Sculpture symposium
This event brings together every two years, to three sculptors of international origin to shape granite blocks Galician. For about 24 days, coinciding with the Festa do Marisco, these artists sculpt their pieces on the Paseo de Beiramar in view of passers-by. Dating back to 1990, this symposium has been producing an important sculpture collection that serve to beautify the streets, […]
Noite Meiga and Great Queimada
Queimada It is the name by which a drink of unknown origin is known that is based on brandy accompanied with sugar, fruit and coffee beans. However, in Galicia talk about Queimada supposed to talk about a rite of preparation which seems to have transcended its supposed pagan and witchcraft-related origins (meigallo) to become synonymous with celebration being a […]
Arousa Challenge
REGATTA OF DORNAS The Asociation “Amigos da Dorna Meca” in collaboration with the Council of O Grove organizes two regattas of dornas within the programming of the Festa do Marisco. Thus, visitors and residents can attend a regatta of dornas sailing that runs through the Arousa estuary and another competition called “Desafío Arousa” where dornas representatives of […]
Mussel dishes competition
The Amegrove Mussels Cooperative has held a mussel dish contest for decades that has become one of the most important in Galicia. In this competition they face professional and amateur chefs proposing mussel recipes that go from the most traditional to the most risky innovations. The event is open to the public and it concentrates many people who discover the […]
Suppliers
The Festa do Marisco site also serves as sample of the quality of local trade and crafts. During the days of the event, there are several proposals that allow the visitor to get closer to local businesses, but also to see first-hand the “colareira” tradition linked to the Illa da Toxa, where the artisans make jewelry with seashells. […]
Live cooking
The Festa do Marisco is a fundamental forum to be able to debate sobre gastronomy and, more specifically, sobre the seafood. The main cooks of O Grove and Galicia meet at the live cooking meetings in which they show innovative recipes and preparations for the highest quality product from our estuaries. The activity program is diario and allows the […]
Seafood parade
The Enxebre theater company is in charge of taking to the streets each year a costume parade that represent the main shellfish of the Ría headed by its King, the Spider crab. These characters tour the Festival during the weekends delighting the little ones and the not so little ones and sharing photos and memories with them. You may also be interested […]
Popular games
The Council of O Grove makes available to visitors a collection of almost 450 popular games during the Seafood Festival. Every day of the weekend they settle in the Square of O Corgo around 100 different games, which are exchanged for new ones the next day. Among the traditional games we can find: • Throwing the beret. • Celtic balls. […]
Popular career
The Seafood Festival is the setting for a Popular Race already established in the Galician sports calendar. Organized by the Council of O Grove and the Ría de Arousa Sports Club, the race leaves from the Parque de Confín, on the Paseo Marítimo de Beiramar, and runs 10 kilometers that bring the participants closer to the incomparable […]
Bigheads of Gogue
The Paradanda-Mecos cultural group is in charge of taking the big-headed people out of Gogue. The famous characters of the artist of O Grove, Gogue, created in 1989 and who tell their stories daily in the newspaper Faro de Vigo tour the Festa do Marisco accompanied by bagpipe music. Floreano, Monchiña, Epifanio and Cachiña come to life once […]