The annual Weekend with the Fleet celebration in Westport will honor the commercial fishing industry and the maritimers who gave their all this Memorial Day weekend.

There will be vendors featuring arts and crafts stations, fishing competitions, Sea Scout displays, a beer garden and more starting today. The festival runs from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Westport Maritime Museum grounds at 2201 Westhaven Drive. Then at 7:30 p.m. is the Light the Dock celebration along Westhaven Drive. It features luminary displays honoring maritime professionals who lost their lives at sea. Luminaries are available for purchase at the event.

Saturday evening Blackbeards Brewing is hosting the Astoria Fisher Poets at the Lens Room at the museum. Readings start at 7 p.m. This event is recommended for adults only. Beer and wine will be available.

Sunday will feature the Blessing of the Fleet ceremony beginning at 1 p.m. at the Fishermen’s Memorial on Neddie Rose Drive, accompanied by the Coast Guard, the Veterans of Foreign Wars and many local fishing families. The Coast Guard will perform the annual dropping of the wreath and Parade of Boats out of the marina in honor of the maritimers who have died while pursuing their profession. During and after the blessing ceremony is a clam chowder feed at the Tackle Box building located at 2681 N. Westhaven Dr., across from the observation tower, from 11:30 a.m. until 3 p.m. All proceeds go toward the local Lost Fishermen’s Fund, which benefits maritime professionals who have been lost at sea.

For more information call 360-268-9422, or go to wefish.washington@gmail.com or message WEfish on Facebook.