Tarbert Seafood Festival

Welcome to the Tarbert Seafood Festival website

2nd & 3rd July 2011

Here's the latest schedule for the 2011 Tarbert Seafood Festival.

2011 Schedule

Saturday

11:00 am Stalls open,food,crafts,plants

12:00 pm Cookery demonstrations at the quayside- Oscar Sinjorgo from Stonefield, Billy Broderick from The Anchor Hotel, Ryan Glen from Starfish and Pascal Theze from The Victoria.

1:00 pm / 1:30 pm The Seafood Queen is brought across the harbour and piped along the street, finishing with her crowning at The Tarbert Hotel Balcony

2:00 pm Children's Parade starts from Tarbert Fire Station, The Seafood Queen and Princesses will lead the parade and be accompanied by a pipe band.

2:30 pm Dance Demonstrations by highland dancers from Rothesay and Campbeltown, Tarbert's own Wee Highland Dancers, Tarbert School dance troupe.

3:00 pm Ready steady cook off. Music from Tarbert Primary School Choir, Tarbert Music Centre and Tarbert Academy Folk Group.

3:30 pm Sheep shearing demonstration

Sunday

2.00 pm DeVille will start the event rocking, followed by local band Mamas Got a Brand New Band. 

3.00 pm Prizegiving

4.00 pm Music from Deville to finish

What Is The Tarbert Seafood Festival?

Featuring local and well known chefs displaying their culinary talents and expertise during live seafood cookery demonstrations, a weekend jam packed full of entertainment and fun for all the family, and a market that stretches around this natural harbour under the summer sunshine, what could be better?!

The event opens each year with the crowning of the chosen Seafood Queen and accompanying princesses.

Saturday sees the event in full swing with parades, music, family entertainment and something for the keen foodie!

Sunday opens with a car boot sale, entertainment for kids on the quay followed by an open air concert on the quay with some of the best live entertainment money can buy!

Come along to the most original and finest seafood event in Scotland.

Reserve Your Market Stall!!

Stalls are available on both Saturday and Sunday from only £25 per day. £35 if you would like a small advert of your stall listed on the Tarbert Seafood Festival website for a year. Email us at info@seafoodfestival.co.uk

Seafood Festival on Twitter!

Now you can keep up to date with whats happening and any latest snippets of information on Twitter, follow our tweet and never miss a thing!

Seafood Festival on Facebook!

We are also on Facebook, become a fan, make suggestions, leave feedback and be part of this super voluntary event in West Scotland.

Our Brand New Website Is Now Live!

Yes, our brand new website designed by Net Visuals Web Design of Tarbert is now up and running with lots of information in our event archives from previous years along with tasteful design and excellent layout so you can enjoy what we have done in the last few years and what to look forward to in 2010.

Main Parts Of The Seafood Festival

Please click the images below to find out more about the main parts of the event and when they happen.

Seafood Festival Map On Google.

See whats on and where with our exclusive event map on Google Maps!

View Tarbert Seafood Festival in a larger map

Grant Funding from Argyll & Bute Council and CFA Tarbert Branch.