Thousands of people ate, drank, danced and shopped at the fifth Maryport Taste of the Sea festival.
The event was the biggest yet – spread over two sites around the town’s historic waterfront.
It used the new Harbourside event space, created as part of Cumberland Council’s £12 million regeneration projects, and the Marine Road showfield.
The festival also marked the official opening of the event space, where international chef Jack Stein, son of TV star Rick Stein, and Cartmel’s MasterChef winner Irini Tzortzoglou, were both showcasing their skills.
Elsewhere in the festival, there was a big producers’ market, packed with local food and drink, two stages for live entertainment, and a lively rum bar, run by the team from Maryport Round Table.
The team from Chelaris fishing boat were selling their catch, many traders, including the Oyster Bar, sold out twice, and the Teenage Market and TEG Retail stalls were also doing brisk trade.
Ten of Maryport’s businesses, many of which have benefited from shopfront grants as part of the council’s regeneration work, also took part in a Postcard Trail featuring scenes from the past and promoting Maryport Maritime Museum ahead of its opening in the former Christ Church this autumn.
Taste Cumbria festivals are organised by Cumberland Council and Taste of the Sea’s major sponsor is Maryport Town Council.
Other 2025 sponsors were Milburns Solicitors, Grants Oak Smoked, Thomas Armstrong Construction and Forth Engineering, and supporters Maryport Business Group, Maryport Round Table and Maryport Harbour Authority.
Taste Cumbria is back in Cockermouth for the flagship festival on September 27 and September 28, Carlisle on November 1 and November 2 and a Christmas special in Cockermouth on December 6 and December 7.
