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Crab & Lobster Festival 2025
Fri 16 May
|Evington Lawns
Join us from 16–18 May for Cromer’s annual Crab & Lobster Festival — a weekend packed with live entertainment, local seafood, family fun and the much-loved art trail, all celebrating our town’s coastal heritage.
Time & Location
16 May 2025, 09:00 – 18 May 2025, 23:00
Evington Lawns, Prince of Wales Rd, Cromer NR27 9HR, UK
About the event
Cromer Crab & Lobster Festival returns this May with a packed programme of community celebrations. The weekend begins with a family variety concert at Cromer Pier Pavilion Theatre on Friday 16 May at 7.30pm, hosted by Ben Langley and featuring Dale Bullimore, Live & Let’s Dance School, and the Pot of Gold Shanty Crew. Tickets are £20 from the Pier Box Office or www.cromerpier.co.uk.
Saturday 17 & Sunday 18 May bring free family-friendly festivities to Evington Lawns (NR27 9HT) from 10am–4pm, with stalls, cookery demos, children’s activities, seafood, live music and more. Sunday continues with evening music from 5pm.
Running alongside the festival is the annual Art Trail, this year themed around hand-crafted treasure chests. Local shops, cafés, restaurants and businesses across Cromer are displaying artist-decorated chests, all made by About with Friends using upcycled materials. Visitors can vote for their favourite — details are available in participating venues, trail…