Pop-up oyster roast to support Cape Fear River Watch

There’s a chance Sunday to support a nonprofit organization’s effort to protect the Cape Fear River while filling your belly with oysters.

Cape Fear River Watch is hosting “Sip & Shuck for Cape Fear River Watch” pop-up beer and oyster roast from 4 p.m. until 7 p.m. Sunday, March 9, at The Alley, 1605 Queen St., Wilmington.

Tickets are $40 and include a baker’s dozen of oysters, two beers donated by The Alley in the Cargo District and provided by Waterline Brewing Co., also in Wilmington, and live music by The Noseeums. Tickets are limited. Register online.

The 1,000 oysters being served at the pop-up were raised and donated by the shellfish hatchery at the University of North Carolina Wilmington’s Center for Marine Science.

Cape Fear River Watch was founded in 1993 and has a mission “to protect and improve the water quality of the Cape Fear River Basin for all people through education, advocacy and action.”