The 9th Beccles Food and Drink Festival
Saturday, 25th May 2024
10am to 4pm
Get ready for gastronomic delights as Beccles Food and Drink Festival makes a highly anticipated return in 2024, providing an entertaining and affordable day out for both foodies and families.
Celebrating the finest artisan food and drink from the local area and wider East Anglia, the free-to-attend event, now in it’s ninth year, is scheduled for Saturday 25th May. With over 60 stalls based in the centre of the vibrant market town, the event runs from 10 am till 4 pm and will also include delicious world street food, music and children’s entertainment.
The Local Flavours mobile cookery theatre, a new feature in 2023, will this year be returning, kindly sponsored by East Coast College; offering aspiring chefs and bakers culinary inspiration from local chefs and students of East Coast College in Lowestoft.
A free Park & Ride shuttle service will run throughout the event from Beccles Quay, where additional parking will be available to supplement the ample town centre car parks.
If anyone is interested in helping with the running of this great local event please feel free to contact us.
Get ready for gastronomic delights as Beccles Food and Drink Festival makes a highly anticipated return in 2024, providing an entertaining and affordable day out for both foodies and families.
Celebrating the finest artisan food and drink from the local area and wider East Anglia, the free-to-attend event, now in it’s ninth year, is scheduled for Saturday 25th May. With over 60 stalls based in the centre of the vibrant market town, the event runs from 10 am till 4 pm and will also include delicious world street food, music and children’s entertainment.
The Local Flavours mobile cookery theatre, a new feature in 2023, will his year be returning, kindly sponsored by East Coast College, offering aspiring chefs and bakers culinary inspiration from local chefs and students of East Coast College in Lowestoft.
A free Park & Ride shuttle service will run throughout the event from Beccles Quay, where additional parking will be available to supplement the ample town centre car parks.
Event Sponsors 2024
Video from Beccles Food & Drink Festival 2022
Schedule of Events 2023
TIME: 10.00am
DESCRIPTION: Music Starts (click here for schedule)
LOCATION: Outside Welcome Store / Next to Tower
TIME: 11.00am
DESCRIPTION: Mayor’s Award Presentation
LOCATION: At winning stall: Listen out for announcement
TIME: 11:00 am, 12:00 pm, 1:00 pm, 2:00 pm, 3:00 pm
DESCRIPTION: Chef Demonstrations
LOCATION: Cookery Theatre, New Market
TIME: 11:00am, 12:00pm, 1:30pm, 2:30pm
DESCRIPTION: Hanton’s Punch & Judy Shows
LOCATION: Behind St. Michael’s Church
TIME: 11.15am
DESCRIPTION: Presentation of Stall Sustainability Award
LOCATION: At winning stall: Listen out for announcement
TIME: 3:00pm
DESCRIPTION: Last Chef Demonstration
LOCATION: Cookery Theatre, New Market
TIME: 3:15pm
DESCRIPTION: Last Music Act sets
LOCATION: Outside Welcome Store / Next to Tower
Schedule of Events 2023
Time: 10am – 2:30pm
Description: Music Starts (click here for schedule)
Location: Welcome Store / Tower
Time: 11am,12pm,1pm,2pm
Description: Chef Demos
Location: Cookery Theatre
Time: 11:00/12:30/1:30/2:30
Description: Hanton’s Punch & Judy
Location: Behind St. Michael’s Church
Time: 11:00 am
Description: Mayor’s Award
Location: To Be Announced
Time: 11:15 am
Description: Sustainability Award
Location: To Be Announced
Time: 3:00 pm
Description: Last Chef Demo
Location: Cookery Theatre
Grazing Trail
On Festival Day we have The Grazing Trail. With over 60 stalls plus musical entertainment, we have created the Grazing Trail map to show locations.
Cookery Theatre
This year the Cookery Theatre will be located in New Market. Here you will be able to observe Chefs create culinary delights.
This year there will be no Fringe events running alongside the Festival so a new feature will be arriving on this page very soon!
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Mission Statement
To showcase, celebrate and promote local artisan food and drink and be an event of choice for producers and visitors. We will do this by running a safe, well organised event, offering a diverse range of produce and entertainment, to support both local producers and businesses in Beccles.