Think of the Spot Prawn Festival as your annual excuse to wear a bib in public and call it “marine fashion.” This celebration of BC’s sweetest seasonal crustacean brings together top local chefs, live cooking demos, and fresh-from-the-dock prawns you can’t get anywhere else. It’s like chatting seafood secrets with your most organized, eco-savvy friend – who just happens to know every trick for peeling prawns without losing half your manicure.
Date & Time
- Sunday, May 25: 11:00 AM – 3:30 PM
Pro tip: Arrive early if you’re chasing that perfect Spot Prawn Bisque – last year it sold out faster than a sun-soaked deck chair.
Tickets & Experiences
- General Admission: Free
- Includes dockside access, family-friendly activities, and live music floating off the wharf.
- Spot Prawn Bisque: $10
- A 10 oz cup of rich bisque so good you’ll forget you’re technically at a public event.
- Spot Prawn Brunch: $79 (19+ only)
- Six-course grazing menu starring spot prawns – paired with local beverages and enough sweet treats to consider dessert for breakfast.
Secure your food-experience tickets in advance to avoid FOMO.
Highlights In Spot Prawn Festival
- Live Chef Demos: Watch Vancouver’s finest whip up prawn-tastic dishes—bonus points if you pick up a peel-and-serve hack.
- Fresh-Catch Sales: Buy live spot prawns straight from the fishers. (Bring cash unless you want to test that phone-signal-dependent card reader.)
- Family Fun Zone: Hands-on stations where kids learn why prawns are the Beyoncé of crustaceans.
- Waterfront Tunes: A chilled playlist to match the ebb and flow of the tides—and your post-brunch food coma.
Sustainability & Community
Proceeds fund scholarships and eco-initiatives through the Chefs’ Table Society of BC, so you can feel as good about your purchase as you do about your perfectly seasoned bisque.
Official Website
For the full lineup, chef bios, and RSVP details, drop anchor at spotprawnfestival.com.
