We are thrilled to announce that the 2019 Stranraer Oyster Festival is a finalist in the prestigious CIS Excellence Awards in the Food Tourism Award category. These awards celebrate the very best in Scotland’s hospitality industry. The food tourism...

Stranraer Development Trust have the pleasure in announcing that the Stranraer Oyster Festival 2019 was chosen as the 2020 winner of the CIS Excellence Awards, in the Food Tourism Award category. The Stranraer Oyster Festival has grown to become an...

Stranraer Development Trust are pleased to announce that funding of £15,000 has been granted by Dumfries and Galloway Council for the 2022 Oyster Festival.  The funding was first announced in April 2020 and the Development Trust has now put...

Stranraer Oyster Festival 2021, one of Scotland’s biggest food festivals, has announced it will not take place this year due to continuing uncertainty over the impact of Covid-19. In 2019 the three day community-run festival attracted more than...

An independent study has found an oyster festival in south west Scotland generated about £1m for the economy. The second edition of the event was held in Stranraer in September and attracted 14,000 visitors. It represented a 40% rise on 2017 and the...

A series of festivals and events in Dumfries and Galloway generated more than £6m for the local and Scottish economy in late 2018. The analysis from Dumfries and Galloway Council shows that the 20thannual Wigtown Book Festival had an economic impact...