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.
Applications for Seaham Food Festival 2025 are now closed. We have had an incredible response to this year’s festival with applications closing on February 14th, 2025.
If you are interested in trading at future festivals please get in touch, send info on your company, pictures of your set up and products/ produce, links to social media and info and where you are based. If you are catering please include a menu, please send to sff@durham.gov.uk. The team will add you to the list for applications opening for 2026. Please note we make announcements through our social channels and website for 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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