Food Festivals

September 2008

Ludlow Marches Food & Drink Festival

12th-14th September 2008, Ludlow, Shropshire

Competitions including the Pork Pie of the Marches, as well as the annual sausage trail, are highlights of this festival. Ludlow's twin towns in France and Italy will also be displaying produce from their regions.

Details: www.foodfestival.co.uk

The York Festival of Food and Drink 2008

19-28 September 2008

The festival runs for 10 days to celebrate all the very best in Yorkshire, regional and world food.

Details: www.yorkfoodfestival.com

Mold Food & Drink Festival

20th-21st September 2008, New Street (Somerfield) Car Park

Welsh, Asian, Mediterranean and vegetarian cookery demonstrations should satisfy everybody's tastes.

Details: www.moldfoodfestival.co.uk

The Belgrave Hall Good Food Fair

20th- 21st September 2008, Belgrave Hall Museum & Gardens Church Road, off Thurcaston Road Leicester, LE4 5PE

Join us in the grounds of Belgrave Hall Museum & Gardens and discover the delights of locally grown produce and organic foods.

Details: www.leicester.gov.uk/goodfood

The 10th Abergavenny Food Festival

20th-21st September 2008, Abergavenny

The tenth Abergavenny Food Festival, which takes place over the weekend 20 and 21 September, will continue the trend by celebrating a decade of gastronomic delights and culinary innovation, informing, educating and entertaining thousands in its unique market town setting. The event brings together people who care passionately about food to share their expertise, explore new enthusiasms, debate long into the night - and have enormous fun.

Details: www.abergavennyfoodfestival.com/

Nantwich Food Festival

26th-28th September 2008, Nantwich

Billed as "Britain's Tastiest Festival", it is the largest festival of its kind with more than 2,000 products to taste during the three-day event, offering the chance to sample the best regionally produced food against the backdrop of the historic market town.

Details: www.nantwichfoodfestival.co.uk

Cornwall Food and Drink Festival 2008

26th - 28th September 2008, Lemon Quay Piazza, Truro

Already established as an annual event, the Festival attracts more than 20,000 visitors each year over its three days. It continues to develop in importance and relevance both for local residents, food and drink businesses and tourism throughout Cornwall.

Details: www.cornwallfoodanddrinkfestival.com/

East Lothian Food & Drink Festival 2008

26th-28th September 2008, East Lothian

The East Lothian Food & Drink Festival will be celebrating the county’s fine food and drink traditions.

Details: www.foodanddrinkeastlothian.com/festival…

Peebles Food Festival

26th-28th September 2008., Peebles

Peebles Food Festival will be celebrating local food and drink and involving local shops, hotels and restaurants.

Details: www.scotborders.gov.uk/events/23608.html

Aldeburgh Food and Drink Festival

27th-28th September 2008, Snape Maltings, near Aldeburgh, Suffolk

Now in its third year, the festival warms up a week earlier with tastings in farm shops and delicatessens, farm walks, local food dinners and mushroom foraging. The two-day event showcases more than 65 local food producers from East Suffolk, and has cookery demonstrations and discussion forums.

Details: www.aldeburghfoodanddrink.co.uk

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