How many shells could a person shuck on the Delaware River waterfront this summer? If they've got a ticket to Philly's largest oyster fest, at least a few dozen.

Shuckfest is coming back to Liberty Point next month for another day of slurps by the sea. A dozen oyster farms from New Jersey will offer "meet-greet-and-eat" tastings of their briniest, slimiest specimens at the Penn's Landing restaurant from noon-3:30 p.m. on Sunday, June 2. The vendors include Cape May Salt Oyster Farms, Barnegat Oyster Collective, Brigantine Oyster Company and Sweet Amalia, a perennially lauded farm and kitchen that made the James Beard Award semifinals in 2023 .

Visitors can also learn how to pry open the mollusks from the pros at shucking tutorials, or watch them compete in a shucking competition graded on speed and accuracy. (Broken shells will earn penalties.) The five-piece Philly band Gypsy Wisdom will provide a live soundtrack for the proceedings.

The oyster festival doubles as a fundraiser for the Jetty Rock Foundation and the Partnership for the Delaware Estuary, nonprofits which work to protect local waterways. Tickets are $80, but kids 15 and younger can enter for free — and make oyster shell jewelry at a craft table on site.

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