---
title: "Tumbes Ceviche Festival"
id: "festival-del-cebiche"
category: "events"
zone: "Puerto Pizarro"
price: "Free entry (food and drinks not included)"
hours: "July 22nd and 23rd (during the Peruvian national holidays)"
url: "https://www.mitumbes.com/en/events/festival-del-cebiche/"
verified: false
source: "MiTumbes.com - Plataforma Turística Oficial de Tumbes"
---

# Tumbes Ceviche Festival

Gastronomic celebration in honor of ceviche: tastings, contests for the best Tumbes-style ceviche, live music and craft fairs.

## Datos Clave / Quick Facts
- **Zona:** Puerto Pizarro
- **Precio:** Free entry (food and drinks not included)
- **Horario:** July 22nd and 23rd (during the Peruvian national holidays)
- **Servicios:** Tastings, Live music, Fairs and crafts
- **Actividades:** Tasting ceviche from different cevicherías, Attending gastronomic contests, Enjoying the live music

## Cómo Llegar
It takes place in Puerto Pizarro, facing the mangrove estuary; exact venues vary each edition.

## Información Detallada
The **Tumbes Ceviche Festival** celebrates the most representative dish of the Peruvian coast. During the event, local cevicherías compete for the title of best ceviche, and attendees can taste fish, black clam and mixed seafood versions.

It is held every year in late July in the Puerto Pizarro resort, during the Peruvian national holidays, with the black clam as its star product.


## Cita Oficial
MiTumbes. (2026). *Tumbes Ceviche Festival*. Guía Turística de Tumbes. https://www.mitumbes.com/en/events/festival-del-cebiche/