Maryport
Taste of the Sea 2024
Taste Cumbria heads back to the seaside in Maryport!
Saturday 10 and Sunday 11 August 2024
Maryport is welcoming back Taste Cumbria on Saturday 10 and Sunday 11 August 2024 for the Taste of the Sea festival.
In the heart of the town centre and down on the harbourside, there will be loads going on for foodies, families, locals and visitors. Foodies will love the new oyster bar and fresh seafood to buy straight off the boat, as well as our first Fish & Fizz Supper. Those in search of a big night out can buy tickets for Bingo Loco, the lively global stage show packed with music, games and top prizes.
Here’s a sample of the festival line-up – all of this is FREE to attend. Stalls open 10am to 5pm on Saturday and 10am to 4pm on Sunday.
- Producers’ Market
- Outdoor picnic area with live music all weekend – sea shanties & local musicians
- Cookery demonstrations
- Hot food stalls & Oyster Bar
- Fresh seafood from Chelaris fishing boat – this often sells out on the Saturday!
- Festival bar with the pirates from Maryport Round Table
- Roman Roadshow with the team from Senhouse Roman Museum
- Children’s art trail – pick up entry forms from the info point in the Producers’ Market
- Fairground rides
- Children’s crafty activities with Party Time Cumbria
Traders stalls are now fully booked.
Win a Samsung Tablet in the Taste of the Sea Art Trail!
Take a wander around Maryport’s great independent businesses, spot the artworks on display, collect a sticker from the business and add it to your Art Trail entry form. Forms will be available from the festival Info Point on Shipping Brow on Saturday 10 August and you can return your completed entries to the same place.
The colourful creations all around the Art Trail are the work of Maryport schoolchildren. Huge thanks to the youngsters from Netherton Infants, Ewanrigg, Ellenborough Academy, Flimby, Dearham, Grasslot Infants, Broughton Moor and Maryport CofE for getting involved.
Please take the Trail and support Maryport’s brilliant businesses. Good luck!
Elsewhere in town there are even more things to see and do, including live music in many of the pubs in the evenings.
Saturday 10 August, 10am to 4pm – The Classic Car and Vintage Vehicle Show, Netherhall Rugby Club.
Free park-and-ride on heritage buses. Charity stalls, bar and refreshments.
Saturday 10 & Sunday 11 August, 10am to 4pm – Artists’ Exhibition at The Settlement, High Street, Maryport.
Celebrate the work of local painters, photographers, sculptors and more. Some pieces will be for sale. Free refreshments will be on offer.
Saturday
11am – 11:30am – Yvonne Gainford, personal chef at Culinary Occasions
1pm – 1:30pm – TBC
2pm – 2:30pm – Peter Sidwell
2:30pm – 3pm – Nev & Fiona, Warwick Bridge Cornmill & Bakery
3pm – 3:30pm – Jon Fell
4pm – 4:30pm – Portobello Pizza
Sunday
Noon – 12:30pm – The Blokey Bloke Kitchen
1pm – 1:30pm – Jon Fell
2pm – 2:30pm – John Crouch
3pm – 3:30pm – Portobello Pizza
The Main Festival Stage
Saturday 10 August
11am – Steel Foxes
Noon – Luke Matear
1pm – AWOL
2pm – Liam Moorhouse
3pm – Flimby Brass Band
4pm – The Last Resorts
5pm – A66
Sunday 11 August
10:15am – Chelsea Reynolds
11am – Lytham St Annes Shanty Crew
Noon – Sophie Dalrymple
1pm – Flimby Brass Band
2pm – Lytham St Annes Shanty Crew
3pm – Kerry Weir
Acoustic Stage
Saturday 10 August
11am – Shanty Boys
Noon – Miss Pearl
1pm – Shanty Boys
2pm – Jack Todd
3pm – Shanty Boys
4pm – Ben Akehurst
Sunday 11 August
Noon – Lytham St Annes Shanty Crew
1pm – Johnny Morton
2pm – Mel Clapham
3pm – Derwent Valley Brass
The Taste Cumbria festivals are organised by Cumberland Council. Big thanks to our main sponsor, Maryport Town Council, and our supporters Vici, Grants Oaked Smoked, Thomas Armstrong Construction, Maryport Harbour Authority and Maryport Business Group.
Taste of the Sea Bingo Loco
Bingo Loco has taken the world by storm with sold out shows in 200 locations around the globe. Forget the traditional game of bingo – expect a three-hour interactive stage show packed with dance offs, rave rounds, loud and lively music, and some fabulous prizes. The organisers say Bingo Loco is not an event – it’s a show with the mentality of a theatre performance and the energy of a festival!
Grasslot Sports and Social Club
Main Road, Maryport, CA158DD
Taste of the Sea - Fish and Fizz Supper
We’re celebrating the Taste of the Sea festival with a fabulous fish supper at the popular Her Citi Cafe. Enjoy a glass of non alcoholic Summer fruit punch on arrival, then feast on the following cooked by Debbie Wright & John Crouch:
• Local seafood paella • New potatoes with fresh mint & butter • Peter Walsh’s sausage rings served with a sticky BBQ sauce • Spicy potato wedges • Selection of salads • Raspberry pavlova • Homemade sticky toffee pudding • Cheese board & homemade breads
Her Citi Boutique Cafe
107A Crosby St, Maryport CA15 6JX
Other 2024 dates for your diary
Taste Cumbria Wigton – 20 April 2024
Taste Cumbria Cockermouth – 28 & 29 September 2024
Taste Cumbria Christmas in Cockermouth – 7 & 8 December 2024
Getting here
The nearest mainline train station is Carlisle – change here for the train to Maryport on the Cumbrian Coast Line. If you are travelling by car, follow the A595 from Carlisle, or leave the M6 at junction 42, take the A595 or A596 west and you should be here in just less than an hour. Here’s the bus timetable. And here’s a link to trains.
Parking
Travelling to our Maryport festival on 10/11 August? Here’s a handy link to the car parks. If you’re parking on the street, please check local signs for restrictions. You’ll need a timing disc for many of them – these are available from many local businesses.
Accommodation
Make a weekend of it by booking some accommodation. Allerdale has an excellent range of accommodation from hotels, campsites and B&Bs to self catering. And don’t forget to visit the wealth of independent businesses in Maryport.
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