Seafood festivals
17 festivals in the UK diary, soonest first.
Oysters, crab, lobster and the day’s catch — festivals by the sea and on the quayside, many of them celebrating a local fishing fleet.
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Clovelly Herring Festival
Clovelly, Devon · South West England
Usually a Sunday in mid-November — next dates to be confirmed
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Salcombe Crabfest
Salcombe, Devon · South West England
Usually first Sunday in May — no future dates yet
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South West Sardine Festival
Brixham, Devon · South West England
Usually a Sunday in early August — no future dates yet
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SeaFest
Peterhead, Aberdeenshire · Scotland
Usually A Saturday in mid-September; recent editions have been every other year (2025, 2027) — no future dates yet
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Fish and Ships Festival
Whitby, North Yorkshire · Yorkshire and the Humber
Usually a weekend in mid-May — next dates to be confirmed
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Dorset Seafood Festival
Weymouth, Dorset · South West England
Usually a weekend in early July — next dates to be confirmed
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Taste Cumbria Maryport (Taste of the Sea)
Maryport, Cumbria · North West England
Usually a weekend in early-to-mid August — next dates to be confirmed
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Hastings Seafood, Wine & Music Festival
Hastings, East Sussex · South East England
Usually A weekend in mid-September (Friday evening to Sunday) — next dates to be confirmed
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Tide and Turf Food Festival
Portavogie, County Down · Northern Ireland
Usually September — next dates to be confirmed
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Whitstable Rocks Oyster Festival
Whitstable, Kent · South East England
Usually A weekend in mid-September — next dates to be confirmed