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.
Details of this years sponsors and supporters have now been confirmed. The organising team would like to thank them all as without these contributions this event would not be possible.
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.
Details of this years sponsors and supporters have now been confirmed. The organising team would like to thank them all as without these contributions this event would not be possible.
We look forward to being able to provide a great day for visitors, stallholders and the Beccles community.
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
Schedule of Events 2024
Time: 10am – 3:30pm
Description: Music Acts (click for schedule)
Location: Welcome Store / Sheepgate
Time: 10:00 am – 4:00 pm
Description: Children’s Face Painter
Location: Behind St. Michael’s Church
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
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 2025
Beccles Town Council
