The 10th Beccles Food and Drink Festival

Saturday, 24th May 2025

10am to 4pm

Get ready for gastronomic delights as Beccles Food and Drink Festival returns in 2025, 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 tenth year, is scheduled for Saturday 24th May.  With around 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 will make a welcome return, to offer aspiring chefs and bakers culinary inspiration from local chefs and students of East Coast College 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. 

Information of sponsors and the businesses involved in next years event are not yet confirmed, so please look out for further details appearing on this site, and our social media, in the upcoming months.

We look forward to being able to provide a great day for visitors, stallholders and the Beccles business community.

Get ready for gastronomic delights as Beccles Food and Drink Festival returns in 2025, 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 tenth year, is scheduled for Saturday 24th May.  With around 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 will return 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. 

Information of sponsors and the businesses involved in next years event are not yet confirmed, so please look out for further details appearing on this site, and our social media in the coming months.

We look forward to being able to provide a great day for visitors, stallholders and the Beccles community. 

Event Sponsors 2024

Beccles Town Council

Video from Beccles Food & Drink Festival 2022

Schedule of Events 2024

TIME:  10.00am

DESCRIPTION:  Music Starts (click here for schedule)

LOCATION:  New Market Outside Welcome Store

TIME:  10.00am, 10:10am, 10:20am

DESCRIPTION:  Food Talks (click here for details)

LOCATION:  Cookery Theatre New Market

TIME:  10:00 am – 4:00pm

DESCRIPTION:  Children’s Face Painter

LOCATION:  Behind St. Michael’s Church

TIME:  11.00am

DESCRIPTION:  Best Stall Award Presentation

LOCATION:  At winning stall: Listen out for announcement

TIME:  10:30 am, 11:30 am, 12:30 pm, 1:30 pm, 2:45 pm

DESCRIPTION:  Chef Demonstrations (click here for details.)

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:  2:45pm

DESCRIPTION:  Last Chef Demonstration

LOCATION:  Cookery Theatre, New Market

TIME:  3:30pm

DESCRIPTION:  Last Music Act

LOCATION:  Sheepgate

The Beccles Food and Drink Festival
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Schedule of Events 2024

Time: 10am – 3:30pm

Description: Music Acts (click for schedule)

Location: Welcome Store / Sheepgate

Time: 10:00am

Description: Food Talks start (click for details)

Location: Cookery Theatre

Time: 10:00 am – 4:00 pm

Description: Children’s Face Painter

Location: Behind St. Michael’s Church

Time: 10:30am

Description: Chef Demos start (click for details)

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: Best Stall Award

Location: To Be Announced

Time: 2:45 pm

Description: Last Chef Demo

Location: Cookery Theatre

The Beccles Food and Drink Festival

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.

Festival Offers

This year local businesses have special offers specifically for Festival Day. Not just food and drink so check them out.

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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.

Event Sponsors 2024

Beccles Town Council

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