Summerside Lobster Carnival

A culinary celebration of Island lobster paired with great entertainment the
Island way!

Saturday, July 12, 2025

* Please Note: Program subject to change*

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12:00 noon:  Lobster Carnival Grounds and East Coast Amusement Midway Open

1:00 PM: Culinary and Entertainment Tents Open

Credit Union Place Grounds, 511 Notre Dame Street - Look for the Carnival Tents and Midway on Rufus Street entrance – plenty of free parking between the carnival grounds and Red Shores Summerside Raceway.

                      

 

12:00 noon “Callbecks Home Hardware & Leon's Summerside” Lobster Carnival Parade
Starts at Holland College Waterfront Campus, 98 Water Street, goes west on Water Street, turns onto Central Street and down Notre Dame Street to disperse on Greenwood Drive by carnival grounds.

 

 

Lobster Culinary Demonstration and Food Tent – Event Chef Robert Pendergast

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1:00 PM Chef Pendergast Lobster Demonstration and Taste Testing: Lobster Studded Traditional Potato Salad.

 

2:00 PM Lobster Eating Competition: Enter your name to be one on the lucky participants for the Lobster Eating Competition. Two, first rounds of ten competitors. Top winner from each round competes in the second round to be the overall winner.

 

3:00 PM Chef Pendergast Lobster Demonstration and Taste Testing: Breakfast Burrito featuring PEI Lobster and PEI Eggs with Chef Pendergast’s Smoky Hollandaise Sauce.

 

4:00 PM Tent closes to prepare for Traditional Lobster Supper. Lobster available until 4 pm.

 

5:00 PM – 7:00 PM Traditional PEI Lobster Supper: PEI lobster in the shell, Chef Pendergast’s potato salad, coleslaw, cucumber, roll, ADL Dairy Isle butter, Water Street Bakery cookie, water, and tea. Lobster boat captains will crack your lobster, pose for pictures, and answer questions. Cold Plate: Chef Pendergast prepared ham, turkey, potato salad, coleslaw, cucumber, roll, ADL Dairy Isle butter, bakery cookie, water, and tea. Island craft beer available for purchase. Supper entertainment features Acadian fiddle music with Louise Arsenault and Helen Bergeron.

 

Tim Hortons' - Wendy's Entertainment Tent and Courtyard 

Featuring the best of Island, Maritime, and “From Away” entertainment.

 

1:00 PM Remi Boudreau Magic Show

 

1:30 PM Michael Pendergast Family Music Show

 

2:00 PM – 8:00 PM Sandcastle building with Island artist Maurice Bernard in the courtyard

 

2:15 PM – 3:45 PM Eddie Chase and The Graffiti Four 50s Rock and Roll Band  

 

4:00 PM Remi Boudreau Magic Show

 

4:30 PM Michael Pendergast Family Music Show 

 

5:00 PM Entertainment Tent closes for Lobster Supper

 

7:00 PM – 8:15 PM Tip Er' Back Band  

 

8:30 PM – 10:00 PM Pro-Island Wrestling

 

11:00 PM Midway and Grounds Close – See You in 2026   

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Ice Pond Nature Park - Greenwood Drive across from Carnival Grounds

 

2:00 pm NOVUS Auto Glass Cardboard Boat Race (NOVUS Summerside and Charlottetown locations). Participants arrive with the cardboard boat they built and compete in heats to stay afloat while crossing the pond at the best time. Frist prize: $700.00, Second: $400.00, Third: $200.00. 

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2:30 pm BBEMA Rubber Ducky Race Fundraiser supported by the Summerside Lobster Carnival.

Participants purchase a duck on the BBEMA website,bbema.ca or the day of the race for $5 or five for $20. Ducks released at start time. First duck to cross the finish line wins $500, 2nd $200, 3rd $100

 

Biggest week of Harness Racing in Summerside at Red Shores at Summerside Raceway, July 13 – 19.
57th running of the Governor’s Plate presented by Summerside Chrysler Dodge, July 19. For more information visit https://redshores.ca/

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