Brighton Oyster Festival

June 2026 sees the inaugural Brighton Oyster Festival presented by BITE Sussex, along with partners (The Argus, Burger and Lobster, English's of Brighton, Fever-Tree) a contemporary reimagination of the Brighton and Hove Food and Drink Festival organisation. 

Throughout the year, BITE Sussex coordinates a programme of consumer and business events and activations to put the region on the global food and drink map, including Brighton Cocktail Week, numerous charity events and perhaps, slightly bonkers one-offs such as the Dogs Dinner Competition.   

"The BITE Brighton Oyster Festival is a new initiative for 2026," said BITE co-director Nathalie Gomez de Vera. "We were enjoying a lunch with our friends at English’s restaurant last autumn when the idea started to formulate. Nine months later, the inaugural edition of the oyster festival launches on Friday 19 June at many of the city’s premium hospitality venues alongside one-off charity events at leading attractions through to Sunday June 28."

So what happens at the Oyster Festival - essentially its down to you - you curate your own trail around Brighton's finest restaurants and bars, each offering an oyster dish, whether freshly shucked or cooked as tempura, Rockefeller or Florentine, accompanied by a choice of either a glass of sparkling wine, cocktail or Fever-Tree-based mocktail - and all for just £15!

In addition, there’s a programme of totally unique ticketed evening charity events including ‘Cocktails and Canapés Under The Sea’ at SEA LIFE Brighton aquarium, with six chefs, six bar mixologists and six local drink producers working in collaboration on Thursday June 25, with all proceeds to the independent SEA LIFE Trust charity. During the festival week, you can also explore the Aladdin’s cave of the Brighton Toy and Model Museum with ‘A Sparkling Sussex Soirée’ of local wine and canapés on Saturday June 27, alongside wine dinners and menus at Burger and Lobster and Lost in the Lanes.

The festival closes with the city’s first professional oyster-shucking competition that will be hosted outside of English’s on East Street on the afternoon of Sunday June 28. Chefs from across Brighton and Hove are invited to participate, with the best shucker being crowned Oyster Queen or King of the Year.

Events

• Burger & Lobster set price festival menu, Friday 19 - Sunday 28 June 2026
• Stopham Estate x Lost sparkling wine & oyster dinner, Friday 19 June 2026
• Brighton Oyster Shucking Competition, Sunday 28 June 2026
• Guinness & Oyster Supper, June date TBC
• Cocktails & Canapes Under The Sea, Thursday 25 June 2026
• A Sparkling Sussex Soiree in the Museum, Saturday 27 June 2026

Participating Venues available here:  Brighton Oyster Festival 2026 venues

Further Information: Brighton Oyster Festival 2026 | Bite Sussex

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