# O Grove Seafood Festival

What to do en O Grove, A Toxa and A Lanzada · O Grove, A Toxa and A Lanzada

Fuente: https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/galicia/o-grove/things-to-do/seafood-festival · Revisado: 2026-11-13

- Temporada: First weeks of October; in 2026 it ran from 1 to 12 October
- Para quién: All ages

Festival · First days of October · Stalls with seafood cooked on the spot in Praza do Corgo · Since 1963

The Festa do Marisco (Seafood Festival) is O Grove's big festival: it has been held since 1963, every October, at the port. For about ten days, Praza do Corgo and its surroundings are covered with marquees, more than 5,000 m², with stalls where the ría's seafood is cooked in front of you. The 2026 edition ran from 1 to 12 October; 2027 has no announced dates yet.
How it works
You don't pay at the stalls. You buy tickets at the central ticket offices and exchange them for portions at the stands. There are no tables to sit at: you eat standing, at high tables, as at a fair. Drinks are served in a reusable cup with the festival's logo, for which a deposit of 60 cents is left. Smoking is not allowed inside the marquees, and animals are not allowed in the areas where food is served.
Besides eating, the festival teaches you to tell local seafood from that which comes from elsewhere. There is a mussel dish competition organised by the Amegrove cooperative, live cooking demonstrations and gastronomic days, A Cociña do Mar, courses and talks on the sea's resources, and an international open-air sculpture symposium held every two years.
Music, regattas and children
In the evenings the Seafood Concerts play and there is traditional Galician music and dance. The programme adds children's games, a cycling parade, a popular race and dorna regattas, the area's traditional sailing boats.
How to get there
Praza do Corgo is at the port, next to the fish market, the town hall and the tourist office, which provides each year's programme. On those days parking in the centre is difficult: leave the car at the entrance to the town and walk in. If you are going to stay, book months ahead; the A Toxa hotels are a walk from the port. And if you are left wanting mussels, the mussel boat still sails in October.

## Cómo llegar y contacto

- Coordenadas: 42.4958, -8.8655

## Cerca de aquí

- [Mussel Boat on the Ría de Arousa from O Grove](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/galicia/o-grove/things-to-do/mussel-boat), a 135 m
- [Beiramar Restaurant](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/galicia/o-grove/where-to-eat/beiramar), a 258 m
- [D'Berto Seafood Restaurant](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/galicia/o-grove/where-to-eat/dberto), a 364 m
- [The Shell Chapel and a Walk Around A Toxa Island](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/galicia/o-grove/things-to-do/shell-chapel), a 1.8 km
- [Eurostars Gran Hotel La Toja](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/galicia/o-grove/where-to-stay/gran-hotel-la-toja), a 2.1 km
- [Thermal Club on A Toxa Without Staying at the Hotel](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/galicia/o-grove/things-to-do/a-toxa-thermal-club), a 2.1 km
- [Eurostars Isla de La Toja](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/galicia/o-grove/where-to-stay/eurostars-isla-de-la-toja), a 2.5 km
- [Culler de Pau](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/galicia/o-grove/where-to-eat/culler-de-pau), a 2.8 km

## Consejos

### Ask for the programme
The tourist office, in the same square, has the concerts and events of each edition.

### Tickets first
They are bought at the central ticket offices; then they are exchanged for portions.

## Preguntas frecuentes

### When is the O Grove Seafood Festival?
In the first weeks of October. In 2026 it ran from the 1st to the 12th; the 2027 dates have not yet been announced.

### Where is it held?
At O Grove port, in Praza do Corgo and the surrounding area.

### How do you pay?
With tickets bought at the central ticket offices and exchanged at the stalls.

### Is there somewhere to sit?
No: you eat standing at high tables.

Destino: [O Grove, A Toxa and A Lanzada](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/galicia/o-grove.md)