Festival History

An Exciting Milford Tradition Since 1975

Milford Oyster Festival
The Main Stage Concert History

Festival Year Main Stage Headliner Main Stage Opening Acts
2024 Little Feat Lead Singers of Classic Rock, Living Colour and No Strings
2023 Lou Gramm - The Original Voice of Foreigner Oddfellas and The Brother Doobies
2022 Scott Stapp of Creed Morgan Skelly And The Old Crows and the Fooz Fighters
2021 Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes Shameless and Sharp Dressed Band
2019 Extreme Badfish: A tribute to Sublime & the Cringe
2018 Eddie Money John Cafferty & The Beaver Brown Band
2017 Blackberry Smoke Artimus Pyle
2016 Blue Oyster Cult & Marshall Tucker Band RumRunners
2015 Gin Blossoms Fastball and the Rembrandts
2014 Bret Michaels Red Not Chili Peppers, Frank Viele
2013 Blues Traveler Frank Viele, Mullett, Beth Patella
2012 Kansas Rum Runners, Northern Renegade, Waking Elliot
2011 The Marshall Tucker Band Shakedown, The Sellouts, Don’t Kill Dogs
2010 Soul Asylum The Bernadettes, Crazy on You
2009 John Cafferty & the Beaver Brown Band Highland Rovers, Draw The Line, Remember September
2008 Foghat Tramps Like Us, Comic Book Heroes, The Whiskey River Band
2007 The Smithereens
2006 The Spin Doctors
2005 Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes
2004 Blue Oyster Cult
2003 The Marshall Tucker Band
2002 Voices of Classic Rock (Spencer Davis/Spencer Davis Group, Dave Jenkins/Pablo Cruise, Larry Hopper/Orleans, Joe Lynn Turner/Deep Purple, Ronnie Hammond/Atlantic Rhythm Section, Fergi Fredricksen/Toto) Highland Rovers, Mary Taylor (winner of 2001 Emerging Band Contest)
2001 Riders on the Storm (Ray Manzarek & Robby Krieger, members of The Doors)
2000 Joan Jett & the Blackhearts
1999 Jefferson Starship