Newlyn Fish Festival 2010 - 30th of August, Bank Holiday Monday!

Enjoy a wide selection of Seafood, Cooking Demonstrations, Children’s Workshops, Fish Auctions, Open Vessels, Craft, Art and Trade stalls together with a full programme of Music and Harbour Entertainments including Gig Racing, Helicopters, The Penlee Lifeboat,  great music and much more!

• The stunning display of locally caught fish and seafood is a showcase of what our region has to offer.
  Sue and Duncan Lucas from Passionate about Fish will be on hand imparting their extensive knowledge and answer everything you ever wanted to know about fish!
• Music and entertainment at the festival!
  BBC broadcaster Janette Eathorne will, once again, introduce new and familiar faces on the One For All stage provided with plenty of seating facilities in the festival's square. As always there will be something for everyone, from shanty singers, brass bands, male voice choirs, to classical rendition all with a Cornish twist!
• Cooking demonstration will take place inside the Fish Market throughout the day. You will learn how to choose, fillet, prepare your fish. Renowed chefs like Sanjay Kumar from the Greenbank Hotel, will show you the art of making the perfect fish dish with some great local ingredients and will let you taste the final result. Forks and plates will be provided!
• Inside our fish market there will be an extensive range of food stalls excelling in fish produce. You can eat it, buy it, take it away.
  Watch out for Spanish seafood paella, Goan seafood dishes, grilled sardine, barbequed monkfish, and plenty of cooked lobsters and crabs. Get there early to avoid the midday queues!
• Harbour demonstration will take place all day long (tide permitting!) - The RNLA will be enacting rescue demonstration from sky and sea (watch out for the helicopter), fish vessels will be open for inspections. The Trafalgar Trophy gig race will take place around midday and you can watch several local gig clubs competing at one of the Festival highlights.
  
• There is more to our festival than just fish. You can wonder among the many arts and crafts stalls displaying a variety of beautiful things, from siver jewellery, to pottery, photographs, hand-printed fabrics and more. Also watch out for Richard Ede, one of the few remaining withy pot maker, who will be selling his lobster pots in the main festival square.
• Luggers, luggers and more luggers!
  The Luggers Association will make their presence felt with a variety of vessels sailing up and down the pier in all their glory. Watch out for 'Ripple'  restored by John Lambourn and now sailing the seas once again as a working vessel. The 'Barnabas' and the 'Happy Returns' will also be at hand and unfurl their sails.
• There is more to eat here than just fish! We have many different food stalls with a variety of offering, from  cakes, strawberries and cream, grilled and roasted meats, preserves, olives, salads, liquorice, sweets assortment, falafels, chips, curries, good coffee, fine tea, ice creams... and, of course, Cornish pasties!