55th Annual Waterfowl Festival kicks off in Downtown Easton

(EASTON, Md) – Downtown. Easton is booming as Talbot County kicks off their 55th annual Waterfowl Festival. And we ask both volunteers and festival goers what keeps them coming back year after year.

Just ask the Zimmerman family, who’ve been coming down from Central Pennsylvania the last ten years. To them, Easton is the perfect spot to make memories with their daughters.

“I look forward to it. Every year I get super excited. We get to have the cream of crab soup and we’re eating a bunch of oysters, have nice meals together and just enjoy the art and the festivities,” says father, Jeffrey Zimmerman.

Or ask Randy Porter, a decoy enthusiast who came all the way from Minnesota. He says, “Both my son and I are old and vintage decoy collectors, so this is a great place to find some things that we’ve been looking for.”

People near and far, say they’re excited for the start of the 55th annual Waterfowl Festival. Including Director, Deena Kilmon, as a year and a half of planning comes together.

Deena tells WMDT, “Well over 30,000 people came to our little tiny town last year. They come from all over the nation and other countries to be here for us this weekend. It’s fantastic as a $6 million impact overall.”

But for some locals, like Reverend Kelsey Spiker, the event is about giving back to her community.

“…for me to be able to feed so many people, to have the community come together and to see people work alongside one another, all to give back all the support in this great community in Easton, Maryland. It’s a wonderful place. And just to get to witness that, it’s such a gift,” says Reverend Spiker.

The Waterfowl Festival will run through Sunday, November 15th in Downtown Easton.