It's a huge occasion this weekend in the town of Whitby with many activities taking place from Pier Road to Endeavour Wharf.
Saturday is the first day of the Whitby Fish and Ships Festival.
Events on Saturday include:
Seafood Kitchen Marquee, Dock End
10.30am Phil Akrill, The Talbot, Malton
11.30am Paul Gildroy, The Magpie Café, Whitby and Andrew Barker, Hodgson Fish
12.30pm Kath Breckon, NYES Catering and Knorr Professional Education Ambassador
1.30pm Maggie Lubaszewska, Trenchers, Whitby
2.30pm Dan Hargreaves, Embers, Scarborough
3.30pm Andrew Nightingale, The Hare and Hounds

Hawsker Fish Craft Marquee, Endeavour Wharf
Enjoy filleting and cooking demos, net mending and pot sewing, crab and lobster dressing, and hands-on activities from Whitby Lobster Hatchery.
Find out more about the history of fishing in Whitby with giant display boards, and watch a sea to plate video.
Museums Marquee, Endeavour Wharf
Get crafty! Take part in crafty workshops with Whitby Museum, Pannett Art Gallery, The Cook Museum and Whitby Library, enjoy tabletop games and test your eye for beach finds at the beach fossil hunting tray.
Dogwood Productions Dogwood Productions will be presenting two new shows –
“The Chip Shop Chronicles”. Each performance will last around 30 minutes, with puppetry workshops between shows. 10am Marquee opens 10.30am “Life, Love, Chips” 11am Collage Workshop including puppetry 12pm “Storm In A Chip Shop” 12.30pm Collage Workshop 2pm “Life, Love, Chips” 2.30pm Collage Workshop including puppetry 3.30pm “Storm In A Chip Shop” 4.15pm Marquee closes

Music Marquee, Endeavour Wharf Made in Whitby and Whitby Brewery will be bringing toe-tapping music from local bands to get you in the party mood!
11am Marquee opens
12.30pm - 2pm Old Time Sailors
2.30pm - 3.30pm Sam Lenton
4pm - 5.30pm Falsetto Frank
6pm - 7.30pm Mackie
8pm - 9.30pm Sunbeam
9.30pm - 11pm DJ
11pm Marquee closes
Organiser Richard Grainger says there's lots of internationally-renowned singers, like Roger Sutcliffe, as well as the best from the Yorkshire Coast:
Whitby Bandstand, Pier Road- full itinerary:
Sing along to sea shanties and traditional folk music with Whitby Sea Festival.
MCs: Beth Burrows, Boathook Bald and Mel Langton 11am Auckland Shanty Singers
11.40am Mel Langton
12.05pm JIB
12.35pm Men of Staithes
1.10pm Beth Burrows
1.30pm Helen Pitt & Steve Dawes
2pm Fylingdales Folk Choir
2.40pm Boathook Bald
3pm Roger Sutcliffe
3.40pm JIB
4.10pm Finish Street Entertainment
Kids big and small will be in their element with walkabout entertainment and face painting.
Animated Objects return to the festival this year with their new walkabout act, Galleons Ahoy!.
Lee Threadgold from Animated Objects is promising an entertaining experience for all the family:

There will be free live music all weekend, including local bands like Old Time Sailors and Sunbeam at the Endeavour Wharf Music Tent.


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