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Santa Barbara Harbor & Seafood Festival
Santa Barbara, CA · Food & Drink
- When
- October 17, 2026
- Where
- Santa Barbara Harbor, Harbor Way · Santa Barbara · CA
- Cost
- Not confirmed
- Status
- Confirmed from the organizer's published schedule
This free waterfront festival celebrates Santa Barbara's commercial fishing fleet with fresh local seafood, a chowder cook-off, cooking demonstrations, and boat tours along Harbor Way. Run by the city's waterfront department, the 2026 edition is its 23rd year. It draws on the harbor's working fishing fleet rather than being a generic food-truck event.
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This free waterfront festival celebrates Santa Barbara's commercial fishing fleet with fresh local seafood, a chowder cook-off, cooking demonstrations, and boat tours along Harbor Way.
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