The program for the inaugural Beachport Crayfish Festival is taking shape.
Wattle Range Council has set aside seed funding for the March 5 event and it has won the support of key community groups such as the Beachport District Development Association and the Lions Club of Beachport and Rivoli Bay.
A range of locally made food and wines will be incorporated within a program filled with art, music and children’s activities.
It will be based at Centennial Park and incorporate the regular Beachport Market stalls.
There will be a Kid’s Zone and staged cooking demonstrations.
Attendance will be by pre-sold tickets with a limit of 2000.
The organising committee is looking to secure sponsors.
Around two decades ago, the Beachport Festival By The Sea was a popular annual drawcard.
It culminated in 2000 with a free outdoors evening concert alongside the Beachport jetty by 60 members of the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra.
