Mandurah, WA · Autumn
Mandurah Crab Fest
Third weekend of March (2 days)
Crab Fest celebrates Mandurah's famous blue swimmer crabs and is Western Australia's largest free regional event, drawing around 100,000 people to the foreshore over the third weekend of March. Cooking demonstrations, seafood stalls, live music, water shows and fireworks fill two days along the estuary.
The blue manna crab is Mandurah's identity, and the festival times itself to the tail of the crabbing season. The foreshore precinct carries everything within an easy walk, and the event's free entry keeps it one of WA's most family-friendly weekends. March on the coast south of Perth is reliably warm and settled.
- Food & Wine
- Family Festival
- Regional Tourism
- Free entry
- When
- Third weekend of March (2 days)
- How often
- Every year
- Venue
- Mandurah foreshore
- Crowd
- Approx. 100,000
- Entry
- Free
- Setting
- Outdoor
Dates shown follow the event's typical pattern; exact dates change each year, so confirm on the official site before booking travel.
Getting there by bus
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