Family Field

We’re a family festival with lots going on to keep the young and the young at heart happy.

FREE

2019 Family Field

Learn circus skills and watch a trapeze, get crafting and leap around on the bouncy castle – enjoy two days of family-friendly entertainment on Saturday and Sunday in our Family Field.

Sticky Fingers Children’s workshops are running the art and craft workshops and overseeing the whole field. The area will be jam packed with workshops to join in with, shows to watch and fun to be had.

Just drop in and have fun with all the arts and craft materials, stay for ten minutes or all day we really don’t mind. You can take away your creations and all the workshops are free of charge.

FREE
Saturday 27 & Sunday 28 April 2019

The Moors Field

Airfish Circus will be in residence again in their amazing big top with shows and circus skills workshops to surprise, and delight you (and your kids), as much as the tempting munchables on offer all around

And Sticky Fingers will be on hand to craft and create costumes and more in time for the big parade, and fancy dress competition.

FREE

Try out a circus trick or two in one of the aerial, or ground based circus workshops on site?

There’s bouncy castles, face painting, crafting and fun and games a plenty as well as lots of scrumptious food on our Family Field too. And this year the Moors Market, featuring the very best local food suppliers, will also be on hand.

Don’t miss our big firework display on Saturday night around 9pm and keep a weather eye out for a mermaid swimming into the harbour on Saturday.

FREE

Workshops

  • Melanie Chadwick Sketchbook Workshops
    Walking Sketchbook Workshops
    Join our Festival sketchbook workshop, led by local artist Melanie Chadwick, to capture your own, unique memories of the...
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  • Flowers
    Festival Flower Crown Workshops
    Be a festival queen (or princess) by making a fresh flower crown at Porthleven's own florist, Lisa at In...
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  • Origin cocktail
    Cocktail Masterclass with Origin Coffee
    Blending science and senses, ritual and experimentation. Obsessing over every detail. Measuring quality at every stage. Origin...
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  • Beer Tasting with St Austell Brewery
    St Austell Brewery has been brewing beer in Cornwall since 1851, so who better to learn the...
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  • Tarquins Perfect G&T Workshop at Porthleven Food Festival
    The Perfect Gin and Tonic with Tarquins
    In collaboration with our friends over at Tarquin’s Cornish Gin, come join us for an afternoon filled...
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  • Dead Man's Fingers at Porthleven Food Festival
    Cocktail Masterclass with Dead Man's Fingers
    At Dead Man’s Fingers rum is what they do, but not as you know it. Born on...
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  • Curio Vodka Masterclass at Porthleven Food Festival
    Cocktail Masterclass with Curio Vodka
    Curio’s is a cocktail lovers haven and if you love big flavours, and want to learn to shake and...
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