Amble Puffin Festival events 2025

Puffin colouring competition

Evening Event : The Brothers Gillespie. Northumbrian folk duo.
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Fair in the Square: Arts, crafts, food, community groups and children’s amusements

Puffins Ahoy! Video footage of puffins on Coquet Island sponsored by ALNCOM

All about Puffins. A chance to ask the RSPB and Coquet Island wardens about the puffins and other wonderful birds and seals on the island.

Pop-up Bird watching with Space for Shorebirds Come along and watch the birds along the estuary using our telescopes.

Puffin-themed crafts at Amble Library.
Create a Coquet island wildlife collage/mixed media piece with recycled materials, along with a story. No booking required. Free event. All children must be accompanied by an adult.

Blyth Valley Samba Band. Music and workshops throughout the day

Family beach activities with Ranger Jane.
Beach bingo (scavenger hunt) and beach art. Join in any time. Children should be supervised. More info 07742 665258

Guided walk around the Bord Waalk sculptures
*Please note this will not cover the whole trail

36 Views of Coquet Island exhibition.

Sounds like a Puffin. Can you make the best Puffin sound? Fun competition for all ages.

Dog Show with Northumberland Dog Rescue.
Starts at 1pm with registration from 12 midday. On the Braid near the beacon. The categories are; best senior, best bitch, best dog, best rescue, waggiest tail
Details from www.northumberlandogrescue.co.uk or see their Facebook page. 01665 579246.

Lunchtime talk: The work of the British Divers Marine Life Rescue

Tribal dancing with Tribe Zuza

Live music from local singer Brian English

Come and Try. Kayaks with Coquet Shorebase Trust.
PLUS Puffin Rescue game! Sponsored by Puffin Cruises

Pop up Museum of Ordinary Things.
Bring your ‘ordinary thing' to our Pop-Up Museum and share its unique story. Whether it's a cherished family heirloom, a quirky gadget from your childhood, or a tool that has seen years of use, we want to hear about it! A project of the Bailiffgate Museum

Interactive Puffin Percussion from Dry Water Arts.
Come and have a go and get ready for some impromptu soundscapes, puffin symphony, a puffin polka.

live music from Meze Mundo street band with music from around the world

Afternoon talk: 'Northumberland's Nesting Ringed Plovers' by the Space for Shorebirds team

Natural England Fun Bus.

Afternoon photo walk: With photographer Ivor Rackham. Approx 1.5hrs.

Pop up Poet Ian Williams

live music from The Boffs

Dry Water Arts Rainbow Harbour Community Banners along the pier

Meet Tommy Noddy the giant puffin

Puffin colouring competition

Evening Talk: Coquet Island
A place for Puffins and their Pals: memories of Amble and Coquet Island. With Dr Paul Morrison and George Martin . https://www.drywaterarts.uk/listening-room-events/talk or pay on the door

Puffin Festival Landscape Artist of the Year Competition.
Meet at Amble Youth Project at 9.30am, work between 10am-2pm, Judging from 2-3pm. The winner will be announced at 3pm in Town Sq

Fair in the Square:
Arts, crafts, food, community groups and children’s amusements

Puffins ahoy! Video footage of the puffins on Coquet Island sponsored by ALNCOM

All about Puffins.
A chance to ask the RSPB and Coquet Island wardens about the puffins and other wonderful birds and seals on the island.

Live music from local singer Brian English

Interactive Puffin Percussion from Dry Water Arts.
Come and have a go and get ready for some impromptu soundscapes, puffin symphony, a puffin polka.

Tribal dancing with Tribe Zuza

Family beach activities with Ranger Jane.
Beach bingo (scavenger hunt) and beach art. Join in any time. Children should be supervised. More info 07742 665258

Meet Tommy Noddy the giant puffin

Live music with Caribbean Crew Steel Band

Morning photo walk: With photographer Ivor Rackham. Approx 1.5hrs.

Pop up Poet Ian Williams

36 Views of Coquet Island exhibition.

Tribal dancing with Tribe Zuza

Live music with Caribbean Crew Steel Band

Live music from Salida band

Afternoon poetry: With Katrina Porteous.

Puffin kites Fly-By with Dry Water Arts.
Children from the schools will be flying puffin kites on the Braid. Let’s see how many puffin kites we can get into the air (weather dependent of course)

Dry Water Arts Rainbow Harbour Community Banners along the pier

live music from The Boffs

Puffin colouring competition