The first annual Port of Redwood City PortFest is scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 2, at the Port of Redwood City Marina. It will kickoff with a pancake breakfast at the Sequoia Yacht Club from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m., with other public activities starting about 10:30 a.m.
Event admission, entertainment and parking are free to the public. Food, beverage, and arts and crafts vendors will have goods available for sale.
Attractions include:
- A kick-off pancake breakfast at the Sequoia Yacht Club.
- Public dockside tours of a new high-speed ferry boat, the kind that likely will be used in the future for port ferry service.
- An Oktoberfest Bier Garden featuring German beers.
- Musical groups/bands.
- Marine Science Institute — harbor tours aboard their vessel, the Brownlee.
- Arts/crafts vendors.
- Food vendors.
- Historical presentations.
- Children’s activities.
- “Learn About the Working Waterfront” bus tours of Port businesses.
The purpose of PortFest is to showcase the working and recreational Port of Redwood City waterfront, according to Port Commissioner Lorianna Kastrop, who initiated the PortFest idea and has worked diligently to include several organizations in the community.
Participants include the Downtown Business Group, the Sequoia Yacht Club, San Mateo County History Museum, Marine Science Institute, Civic Cultural Commission, Seaport Industrial Association, Art on the Square, the Water Emergency Transportation Authority, the Salvation Army, the West Bay Community Band, Sea Scouts, city staff, port staff, and other interested volunteers.
Updated information is available at the Port’s website, www.redwoodcityport.com
To get to the Port of Redwood City Marina area, take Seaport Boulevard (Highway 84) east and follow signs for the Port of Redwood City. There will be signs directing visitors to parking as you turn left at Seaport Court.