The Kipperman is coming to Filey Distillery as part of May’s Filey Literature Festival. Over the weekend of 13/14 May fishing historian Mike Smylie will smoke kippers on his mobile kipper house. It is the first time kippers have been smoked on the site for a century. Mike will be giving a talk at 2pm […]

With the season just over the horizon, several festivals are beginning to announce their line-ups and 2023 looks like being a bumper year for the town. A harbinger of summer has to be the signing on day at Southdene Bowling Club, pop along to the green (behind the Sea Cadets Building) on Wednesday 15 March […]

With the unveiling of the Fishtive Tree on the horizon, many of the town’s local businesses are beginning to plan for the Festive Season, with tempting offers and extended opening hours. Our friends at the award-winning Filey Distillery have announced extended opening times, and weekend shopping, in the run up to Christmas. Their fabulous gins would […]

Filey’s now famous Fishtive Tree will be switched on between 5pm and 6pm on Saturday 3 December. This year there will also be a spectacular firework display. The inspiration for the tree came from Ullapool in Scotland. A Filey resident saw Ullapool’s creel tree and proposed the idea to Filey’s Tourism and Trade Association. Local fisherman […]

After covid cancellations, the Filey Lions Bonfire is finally back and back with a bang! Thankfully this year 5th November falls on a Saturday, so gather all at 6pm on the West Avenue car park for a free bonfire courtesy of the Filey Lions. The lovely Lions will be there with their caravan, so bob along […]

This weekend, Saturday 15 and Sunday 16 October, is the much anticipated Filey International Food Festival on the Crescent Gardens and Evron Centre Patio. Over fifty stalls will pack the Crescent Gardens for the Food Festival with a Sea View! Now established as one of the highlights of the year, the food festival will once […]

What a weekend that was! The cars of the Trackrod Rally rumbled around the town and the Filey Bay 1779 Festival took place. We had parades of cars, parades of Sea Cadets and crowds galore at both events. The Trackrod Rally took place over the entire weekend, with a parade and ceremonial departure towards the […]

As the Filey Bay 1779 Festival hoves into view. These beautiful posters will be displayed on railway stations from Scarborough to Hull. Designed by local artist Adrian Riley, the posters are available for £5 in A3 size, they are priced at £5 each and can be obtained by emailing fileybay1779@gmail.com Serious poster collectors can also order A1 […]

Once again Filey will commemorate the 243rd Anniversary of the Battle of Flamborough Head with a weekend of events. The battle that took place in our bay has resonated down the years. It was a battle that brought the American War of Independence into British waters. A battle that began the legend of John Paul […]

Kites at the ready, as Filey Kite Festival is back on the 17th and 18th of September at the the Country Park. The event is expected to attract dozens of the UK’s best Kite flyers, displaying a wide variety of weird and wonderful kites over the Yorkshire coast skies. The weekends’ events will be hosted and […]