Swanage Fish Festival JUNE 2024

🗓️ Saturday 15th – Sunday 16th June 2024

Set in the grounds of Prince Albert Gardens, Swanage Fish Festival has become a firm favourite in the town’s early summer calendar.

Enjoy browsing the food stalls and sampling the very best of Dorset fish, seafood and drinks, with Swanage Bay as your backdrop. And learn some new tips and tricks with cookery demonstrations from local chefs.

  • Crispy chilli squid street food
    Crispy chilli squid street food
  • Filleting & cooking demonstration by Julia Noone
    Swanage Bay Fish demonstration with Julia Noone
  • Surf-n-turf paella at Swanage Fish Festival
    Pantastic paella
  • Fresh crab by Swanage Bay Fish
    Fresh crab by Swanage Bay Fish
  • Fresh lobster display
    Fresh lobster

This family-friendly festival is completely free and also has live music at the garden’s amphitheatre across the weekend.

You can help support the event by buying a raffle ticket or giving a donation on the day – charities the Fish Festival have donated proceeds to in the past include Swanage Lifeboat, the Fishermen’s Mission and the National Coastwatch Institution.

To book a stall: stalls@swanfishfest.com

For full information and pictures of past festivals visit Swanage Fish Festival’s Facebook page or website: swanfishfest.com.

What’s on

Food & demonstrations

Sample the best seafood the area has to offer, buy freshly-caught fish and try new ways of cooking your favourite dish.

But it’s not just fish – there’s plenty of options to suit every palate and dietary need, with sweet treats such as pancakes and ice cream too.

Posh fish finger butties
Posh fish finger butties
Vol-au-vents at Swanage Fish Festival
Fishy vol-au-vents
Seabass & crab ciabatta sandwiches
Seabass & crab ciabatta
Freshly cooked seafood paella
Freshly-cooked paella
Cooking a vegetarian paella
Vegetarian paella option
Filleting & cooking demonstration by Julia Noone
Swanage Bay Fish demonstration with Julia Noone
Seafood platters & picnics
Takeaway seafood platters & picnics
Fresh cockles & prawns
Fresh cockles & prawns
Fresh lobster, crab and Belvoir drinks at Swanage Fish Festival
Fresh lobster & crab
Sign for scallops, seabags & fresh handpicked crab
A range of seafood to try
Purbeck Ice Cream at Swanage Fish Festival
Cool off with a Purbeck Ice Cream
Pizza and food stalls at Swanage Fish Festival
Range of food stalls
Thai food at Swanage Fish Festival
Not just fish – all taste buds are catered for, including vegetarian
Fudge stall
Fudge stall
Shanty Seaweed Botanical Vodka
Shanty Seaweed Botanical Vodka
Salad boxes by Swanage Bay Fish
Crab salad snack boxes

Entertainment

Enjoy live music across the weekend, with local bands and signing groups performing on stage.

There’s fun for kids too, with stalls to spend pocket money and learn more about local sea life.

Live music with AJK in Swanage
Live music
Sealife tattoos and kids' activities
Sealife tattoos
Guess the weight of the crab
Guess the weight of the crab

Support local charities

You can help the festival support local charities by purchasing merchandise from a stall, getting involved in activities and by buying raffle tickets or giving a donation.

RNLI and Swanage Coastwatch charity stands
Sea & coastal charity stalls
Fishermen's Mission charity stall at the Swanage Fish Festival
The Fishermen’s Mission – ‘Buy a fish to help the mish’
Swanage Coastwatch stand at the Swanage Fish Festival
Swanage Coastwatch