Indian Point / Mahone Bay Mussel Festival

Get ready for a great week-end of mussel tasting, wine sipping and all things mussels.

The fourth annual Indian Point/Mahone Bay Mussel Festival will take place May 21, 22t & 23rd in Mahone Bay and at the Indian Point Mussel Farm in Indian Point.

Friday – May 21, 2010

8:00pm -10:00pm - Meet and Greet
Mug & Anchor Pub- Keith’s Dark Ale & Indian Point mussel sampling – All welcome!

Saturday – May 22, 2010

11:00am - Mussel Farm Tour, Indian Point

11:00am - Amos Pewter – watch their artisans cast pewter mussels.  Shop and tour!

12:00-5:00pm - Jo-Anne’s Market & Deli
Mussel Bake and St. Famille Wine Tastings

12:00pm - 5:00pm - Stella and Mussels at the Mug & Anchor

1:00pm - Amos Pewter – watch their artisans cast pewter mussels.  Shop and tour! Special Guest:  Domaine De Grand Pre Winery (Wine Tastings) 1:00pm - 300pm

2:00pm - Mussel Farm Tour, Indian Point

3:00pm - Amos Pewter – watch their artisans cast pewter mussels.  Shop and tour!

4:00pm – 7:00pm - Live Music (Art Cole) at the Mug & Anchor

7:30pm – 11:30pm - Mussel Hustle Kitchen Party- Mahone Bay Center. Enjoy delicious Mussel soup while listening to live local music.

Sunday – May 23, 2010

11:00am - Mussel Farm Tour, Indian Point

11:00am - Amos Pewter – watch their artisans cast pewter mussels.  Shop and tour!

1:00pm - Amos Pewter – watch their artisans cast pewter mussels.  Shop and tour! Special Guest:   Domaine De Grand Pre Winery (Wine Tastings) 1:00pm - 300pm

2:00pm - Mussel Farm Tour, Indian Point

2:00pm - L’eclade- Back by popular demand -The Biscuit Eater will be demonstrating one of our favorite recipes from 1606 - l’eclade (a mussel recipe used by Champlain for the Order of Good Cheer, which involves burying mussels under heaps of dry pine needles & setting the whole thing aflame.)
Dramatic, tasty, a little dirty…appeals to the pyromaniac in all of us – I have no idea why this isn’t a more common back yard eating tradition! Drop by & check it out.

Events in Indian Point

Mussel Tours - From the ocean to the plate, learn about mussels and our new live sea scallops.  Free of Charge.

Join us at the Indian Point Fire Hall, all day on May 22 and 23rd.  Meet local artists, boat builders, model builders and groups like Slow Food Nova Scotia, the Ecology Action Centre, Nova Scotia Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture with their touch tank, Sail Mahone Bay, Mahone Islands Conservation Association, Taste of Nova Scotia and others.  There will be mussel farm tours at 11:00 and 2:00 on Saturday and Sunday and lots of mussel and other shellfish sampling.  Please bring your favourite mussel recipe and any special ingredients you might need.  We will provide the mussels for you to cook. Add your recipe to the Mussel Festival Recipe Collection. Lunenburg County Winery will be providing samples of their great wines on Saturday.  See you in Indian Point.

Hungry? 

Check out fabulous mussels and wine at participating Mahone Bay restaurants and vendors.

Cheese Cake Gallery - Offers 6 secret ways for increasing your “mussel” capacity!  We will show you how, starting with Indian Point mussels and Bay of Fundy Dulce.  The rest you will have to come in and taste- 5 secret ways left. Evening reservations suggested – 624-0579

The Mug & Anchor Pub - Indian Point Mussels and pub fare

Seaside Shanty Restaurant - Seaside Shanty now participating in Mussel Fest! Stop in for our specials!

Jo-Anne’s Market & Deli - Mussels baked in white wine and St. Famille Wine Tastings- $5.00

Inlet Café - Mussels served all day

Lahave Bakery - Offers a variety of mussel take-out dishes with special dips all weekend

Café Haus - Lovely mussel chowder available all weekend.

Gazebo Café - Pleased to offer different mussel recipes to satisfy your mussel cravings.

Other restaurants serving mussels:
Oak Island Resort
Mahone Bay Save Easy
Bayside Pizza & Donair
Saltspray Cafe