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2021 Lowcountry Oyster Festival canceled The Lowcountry Oyster Festival, which was scheduled for Sunday, has been canceled. (Source: Pixabay) By Patrick Phillips | January 29, 2021 at 12:01 PM EST - Updated January 29 at 12:01 PM MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. (WCSC) - The Charleston Restaurant Foundation announced it has canceled the 2021 Lowcountry Oyster Festival. The festival was postponed in December, but the CRF board decided to call off this year’s event. “The health and safety of our guests, volunteers and the community have always been the number one priority of the Foundation,”...

The crowd cheers on contestants during the men's oyster-eating contest at the Lowcountry Oyster Festival in 2019. The Lowcountry Oyster Festival plans to host 5,000 ticketholders at Boone Hall Plantation for its annual extravaganza. Brad Nettles/Staff Brad Nettles bnettles@postandcourier.com A longtime beneficiary of the Lowcountry Oyster Festival has indicated it wouldn’t accept donations generated by the January 2021 event “due to its size.” “Given the dynamics around the COVID-19 pandemic, we would not be able to participate in (the) e...