Food festival, September 2026
Whitstable Oyster Festival 2026
Whitstable's long-running Oyster Festival returns for a weekend of oyster eating, live music and harbour-side stalls, 11-13 September 2026.
11-13 September 2026 · Whitstable, Kent
The Whitstable Oyster Festival, now running as Whitstable Rocks Oyster Festival, is one of the best-known dates on the Kent coast calendar. The 2026 edition runs Friday 11 to Sunday 13 September, spread across venues including the Grading Shed, East Quay, Long Beach and the Lobster Shack, with fringe events at pubs like the Old Neptune and the Coach & Horses.
Whitstable is a short drive from Canterbury, and this weekend reliably pulls visitors who stay across the wider area rather than just in the town itself, including Canterbury and the villages around it. If you have a property anywhere within easy reach of the coast, this is a weekend worth pricing ahead of.
We can help you check pricing and availability for this weekend well before September.
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