Off the Hook Seafood Festival

Santa Monica’s annual seafood festival is back, and this year’s event celebrates the centennial of Route 66 on the famous highway’s terminus: the Santa Monica Pier. Attendees can line up for unlimited seafood, beer and wine tastings, and enjoy live yacht rock, oyster shucking, eating competitions, carnival games and more. Culinary highlights include Michael’s Santa Monica, Rustic Canyon, Calabra at Santa Monica Proper, Pier Burger and, for dessert, Levain Bakery and Sweet Rose Creamery. And once again, the fest is swearing off all single-use plastics and raising funds for Heal the Bay.