No - Crayfest Kaikōura is a crayfish food festival held over 9 days and hosted across Kaikōura's fantastic hospitality venues who will be offering up crayfish inspired dishes on their menu's. Tickets aren't required to be purchased to enjoy dishes on the Crayfest Kaikōura 2025 menu.
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Yes - For the scheduled special Crayfest Events however, these events are ticketed and you will need to pre-purchase these over on our Events page!
Keep an eye on our Events page for ticket sales for each event being added. We recommend clicking Register Your Interest to register to be notified when tickets come on sale!
Kaikōura has a great range of accommodation options and we would recommend heading over to the official Kaikoura NZ website to find out more!
