The Falmouth Oyster Festival, which it was announced on Monday had been ‘postponed’, will go ahead after all after one of the sponsors stepped in to save it.

The Packet confirmed with St Michael's Hotel this morning that the oyster festival would be going ahead at its site although on a smaller scale.

St Michael’s said that it would be issuing a press release later today with all the details about what was happening.

The news was first announced on Facebook in a post by Daniel Angell yesterday, but the Packet waited to confirm it with the hotel before publishing anything.

In his post Mr Angell said the festival would be taking place on Friday, November 15 although this has not yet been officially announced by the hotel.

In his post he said: “All good news oyster festival back on it will be at St Michael’s on November 15, big tent, free entertainment, lots of market stalls fun for the whole family.”

The Packet will publish all the details when we get them.

The announcement comes after the official organisers of the festival confirmed plans to withdraw this year's event due to rising costs. They said since Covid and with soaring costs the event in its current format is no longer financially viable.

They said despite the festival’s popularity and good ticket sales for the evening live music, income has not kept pace with operational costs and coupled with issues around the logistics of organising the event, this has resulted in a decision that the festival will not go ahead this year.

The team says the decision was not taken lightly, and the organising team will be working together to bring the festival back in a new format for 2025. Dates for the 2025 festival will be 9-12 October 2025 and further announcements will be made early next year.

Falmouth Oyster Festival celebrates the start of the oyster-dredging season, which runs from October to March. Devoted to the mighty mollusc, the festival highlights the traditional methods of harvesting, using only sail and oar, and champions the native Fal oyster.