FESTIVAL INFORMATION
Festival Dates and Directions
UPDATE regarding Charlestown Seafood Festival 2023
(Revised Post March 23, 2023)
The 38th Annual Charlestown Seafood Festival is scheduled for August 4, 5 & 6, 2023 at Ninigret Park in Charlestown, Rhode Island.
More information for the 38th Annual Charlestown Seafood Festival in 2023 is coming soon.
Please bookmark this page to stay updated with announcements. We also invite you to sign up for our email list and to follow us on Facebook and Instagram.
Vendors
Please check our vendor section below. We are accepting applications to review for the 2023 Charlestown Seafood Festival at this time.
Sponsors
For information on event sponsors, check out our sponsor page. Reach out with interest and questions to Kimberly Poland at 401-743-7272 or [email protected].
Campers
Please go to the below RV Camping Section. We are currently taking applications to review for the 2023 Charlestown Seafood Festival.
Festival Attendees
Make sure you save the dates – August 4, 5 & 6, 2023!
More details to come! We are currently planning the 2023 festival! If you have questions, please contact us!
Festival Directions
For directions CLICK HERE »
Contact Information
The Charlestown Seafood Festival Hotline:
Charlestown Chamber of Commerce
PO Box 633, Charlestown, RI 02813
- Phone: 401-364-3878
- Fax: 401-364-8794
- Email: [email protected]
Beer & Wine Tents
The Charlestown Chamber of Commerce has two Beer & Wine Tents at the Charlestown Seafood Festival each year. These are the ONLY Beer & Wine Tents at the festival and the only place to purchase an alcoholic beverage.
Offering: Beer, Wine, Prosecco, Hard Seltzers, and Non-Alcoholic Beer.
Volunteer Information
We are currently seeking volunteers who can give their time by working on one or more shifts during our annual three-day festival. The positions you may be placed are:
- Admission Gate
- VendorGate
- Ticket Collecting
- Raffle Table
- Sales Table
The beer tent has already been staffed.
Please be aware that if you make a request you are not guaranteed that position as people are placed on a first-come-first-serve basis.
Volunteers get a tee-shirt; beer, wine, soda, and water after their shift; entrance to the festival for the days they volunteer; and an invite to our volunteer party in September.
Please call the Charlestown Chamber of Commerce at 401-364-3878 x5 and ask for Heather Paliotta, Executive Director, to inquire about volunteering and to apply or email [email protected].
RV Camping
Charlestown Seafood Festival RV camping is available at the Charlestown Seafood Festival in 2023. We are currently accepting applications.
Please click here to download and print the application to fill out and mail in with your check.
The $175.00 fee includes four days of camping (Thursday, Friday, Saturday & Sunday) plus two admission bracelets (valid all three days of the festival) to the event. Additional guests need to pay $36.00 for a three-day bracelet.
Self-contained units only, no hookups.
Space limited to the first 150.
(No-Refunds – No Cancellations).
Vendor Information & Forms
The Charlestown Seafood Festival welcomes a wide variety of food and craft vendors. We are currently planning the 2023 festival.
If you are an existing Food Vendor who was at the 2022 Charlestown Seafood Festival with a food vendor space, please click here to download and print the application to mail in with your deposit to hold your space for 2023.
If you are a “new” food vendor who would like to be considered for the 2023 Charlestown Seafood Festival, please fill out the form below and submit to be considered.
NEW Food Vendor Application
If you are an existing Craft Vendor who was at the 2022 Charlestown Seafood Festival with a craft vendor space, please click here to download and print the application to mail in with your deposit to hold your space for 2023.
If you are a “new” food vendor who would like to be considered for the 2023 Charlestown Seafood Festival, please fill out the form below and submit to be considered.
NEW Craft Vendor Application
Seafood Festival Contract »
Department of Health Food Application »
Brochure
Click here for the 2023 Charlestown Seafood Festival Brochure.
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
FRIDAY
- 12 p.m. - Gates open
- All Day - Carnival, Food Vendors, Kid Zone, Arts & Crafts, and Beer & Wine Tent
- All Day - Professional Sculptures by Greg Grady - Sand Sculpture Display
- 12 p.m. to 10 p.m. - Stella Tunes Karaoke/DJ (Small stage near the Carnival)
- 2:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. - Doctor Benda's Rhythm Army
- 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. - Take it to the Bridge
- 8:30 p.m. to 11 p.m. - Sugar
- 11 p.m. - Festival Closes
Opening Day Ride Special: Friday from 12 p.m. – 5 p.m. ride all rides for $35.
SATURDAY
- 11 a.m. - Gates Open
- All Day - Carnival, Food Vendors, Kid Zone, Arts & Crafts, and Beer & Wine Tent
- ALL Day - Performers, jugglers, clowns, balloon twisters & more strolling the midway
- All Day - Professional Sculptures by Greg Grady - Sand Sculpture Display
- 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. - Aerial Performer
- 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. - Caswell Cooke and the Peel and Eat All Stars
- 12:00 p.m. to 10 p.m. - Stella Tunes Karaoke/DJ (Small stage near the Carnival)
- 2:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. - Purple Honey
- 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. - Leppard - The Def Leppard Experience
- 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. - ACDC Tribute band "Dirty Deeds"
- 9 p.m. - FIREWORKS (Rain date Sunday, August 6th)
- 11 p.m. - Festival Closes
SUNDAY
- 11 a.m. - Gates Open
- All Day - Carnival, Food Vendors, Kid Zone, Arts & Crafts, and Beer & Wine Tent
- All Day - Professional Sculptures by Greg Grady - Sand Sculpture Display
- 11 a.m. - Rhode Island Street Rodding Association Car Show
- 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. - Never Enuff
- 12:00 p.m. to 10 p.m. - Stella Tunes Karaoke/DJ (Small Stage near the Carnival)
- 2:30 p.m. - 4 p.m. - Eight to the Bar
- 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. - North County Band
- 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. - Foreigners Journey Band
- 10 p.m. - Festival Closes
INFORMATION & MERCHANDISE TENT
Make sure you drop by the Charlestown Chamber of Commerce Information and Merchandise tent.
It’s staffed by friendly volunteers who can answer all of your festival-related questions.
While there you can purchase tee shirts, sweatshirts, hats, and all kinds of fun memorabilia from the Charlestown Chamber of Commerce & the Charlestown Seafood Festival.

The 38th Annual
Charlestown Seafood Festival
August 4, 5, & 6, 2023
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Join Us
Ninigret Park
5 Park Lane, Charlestown RI 02813
Contact Us
Festival Hours
Friday, August 4: Noon to 11 p.m.
Saturday, August 5: 11 a.m. to 11 p.m.
Sunday, August 6: 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Charlestown Chamber of Commerce
Phone: 401.364.3878
Fax: 401.364.8794
[email protected]
www.charlestownrichamber.com