Welcome To The Cromer Crab & Lobster Festival
Joining us for Sunday? - Here's the Running Orders
Cookery Marquee - Sunday
| 10:30 am | Davies Fish Shop, Cromer Julie Davies - How to dress a Cromer crab |
| 11:00 am | The Cliftonville, Cromer Ricky Keith - Head Chef and team Potted Crab |
| 12 noon | No. 1 Cromer Spencer Gray, Neil Lloyd - Head Chef & Galton Blackiston – Owner Consultant at Michelin-starred Morston Hall, Holt Crab & Lobster Linguini |
| 1:00 pm | Gibson's Bistro Matt Gibson – Owner & Jack Maloney – Sous Chef Bite sized mini crab burgers/sliders & lobster bisque |
| 2:00 pm | The Cliftonville, Cromer Ricky Keith - Head Chef and team Crab Cakes |
| 3:00 pm | The King's Head, Letheringsett Dan Herbert – Head Chef Contestant in Master Chef: The Professionals 2023 Crab bisque with John Dory |
| 4:00pm | Davies Fish Shop, Cromer Julie Davies - How to dress a Cromer crab |
Sunday
| 10.00 – 11.00 | Sheringham Ukulele Band |
| 11.00 – 11.30 | Busy Bodies Dance School |
| 11.30 – 13.00 | Tom Dick and Harry |
| 13.15 – 13.45 | Busy Bodies Dance School |
| 13.45 – 14.15 | Sheringham Ukelele Band |
| 14.30 – 15.30 | TNT Band |
Tempt Your Tastebuds in the Festival Food Theatre
The Festival is delighted to once again have the support and sponsorship of The Cliftonville for this year's food theatre. Standing proud on the seafront just a stone's throw away from the festival site, their talented team of chefs will share with you all the tricks of the trade in preparing and cooking the finest seafood, cook up some delicious samples to try and hand out recipe cards so that you can try out your new found skills at home. If you really can't make it, don't worry as brand new for this year, the food theatre will be live-streamed, so that nobody has to miss out on the fun.
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Art Trail Launch 2025
Hilary Cox introduces the Art Trail for 2025 on the BBC East website
Art Trail Pictures Coming In - Have we got yours?
The treasure's up to you!
Click Art Trail 2025 for more information on ordering your Treasure Chest.
Major Sponsorship Opportunities for 2025 Festival and Trail
Click Cromer Crab & Lobster Festival 2025 for the full Sponsorship Introduction pack.
Click Crab and Lobster 2025 Sponsopship Form for currently available sponsorship opportunities.
Events
Crab and Lobster Festival
17 May, 2025 - 18 May, 2025
Join us for the main festival weekend. Stalls, cookery demos sponsored by The Cliftonville and entertainments on Evington Lawns, fishing exhibitions at the town museum, cafes and coffee all over the town. See you there!
Razz and Auntie Pearl at the Festival
17 May, 2025 - 18 May, 2025 ~ 10:00-16:00
Perennial favourites Razz and Auntie Pearl will join us at the Festival, to have a walk around the Festival site and help with balloon modelling. Just watch out for his extra large feet as he takes a stroll!
Art Trail Auction
31 Aug, 2025
The last Sunday in August, on the pier forecourt! Your chance to be the proud owner of a s treasure chest, small or large. It's a two-part auction, 1230pm noon and 2.30pm, with the Blakeney Old Wild Rovers singing between.
At 10am it's the World Pier Crabbing Championship - sign in from 9.30am. Plenty of fun for all!
World Pier Crabbing Championships
31 Aug, 2025 ~ 10:00-12:00
This international event (that means people from Sheringham and further afield take part) is held on Cromer Pier. Register from 9.30am, crabbing 10am to 12 noon. Come and try your luck - the crabs are all returned to the sea, waiting for the next year!