Newlyn Fish Festival 2015

£10,000 raised by you for the Mission!

£10,000 raised for the Fishermen's Mission!

Thanks to all the visitors, stallholders and others the 2015 Fish Festival raised £10,000!

The Fishermen's Mission do vital work within Cornwall’s Fishing Community - all the money donated to the mission goes to help fishermen throughout Cornwall.

Main Information

Venue:	Newlyn Harbour, Newlyn, Cornwall
Date:	29th August 2016 - Bank Holiday Monday
Open from:	09:00 to 17:00 - last entry at 16:30
Admission:	£6.00 (free entrance for children under 16) tickets at the gate.
Disabled:	Full disabled access aside from vessels.
Parking:	Newlyn Green, Sports Ground along the Coombe.
Children:	Follow the Fishy Trail, Fish Tales Tent, The Learning Zone in the Fish Market and other entertainment.
Toilets:	By the Mission and temporary toilets throughout the Festival.
Buses:	1, 1A, 5, 5A, 6, 6A from Penzance Station
PLEASE NOTE:	THIS IS A WORKING HARBOUR - DUE TO HEALTH AND SAFETY NO DOGS, EXCEPT FOR GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND, ARE ALLOWED INTO THE PRECINCTS OF THE FESTIVAL

Fish Festival Schedule 2016

To be announced soon!

A Mission to Serve

Since former Mission Superintendent Len Scott decided to launch the Newlyn Fish Festival in 1989 the festival has sought to raise funds for the benefit of those involved in this tough industry, not just in Newlyn but across Cornwall. This has been achieved through a wonderful day of celebration of the sea, seafood and fishing.

Over the last 25 years the festival has donated tens of thousands of pounds to the Fishermen’s Mission. This is a drop in the Ocean.

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Memory Fish Project

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Make your way to the MemoryFish stand beside the new ice works in festival square for a bite of history.

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Cooking up a storm in 2015

In the Fish Market there was another fabulous line-up

Chef Prosenjit Sanjay Kumar kicked off in the fish kitchen at 10:30am cooking a by-catch fish finger sandwich with children from Newlyn School. Next up, Michelin ‘Bib Gourmand’ holder Ben Tunnicliffe demonstrated how to cook his favourite Cornish Hake.
Kiwi in Cornwall, Fiona Were showed us big seasonal flavours and lastly, Penwith College chef lecturers Dave Izzard and Kevin Montague were in on the action - and you saw some sushi!

You could have bid for your supper at one of the two lively fish auctions conducted by ebullient ace auctioneer Edd Buckland. This firm festival favourite was at 12:45 and the last auction rounded off the day in the market at 16:15.

At 14:00 our chefs gave way in the kitchen to the final of our exciting cooking competition for local student chefs-to-be in the ‘The Great Cornish Fish Off’. Those with a seat in the first two rows and could participate in the judging.

Throughout the day, Fish Filleting World Record holder Duncan Lucas from Passionateaboutfish was on his display stand to answer your questions whilst demonstrating filleting and different cuts.

The The Learning Zone down to the right of the market was full of family workshop fun while in the fridge Newlyn Filmhouse showed wonderful old film clips.

Local Chef Cookery Demonstrations

Perfect Prints

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Pirrip Press returned to the North Pier on festival day with two new 2015 designs to update their very collectable limited edition silkscreen prints inspired by Newlyn life. 'Night Fishing' and 'Fish Shop' were their fresh new designs to commemorate the festival for 2015. Don't forget, Pirrip donate £2 to festival funds for every print sold.

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Squashbox Theatre

Craig and Squashbox

Welcome back to Craig Johnson with Squashbox Theatre's 'Sea Show' in the Fish Tales Tent on Mary Williams Pier.

An hilarious mix of puppet show, natural history and comedy cabaret in 30 minute performances at 11:30, 13:30 and 15:30.

Unmissable fun!

Fish Tales Tent

kids fishy trail

fishytrail

Search the Fish Festival site to find the fish pictures, write down the name of the fish, and hand in your form to the Festival’s Information Point to win a prize!

Whats On Where

Cornish Proms

For the first time Newlyn Fish Festival Commmittee are presenting a CORNISH LAST NIGHT OF THE PROMS at the Newlyn Trinity Centre on the eve of the festival, Sunday 30th August at 8pm.

This is the first step to make the festival weekend longer. Award winning Hannah Pascoe and William Thomas are the soloists, and the St Ives Commmunity Choir will be leading the singing and performing Cornish songs. Janette Eathorne will be the compère with her usual style of fun and laughter guaranteed.

Tickets are £5 available at the door, everyone welcome.

Last Night of the Proms