Into the water at the Chincoteague Polar Pony Plunge If your idea of a good time includes wearing a wacky costume while jumping into frigid sea water, then the Chincoteague Polar Pony Plunge may be just the thing you need to kick off your New [...]
Assateague Island’s Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge is a major stopping point for the annual, fall migration of numerous species of waterfowl, peaking around the weekend of November 27 – just in time for the Assateague Island Waterfowl Weekend! Just kidding – of course the annual, [...]
Chincoteague Island Oyster Festival: how can you argue with a 400+ year old tradition – especially when it includes fresh Chincoteague Seaside Oysters? Okay, so this is actually only the 42nd Chincoteague Island Oyster Festival – but it is based upon a popular story that’s [...]
Chincoteague Island attracts more than just beautiful waterfowl – it also attracts artists who carve decoys of beautiful waterfowl! – and the 2014 Chincoteague Decoy Carvers Decoy Show is a great way to see the fruit of their labors. Organized by the Chincoteague Decoy Carvers [...]
If you’re looking for a unique and wonderful way to celebrate Independence Day, there are few better ideas than treating yourself to a 4th of July on Chincoteague Island! So what’s there to do for the 4th of July on Chincoteague Island? First and most [...]
Surf fishing Assateague Island is a great, outdoor pastime – and can be a fruitful one as well, especially this time of year! What is surf fishing? If you’re picturing an angler on a surfboard, back up a bit there, fellah. Surf fishing is conducted [...]
It’s spring – and no Chincoteague Island spring is complete without a Captain Bob’s Marina Flounder King Tournament! Captain Bob’s Marina Flounder King Tournament is a local tradition that pays out cash prizes for the top winners, so if you like yourself some fishing and [...]
One of the great things about Chincoteage Island is our tendency to march to the beat of a different drummer on occasion. Take New Year’s Eve for example. New Year’s Eve on Chincoteage Island can be celebrated in the normal way, I suppose – whatever [...]
The Halloween Happening – this all-hallows eve, Chincoteague Island Theatre Company gives you a chance to tune into the past with two ghoulishly good, olde-time radio plays: “The Canterville Ghost” and “The Vampire’s Desire.” […]