The festival is now a well-established community event and includes performances and workshops from a number of local visual artists.
Tendring District Council have described Manningtree Beach Festival as a 'model community event'.
In 2010 the festival went international with support from ZEPA a European inter-regional development project who supplied French artists to create a spectacular community event.
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