Crab cook Jacob Brown takes cooked crabs from a boiling kettle on Thursday in preparation for this weekend’s Dungeness Crab and Seafood Festival in Port Angeles. The three-day event features a variety of seafood and other culinary delights, musical entertainment and other activities along the Port Angeles waterfront. (KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS)

Dungeness Crab and Seafood Festival volunteer Stacy Eastman of Port Angeles fills trays with eating utensiles on Thursday in preparation for today’s festival kickoff. The three-day event features a variety of seafood and other culinary delights, musical entertainment and other activities along the Port Angeles waterfront.