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Regular updates from the PEG teamFalmouth Oyster Festival draws in the crowds again
Falmouth has yet again celebrated the start of its unique oyster fishery season with enormous gusto. In it’s 21st year, Falmouth Oyster Festival packed in the crowds with visitor numbers exceeding 45,000, and an estimated 20,000 oysters enjoyed over the four days. The...
Falmouth Oyster Festival turns up the volume
If you enjoy fresh Cornish seafood and an eclectic mix of music and first-class entertainment then you’ll not want to miss Falmouth Oyster Festival 2017. This years music provides entertainment for all tastes with a great soundtrack of cool retro tones, gospel, soul,...
Falmouth Oyster Festival’s Community Spirit
With summer coming to an end, it’s not long until the oyster-dredging season starts and to celebrate this unique fishing tradition, Falmouth’s Oyster Festival. Falmouth Oyster Festival, which takes place from 12th to 15th October this year, is one of Cornwall’s...
Chef line-up revealed for Falmouth Oyster Festival
Final preparations are being made for Falmouth Oyster Festival, which takes place from Thursday 12th to Sunday 15th October. The Festival brings together a blend of esteemed local chefs, hardworking oyster fishermen, food and drink enthusiasts and seafood experts, all...
St Michael’s Hotel and Spa – Loyal Sponsors of Falmouth Oyster Festival
Falmouth Oyster Festival organisers are delighted to announce once again, St Michael’s Hotel and Spa, as major sponsor of this year’s festival, which takes place from 12 to 15 October 2017. One of Falmouth’s best luxury four-star hotels, St Michael’s Hotel and Spa has...
Award-winning chef Dale McIntosh to open Falmouth Oyster Festival 2017
Award-winning chef Dale McIntosh to open Falmouth Oyster Festival 2017 Dale McIntosh, head chef at Gylly Beach Café in Falmouth, will officially launch the 21st Falmouth Oyster Festival. At 11am on Thursday 12th October, Dale will open the festival with a...
21st Annual Falmouth Oyster Festival
Cornwall’s biggest and best-loved specialist food festival, Falmouth Oyster Festival, takes place from Thursday 12th to Sunday 15th October 2017 and promises another packed programme full of flavoursome fun. The Festival brings together a blend of esteemed local...
Cornwall’s Marine Businesses get a Royal Seal of Approval
A maritime-focussed visit to Falmouth by His Royal Highness The Duke of Kent was a feather in the cap for Cornwall’s marine industries and the Royal National Lifeboat Institution – both of which are close to The Duke’s heart. As he toured the strategically and...
Falmouth Oyster Festival – A Huge Success
Falmouth Oyster Festival is a Huge Success Falmouth has yet again celebrated the start of its unique oyster fishery season with enormous gusto and organisers are declaring it was a huge success. The 20th Falmouth Oyster Festival packed in the crowds with visitor...
Get Your Glow On!
Back by popular demand, Bocconoc Country Estate in Cornwall is again one of this years UK venues for Glow in the Park 2016. Glow in the Park is a 5km fun run open to anyone over the age of eight, and takes place in Boconnoc’s historic parkland on Saturday 15th...
Driftwood’s Chris Eden to open Falmouth Oyster Festival 2016
Driftwood’s Chris Eden to open Falmouth Oyster Festival 2016 Chris Eden, proudly known as being the first Cornishman to receive a Michelin star for a restaurant in Cornwall, will officially launch the 20th Falmouth Oyster Festival next month. Opening the festival at...
Falmouth Oyster Festival – The Full Programme!
Final preparations are being made for Falmouth Oyster Festival, which takes place from Thursday 13th to Sunday 16th October. The Festival brings together a blend of esteemed local chefs, hardworking oyster fishermen, food and drink enthusiasts and an eclectic mix of...
The Islands Regatta
The first Islands’ Regatta on the Isles of Scilly was a spectacular celebration of the islands’ unique maritime history, and certainly Scilly’s biggest event of the summer with all the accommodation on the Islands fully booked. Centre of the action was a flotilla of...
The Man Engine
The Man Engine The UK’ s largest ever mechanical puppet, an epic 10 metre plus mining Man Engine, travels its historic journey of the entire length of the Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape World Heritage Site, over two weeks of major celebrations. To mark the...
From Tokyo To Cornwall
From Tokyo to Cornwall – relaying Cornwall’s Olympic Torch success to Japanese delegation The Mayor of a city in Japan is visiting Cornwall this week to talk to members of the award winning Cornish team who organised the successful Olympic Torch Relay in the summer of...
Sam Groom awarded BEM
Sam Groom is presented with a British Empire Medal On behalf of Her Majesty The Queen, Colonel Edward Bolitho has presented Samantha Groom with a British Empire Medal, for services to Tourism in Falmouth and Cornwall. The medal for local heroes acknowledges the...
Dedicated Sponsors for Oyster Festival
St Michael’s Hotel and Spa – Dedicated Sponsors of Falmouth Oyster Festival Falmouth Oyster Festival organisers are extremely pleased to confirm St Michael’s Hotel and Spa is once again the headline sponsor of the 2016 festival, which takes place from 13th to 16th...
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