The festival features 12 local restaurants competing taste-off for the best clam chowder, an amateur chowder competition, clam digging lessons, clam cleaning demonstrations, clam cooking classes, clam contests, local artisans and various food vendors. Admission is FREE but the chowder taste-off does cost $15 per person. Clam digging lessons and clam cleaning demo’s are tentative depending on current test results from the WDFW.