Sebastian Clambake 2026 at Riverview Park

The 23rd annual Sebastian Clambake runs November 7 and 8, 2026 at Riverview Park in Sebastian, 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday (Sebastian Clambake Foundation).

Riverview Park is at 600 U.S. Highway 1, on the corner of U.S. 1 and County Road 512 (Sebastian Boulevard), on the shore of the Indian River. The City of Sebastian calls it the primary event and gathering point for the city, lists a pavilion, picnic areas, a playground and restrooms, and gives 772-228-7054 as the park contact number (City of Sebastian).

Live music runs both days of the Sebastian Clambake. The foundation posts this lineup for the 2026 Riverview Park stage (Clambake entertainment schedule):

Admission to the Sebastian Clambake is free, and tickets are sold on site in Riverview Park for food and official Clambake t-shirts (Sebastian Clambake Foundation).

The food and t-shirt booths are the fundraiser. The foundation dedicates the festival proceeds to regional nonprofit programs and nonprofit capital improvement projects (Sebastian Clambake Foundation). The vendor rules back that up from the other side: exhibitors may not sell or give away water, food or beverages from their booths, and exhibitors are not entitled to complimentary food or drink from the Clambake booths. The foundation had not posted 2026 food or ticket prices on its site as of October 14, 2026, so the practical step is to bring cash or a card for tickets and check prices at the gate.

Seafood leads the Sebastian Clambake menu: the foundation names steamed clams, shrimp and conch fritters as crowd pleasers (Sebastian Clambake Foundation).

For anyone not eating seafood, the same foundation page lists family favorites such as pizza, including clam pizza, and french fries, alongside craft vendors and live entertainment (Sebastian Clambake Foundation). The full 2026 menu and prices had not been posted as of October 14, 2026. The foundation calls the event a Lagoon Festival, a celebration of the lifestyle shaped by the Indian River Lagoon, which it describes as the heartbeat of the community since the 1700s (Sebastian Clambake Foundation).

Pets are not allowed in Riverview Park during events, smoking is not allowed in the park, and no vehicles are allowed in the park under the Sebastian Clambake vendor rules.

Those rules are written for exhibitors but describe the park as visitors find it on Clambake weekend. Vendors must park in designated parking areas only and move goods in by cart or carrier, must be set up by 5:00 PM on Friday, and should be ready by 10:00 AM Saturday and 11:00 AM Sunday (Sebastian Clambake Foundation). No public parking plan or shuttle for 2026 was posted on the foundation site as of October 14, 2026; the city lists 772-228-7054 for Riverview Park questions (City of Sebastian).

The 2026 Sebastian Clambake is shorter than the 2025 edition. The City of Sebastian calendar listed the 22nd Annual Clam Bake Lagoon Festival at Riverview Park on three days: Friday, November 7, 2025 from 3:00 PM to 9:00 PM (City of Sebastian calendar), Saturday, November 8, 2025 from 11:00 AM to 9:00 PM (City of Sebastian calendar) and Sunday, November 9, 2025 from 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM (City of Sebastian calendar). For 2026 the foundation lists Saturday and Sunday only, with no Friday session (Sebastian Clambake Foundation).

Riverview Park itself has more than the festival grounds. The city lists a splash pad, the Veterans War Memorial, sand volleyball courts, picnic pavilions and twin piers for watching the river or fishing, and the park is the starting point for the walkways along the Riverfront District shore (City of Sebastian).

The Sebastian Clambake is run by the Sebastian Clambake Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, and its proceeds fund nonprofit programs and capital projects around Sebastian (Sebastian Clambake Foundation).

The foundation, founded in 2002, is made up of local public service entities with support from the business community, and it reports having granted over $1,000,000 to local charities (Sebastian Clambake Foundation). The beneficiary page offers two funding initiatives, one for nonprofit programs and one for nonprofit capital improvements, and lists the 2026 application deadline as extended to October 15, 2026. Applicants describe what the funds will pay for and how the project benefits the local community.

The city also has a stake. The Sebastian Riverfront CRA reports continued financial support for Riverfront District events including the Clam Bake, and credits a Clambake Foundation contribution toward the flag pole project at the western entrance to the CRA area (City of Sebastian CRA Annual Report 2024).

Businesses fund the festival through four sponsor levels on the foundation sponsorship page; checks are payable to the Sebastian Clambake Foundation, gifts are tax deductible, and in-kind donations are accepted.

Riverview Park, the City of Sebastian's primary event and gathering point, hosts several major festivals a year besides the Clam Bake Festival (City of Sebastian).

The city lists the Sebastian Fine Arts and Music Event, the 4th of July Freedom Festival, Shrimpfest and Craft Brew Hullabaloo and the seasonal Rhythm on the River Concert Series, plus an Earth Day event, craft club and art club shows and an Easter egg hunt (City of Sebastian). Park rental questions go to the city at (772) 228-7054 (City of Sebastian). Several of those events also draw Sebastian Riverfront CRA support, which names the Pelican Island Festival, Earth Day, Shrimpfest, the Concerts in the Park Series and the Fine Art Festival alongside the Clam Bake (City of Sebastian CRA Annual Report 2024).

The park itself is a Sebastian Riverfront CRA project. The CRA reports completing a conceptual park design and canopy tree preservation plan for Riverview Park covering trees, sidewalks, parking and event areas, completing the Riverview Park sidewalks per the park master plan, and building information boards at Riverview Park and at the Main Street Boat Ramp Park (City of Sebastian CRA Annual Report 2024). The same report lists repaving Indian River Drive with new pedestrian crosswalks and repairs to the Working Waterfront historic property (City of Sebastian CRA Annual Report 2024).