Join us for Bray’s hottest summer event – the Beach BBQ Festival! Taking place on the sun-soaked weekend of July 19 & 20, 2025, this exciting fest runs daily from 11 am to 7 pm. Come savour delicious BBQ flavours and soak up the vibrant beach atmosphere!  Follow us on our socials and get the latest updates: Facebook, X, Instagram or TikTok.

Yes, it’s free admission, no ticket is required for the Beach BBQ Festival, but charges apply to all Funfair attractions, food, craft vendors and selected games and competitions.

There is no registration required, just listen out for our PA callouts over the weekend to take part. Charges apply on selected games! *TERMS APPLY

Beach BBQ Festival is an alcohol-free event.

All Beach BBQ Festival activities are subject to change without notice and are weather permitting. Follow us on our socials and get the latest updates: Facebook, X, Instagram or TikTok.

As with all large-scale national festivals and events, some level of disruption is to be expected due to the high volume of visitors expected in Bray. To help minimise congestion and ensure a safe and enjoyable experience for all, festival-goers are strongly encouraged to walk, cycle, or use public transport where possible. Limited paid parking is available along Bray Seafront.

Here are our Top Travel Tips to help you get here smoothly:

🚌 Use public transport
🚶‍♀️ Walk or cycle if you can
🚗 Park in town centre car parks (Herbert Rd or Bray Central)
❌ Avoid illegal parking
⏰ Arrive early & stagger your return
📱 Plan ahead at bray.ie/directions

The official Beach BBQ Festival T-shirt will be available to purchase at the event throughout the weekend. Look out for our merchandising stand close to the bandstand.

There are several public toilets located along the seafront (southern and northern ends).

1. Irish Rail Train Station
2. Star Leisure on Strand Road

There are also serveral of machines in Bray Town Centre. Click here for location details.

The festival takes along a public space on Strand Road, Bray. The outdoor location is pet friendly.

Please be mindful that your pet needs to be comfortable in noisy environments and remember don’t let your dog off the leash in crowded areas.

Be considerate of other people and dogs: Not everyone is comfortable around dogs, so make sure to ask before you let your pet approach someone.

Some dogs become overwhelmed and overstimulated, so check in on your pet and be ready to leave or have someone pick up your dog.

Don’t forget to pack enough waste bags to clean up after your pet and #LeaveNoTrace.

Yes, there are sponsorship opportunities at the festival. Please email us at info@bray.ie for more information.

This Privacy Policy will provide detailed information on when and why we collect your personal information, how we use it, the limited conditions under which we may disclose it to others and how we keep it secure.

Who we are

We are committed to maintaining the trust and confidence of our website visitors. Beach BBQ Festival fully respects your right to privacy in relation to your interactions with us. Any information which you send on to us will be treated with the highest standard of security and confidentiality, strictly in accordance with the data protection law.

We may share or disclose personal data when conducting advertising campaigns, market research or analysis with trusted third parties.

We do not sell, rent or trade email lists with other companies and businesses.

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Security

We take precautions to protect your information. When you submit sensitive information via the website, your information is protected both online and offline. Wherever we collect sensitive information, that information is encrypted and transmitted to us in a secure way.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

Beach BBQ Festival may change this policy from time to time by updating this page. This policy is effective from May 2022.

Social Media Policy 

At Beach BBQ Festival we welcome comments and interactions on our social networks. Information published to our social media accounts consists of a variety of content including links to press releases, event information updates and images.

However, please note that:

1. Any offensive or inappropriate comments/content will be removed without warning.
2. Any messages or posts that are of an inappropriate nature, defamatory, being a nuisance, clogging our feed or is offensive, for example, a rude remark, use bad language, including negative comments, will be blocked.
3. We monitor all our social media profiles on a regular basis and endeavour to respond to any comments or queries from users within 48 to 72 hours where applicable.
4. Please note retweets, likes or shares are not an endorsement; if we retweet, like or share content, it’s because we feel it is of some interest to our users/followers.
5. If you follow / like us on Twitter, Facebook or Instagram, we won’t automatically follow you back. Being followed does not imply any form of endorsement by Beach BBQ Festival.
6. Where possible we will join in on a conversation, however, we may not be able to reply individually to all the messages or posts we receive.
7. We may be unable to reply to message or posts straight away and we accept no responsibility for lack of engagement.
8. Beach BBQ Festival is not responsible for the content of any external websites and no endorsement of any events, products or services contained on them is implied.
9. Beach BBQ Festival and our social networks are nonpartisan and have no bias towards certain business views, we accept no responsibility for lack of engagement on these conversations.

Please see Facebook, X and Instagram for their own community guidelines, rules, terms of service and policies.

If you wish to ask a question, please email us at info@bray.ie.