFestival@SteamboatEraMuseum.org or call the Museum at 804-438-6888. 

Time Passages Mobile DJ, Jay Daum from Williamsburg, will keep the Carousel Physical Therapy Tent hopping from 4 pm to 8 pm.

 

The museum acknowledges these sponsors as of July 10.

Tent Sponsor| Carousel Physical Therapy, Inc.
Souvenir Cup Sponsor| Chesapeake Bank
Crab Mallet Sponsor| Blue Ridge Bank
Media Sponsor| Greenswell Growers
Barbeque Sponsor| The Tides Inn
Newspaper Paper Ads Sponsor| The Town of Irvington
Hot Dog Sponsor| Irvington VIA
Jimmie Sponsor| Northern Neck Insurance
Soft Shell Sponsors| Creative DeSIGNS of Virginia, Peninsula Heating & Air, Shaheen, Ruth, Martin & Fontville Real Estate, Tri-Star Supermarket
Old Bay Sponsors| Bartlett Tree Experts, Bay Auto Services, Inc, Bragg and Company, Homeland Title Settlement Agency, LLC, Kelly Antonio and Alice Riviere/Bragg & Co, Pearl Boutique, Rappahannock Westminster-Canterbury, River Glass & Tint, Streamline Roofing Northern Neck, The Audiology Offices, The Dandelion, Webb’s Lawn Service, Wells Fargo & Company
Individual Old Bay Sponsors| Vickie and Don Kierson
Friends Sponsors| Cathi's Gardens Papeterie, Rappahannock Yachts

Crab Festival Sponsorships are still available. Call 804-438-6888 for more information.

Admissions are non-refundable and will not be sold at the door and only a limited number are available. According to Executive Director, Steve Humphrey, the festival sold out in 2021 and 2022. The event will be held rain or shine.

Admissions may be purchased online, by clicking on the button below, at the museum Thursday-Monday 10am-4pm and Sunday 1-4pm. or by phone 804-638-6888 during museum hours.

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