{"id":29658,"date":"2026-03-19T09:51:15","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T13:51:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/?p=29658"},"modified":"2026-03-19T09:51:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T13:51:15","slug":"media-advisory-secretary-kevin-atticks-to-kick-off-chesapeake-oyster-week-at-guinness-open-gate-brewery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/press-release\/2026\/03\/19\/media-advisory-secretary-kevin-atticks-to-kick-off-chesapeake-oyster-week-at-guinness-open-gate-brewery\/","title":{"rendered":"MEDIA ADVISORY: Secretary Kevin Atticks to Kick-Off Chesapeake Oyster Week at Guinness Open Gate Brewery\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

MEDIA ADVISORY<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Secretary Kevin Atticks to Kick-Off Chesapeake Oyster Week at Guinness Open Gate Brewery\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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ANNAPOLIS, MD (March 19, 2026)<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013\u00a0Maryland Department of Agriculture<\/strong>\u00a0Secretary Kevin Atticks, Maryland Secretary of Natural Resources Josh Kurtz, and Oyster Recovery Partnership Executive Director Ward Slacum will kick off the 2026 Chesapeake Oyster Week on Friday, March 20, at 4:00 PM at Guinness Open Gate Brewery, located in Baltimore, Maryland. Chesapeake Oyster Week officially begins on March 20th, running through March 31, and will feature over 60 restaurants throughout the region. Restaurants are offering deals and specials throughout the 11-day event, allowing consumers many ways to try the many varieties of Maryland oysters! Guinness will provide everyone in the tent with a complimentary oyster to take part in an \u201coyster toast\u201d led by the Secretaries on stage.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Who:\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong>Maryland Department of Agriculture Secretary Kevin Atticks<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Maryland Secretary of Natural Resources Josh Kurtz<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Ward Slacum, Executive Director, Oyster Recovery Partnership<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Brendan W. Henne, Operations, Guinness Open Gate Breweries<\/span><\/p>\n

What:\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a02026 Chesapeake Oyster Week Kick Off\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 The program will include brief remarks, the Governor\u2019s Proclamation, and a symbolic \u201cpopping of the oyster shell.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

When:\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Friday, March 20th, 2026, 4:00 PM<\/span><\/p>\n

Where:\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Guinness Open Gate Brewery<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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NOTE:\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>Media interested in attending should RSVP to Maryland\u2019s Seafood Marketing Director Matthew Scales at\u00a0Matthew.Scales1@maryland.gov<\/a>\u00a0or 443-510-0937.<\/span><\/p>\n

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MEDIA ADVISORY \u00a0 Secretary Kevin Atticks to Kick-Off Chesapeake Oyster Week at Guinness Open Gate Brewery\u00a0 \u00a0 ANNAPOLIS, MD (March 19, 2026)\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Maryland Department of Agriculture\u00a0Secretary Kevin Atticks, Maryland Secretary of Natural Resources Josh Kurtz, and Oyster Recovery Partnership Executive Director Ward Slacum will kick off the 2026 Chesapeake Oyster Week on Friday, March 20, at  Read the Rest…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":251,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[403,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29658","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mda-newsroom","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29658","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/251"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29658"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29658\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29659,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29658\/revisions\/29659"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29658"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29658"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29658"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}