Welcome to the 170th Paignton Regatta page! Our Committee is made up of a group of local enthusiastic volunteer individuals who work hard to provide nine days of free entertainment on the Paignton Green during the second week of August. Many years ago the Regatta week centred around the trials and tribulations of the various sporting disciplines including gig racing, hockey, football, cyc
ling, tennis and rowing to name but a few. Although one can still find some of these core
activities in the programme, we have moved on significantly and this year we intend to take a giant step forward with our new all day entertainment programme. This year our stage also comes alive in the evenings with our series of Regatta Rocks! events and I'm delighted to announce some fantastic headline tribute acts on the main stage including Little Mix, Take That!, and Neil Diamond, plus live music from great local rock band - Klassika. Of course, some time-honoured favourites are still on the programme, including the Bay’s biggest firework display. This year's fireworks will be on Friday 11th August at 9:30pm. Our jam-packed entertainment programme starts at 10am and finishes at 5:30pm every single day and I believe we must have the most varied programme of entertainment anywhere! You can pick up a free programme from outlets around Torbay and we will have plenty of copies at Regatta HQ on the Green. If you have a programme, you won't miss a thing! Whichever of our events you attend, I hope you and your whole family will have a super time. Enjoy Regatta and please remember that we are a charity and rely on your donations to keep going, so remember to put some coins in our collecting buckets !
