SAVE THE DATES FOR OUR 2025 FESTIVAL
- 2-3 AUGUST 2025
We had an amazing chef line up at this years festival.
The full celebrity line up of who appeared at Seaham Food Festival 2024 – you can see who appeared by clicking on the button below.
TV chefs Rosemary Shrager, Phil Vickery and Bishop Auckland’s Mike Bartley appeared at the cookery theatre on Saturday, accompanied by Chris Bavin who hosted.
These stars were followed by world-renowned chocolatier Paul Young, who gave a cookery demonstration to festivalgoers on the Sunday. Joining Paul on Sunday was recent Great British Bake Off finalist Josh Smalley, closing off the weekend was former MTV Dirty Sanchez frontman Matt Pritchard. Matt has left his pranking days behind for his love of vegan food, health, and fitness.
2025 Trader Applications are NOW OPEN!
The festival will take place on August 2nd & 3rd. Each year we receive a huge number of applications, please make sure if you are applying you take time to complete the information and ensure that images of your set up are included, links to socials, and company info. We have limited spaces available each year. Applications will close on February 14th and the team will then work through the applications.
The festival brings together live music and performances from some of the region’s finest
We hope you enjoy our amazing music and live entertainment performances this year. Check out our line-up for the weekend below.
This is the first year we’ve had a dedicated music stage at Seaham Food Festival.
On the Saturday we have an exciting line up showcasing some of the best Indie/Alternative bands from the region, including a mix of emerging talent and established names.
Sunday offers a more eclectic mix of genres ranging from pop, to country, jazz and rock n roll.
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