Low Country Oyster Festival, Mt Pleasant, SC
January 26, 2020 The World’s Largest Oyster Festival takes place yearly at Boone Hall Plantation and Gardens near Charleston. On the last Sunday in January, thousands of hungry participants arrive to chow down on steamed oysters. This festival goes through 65,000 pounds of steamed oysters in one afternoon. Volunteers tend giant vats that billow with steam and turn out oysters by the bucketful. Experienced attendees come equipped with gloves, oyster knives, and lots of paper towels. Novices quickly learn the…