The Dungeness Crab Festival (CrabFest) 2026

Official site (https://www.crabfestival.org/ and https://www.crabfestival.org/w/DungenessCrabFest): October 9-11, 2026, at Port Angeles Waterfront City Pier | Olympic Peninsula, WA.

Dates

• Homepage hero: October 9-11, 2026.
• Official FAQ (https://www.crabfestival.org/w/DungenessCrabFest/Page/FAQ): "2026 Dates: October 9-11". FAQ also states CrabFest is always scheduled on the same weekend as Canadian Thanksgiving (2nd Monday of October).
• Official crab-dinner ticket Event JSON-LD (https://www.ticketsignup.io/TicketEvent/CrabFest26, linked from the official site as Purchase your Crab Dinner): startDate 2026-10-09T11:00:00-07:00, endDate 2026-10-11T17:00:59-07:00.
• Do not use FAQ leftover "2025 Dates: October 11-12".

Venue

• Homepage: Port Angeles Waterfront City Pier | Olympic Peninsula, WA. Body copy: free three-day event held in downtown Port Angeles, Washington each October; mostly outdoor, rain or shine.
• Official FAQ: located along the waterfront of Port Angeles, Washington, including City Pier and the parking lot of the Red Lion Hotel Port Angeles Harbor. GPS address given: 221 N Lincoln St., Port Angeles, WA 98362.
• Official Festival Map page: enter 221 N Lincoln Street, Port Angeles into GPS (that block of Lincoln Street is closed to vehicles during the festival weekend).
• Ticket Event JSON-LD Place name: Port Angeles City Pier & Red Lion Hotel; PostalAddress streetAddress 315 N. Lincoln Street, Port Angeles, WA 98362, US. This listing uses the FAQ/Festival Map GPS address 221 N Lincoln St for the venue address field and names the venue from the homepage (Port Angeles Waterfront City Pier).

Admission and tickets

• Homepage and FAQ: entry to the entire festival, including Crab Central, is FREE.
• Crab dinners are sold separately; advance purchase encouraged. Official purchase link: https://www.ticketsignup.io/TicketEvent/CrabFest26
• Crab dinner service hours (homepage and FAQ): 11 am to 8:30 pm Friday and Saturday; 11 am to 4:30 pm Sunday. Overall festival open/close clock hours beyond dinner service are not stated as a single span on the pages checked; do not invent them.

About

• Dedicated to celebrating cultural heritage and maritime traditions of the Dungeness region; fosters community engagement and supports local businesses.
• Activities (homepage): free live music; vendor market with 75+ artisan and resale vendors; kids activities; Search and Rescue demonstration (Saturday afternoon, schedule permitting); free US Coast Guard boat tours; beer and wine garden; festival crab dinner and local restaurant/food-truck seafood.
• Attendance note (homepage): approximately 12,000 visitors each year, about 4,000 via Black Ball Ferry Line from Victoria, BC. Ticket Event description text on TicketSignup cites approximately 10,000; homepage figure is used in summary context as homepage body copy.
• Frequency: annual (each October / annual celebration language on official pages).
• Contact Us page (https://www.crabfestival.org/w/DungenessCrabFest/Page/ContactUs_1) offers an on-site contact form ("Reach out to the Crab Crew!") with no public email or phone published in the fetched HTML; contactEmail/contactPhone left unset.

Sources

• https://www.crabfestival.org/
• https://www.crabfestival.org/w/DungenessCrabFest
• https://www.crabfestival.org/w/DungenessCrabFest/Page/FAQ
• https://www.crabfestival.org/w/DungenessCrabFest/Page/FestivalMap
• https://www.crabfestival.org/w/DungenessCrabFest/Page/CrabDinners
• https://www.crabfestival.org/w/DungenessCrabFest/Page/ContactUs_1
• https://www.ticketsignup.io/TicketEvent/CrabFest26

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Venue Map and Hotels Around

Port Angeles - Port Angeles Waterfront City Pier, Washington, United States