eat:Dawlish food and drink festivals are planned for Saturday 13th September and Saturday 13th December 2025. Designed to celebrate all the fantastic makers, growers and creatives on our doorstep here in South Devon. The festivals will take place between 10am and 4pm on The Lawn.
Delivered by the award-wining eat:Festivals whose aim is to highlight the best of the area’s outstanding food and drink producers, as well as traditional crafts people, by creating a fantastic open-air event where people can enjoy delicious locally produced food and drink of Devon.
There will be over 60 local producers including farmers market favourites such as local ales, ciders and wine, bread, cakes and pies, plus street food, spirits and charcuterie, plus music and street entertainers.
The event runs from 10am – 4pm and is free to attend.
eat:Dawlish is Dog friendly and the whole family are welcome and it will be fully accessible for buggies, scooters and pushchairs.
This event is supported by Dawlish Town Council.
From
22nd May 2025
- 26th May 2025
Powderham Castle
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30th May 2025
- 1st Jun 2025
Paignton Green
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11th Jul 2025
- 12th Jul 2025
- OUT & ABOUT -
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25th Jul 2025
- 13th Jul 2025
- OUT & ABOUT -
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17th Aug 2025
- 25th Aug 2025
Shaldon River Beach
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21st Aug 2025
- 24th Aug 2025
Powderham Castle
13th Sep 2025
Dawlish Lawn
13th Dec 2025
Dawlish Lawn
5th Jul 2025
Marquee Bar
5th Aug 2025
Marquee Bar
From
27th Sep 2025
- 28th Sep 2025
Lady's Mile
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14th Nov 2025
- 16th Nov 2025
Lady's Mile
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28th Nov 2025
- 1st Dec 2025
Lady's Mile
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6th Mar 2026
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Lady's Mile
Tuesdays and Saturdays
Rocky & Roxy Camping Pods, Marquee Bar
Wednesdays & Sundays
at 11:30
The Clubhouse
Dawlish Warren Life Saving club put a plea on Facebook on the 5<sup>th</sup> of April this year for funds to help the club after seeing their fundraising efforts suffer due to covid over the past two years, Dawlish Life Saving Club posted that they faced an uncertain future, Lady’s Mile Holiday Park and Oakcliff Holiday park owner Jason Jeffery contacted the club’s secretary and offered to help and secure the club’s future with a rolling 2-year funding agreement.
Dawlish Warren lifesaving club have been training beach lifeguards, first aiders, and children from age 7 at the Warren for over 55 years. During the summer season and busy bank holidays they provide a voluntary lifeguarding service both independently and alongside the RNLI. As well as suppling lifeguard cover for numerous open water swimming events, Triathlons and even music festivals all over the country.
Jason Jeffery owner of both Lady’s Mile Holiday Park and Oakcliff Holiday park said “we appreciate all the hard work the committee and the members do to keep the beach safe for our guests and local residents over the summer. We are proud to sponsor the club who are keeping our community safe.
Club Chairman Gareth Jones said “Our club is thrilled with our new sponsors, their community values reflect our own and have enabled us to invest in vital lifesaving equipment to help train new lifeguards and save lives on our beautiful beach and the local area.”