Fish & Ships Whitby

The Whitby Fish & Ships Festival is back for 2023! To be held in May (20th-21st), we can look forward to a celebration of Whitby’s fishing heritage incuding live cookery demonstrations throughout the weekend in the seafood kitchen on Endeavour Wharf, featuring local and celebrity chefs, with a special focus, on you guessed it seafood! Whitby Sea Festival will entertain us with sea balladeers and shantymen as well as local bands, a special concert and much more, watch this space!.

They’ll be stalls a plenty, showcasing local produce, children’s activities and walkabout acts. There will also be interactive workshops, tours, talks and children’s activities at your favourite places, like the Captain Cook Museum, Pannett Art Gallery, Whitby Museum, W.Hamond - Whitby Jet Museum, Quayside Fish & Chips, Whitby Harbour, RNLI Whitby Open Day and Blessing of the Boats, Parkol Engineering (Whitby’s local ship builder) and Whitby Library.

Find out more about the 2023 event here.

Take a look at our virtual festival from 2021 and see what you can look forward to in 2023 on the Discover Yorkshire Coast Youtube Channel.