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Santa Barbara Harbor & Seafood Festival
Harbor & Seafood Festival
Saturday, October 18, 2025
10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Harbor Way
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Celebrate Santa Barbara Channel’s bounty and the hardworking commercial fishermen who harvest it at the 22nd Annual Santa Barbara Harbor & Seafood Festival on Saturday, October 18, 2025. This free community tradition runs from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at the Santa Barbara Harbor, luring seafood lovers of all ages for a day of food, fun, and celebration. Timed with the start of lobster season, the festival highlights the region’s freshest catch alongside live music, maritime education, free boat rides, children’s activities, vessel tours, merchant treasures, and more.
The Harbor & Seafood Festival offers an interactive day for visitors and locals alike, reminding us that the Santa Barbara Harbor is a working harbor where more than 100 commercial fishermen land millions of pounds of seafood each year, adding $30 million to the local economy and beyond.
Visitors can enjoy an abundance of sustainably harvested seafood, meet fishermen face-to-face, and take home fresh-caught lobster, crab, and sea urchin “uni.” Local specialty booths will feature a variety of dishes, including fish tacos, oysters, mussels, barbequed albacore, clam chowder, and seafood paella, as well as other delicious bites.
While Juan Dolor, Spencer the Gardner, and Cornerstone energize the mainstage, festivalgoers can shop for unique art, clothing, and keepsakes, or enjoy free vessel tours aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Blackfin and the Tall Ship Mystic Whaler. Harbor boat rides will also be available aboard Celebration Cruises’ Azure Seas, as well as SunSwept Sailing’s Kelpie, and —new this year—sailing lessons offered by Santa Barbara Sailing Center.
To encourage sustainable transportation, festivalgoers can take advantage of free bike valet services provided by MOVE Santa Barbara County.
The Santa Barbara Harbor & Seafood Festival is presented by the City of Santa Barbara Waterfront Department, the Santa Barbara Harbor Merchants’ Association, the Commercial Fishermen of Santa Barbara, Inc., and the Santa Barbara Yacht Club along with various community partners and volunteers.
