Beccles Food & Drink Festival Day 2026
The details of the Festival Day are nearing completion.
The final 2026 Grazing Trail will soon be available to download!
The full list of stallholders is almost complete and will be shown below when available.
The schedule of Music acts is nearly complete and they will be playing in 2 locations, one outside the clock tower near the church and one in Exchange Square opposite Twyfords Cafe. Descriptions of the acts for 2026 can be found below. We have new acts and returning musicians.
The Children’s entertainment can be found behind the church, details of timings are found below.
This year Beccles Public Hall will be hosting a food related event: Guardian food columnist Felicity Cloake shares evocative and hilarious tales from her international missions, searching for new things to eat. Details can be found by clicking on the image.
The Grazing Trail below shows you where the stalls and other activities are happening.
The Stallholders List shows who is attending this year
The Entertainment shows the timings for our Children’s activities.
The Music Schedule indicates the acts, locations and timings.
The Event Map shows the locations of the Festival on a street map of Beccles
2026 Stallholders List
Find below a current list of this year’s stalls! Symbols: 
= Hot food: 
= Vegetarian: 
= Vegan: 
= Gluten Free: 
= Coffee
Click on Company name to go to online presence.
STALL: 11
COMPANY: Ailsa’s Country Cream Fudge
PRODUCTS: Home Made Fresh Cream & Vegan Fudge
STALL: 46
COMPANY: dominics photography
PRODUCTS: photography
STALL: 69
COMPANY: yellow sun
PRODUCTS: samosas
STALL: 86
COMPANY: Linda Cosgrove
PRODUCTS: craft stall
STALL: 88
COMPANY: waggy tails
PRODUCTS: natural dog treats
Children's Entertainment
Face Painter
10am - 12:30
1pm - 4pm
Punch and Judy Shows
TIME: 11am
TIME: 12pm
TIME: 1:30pm
TIME: 2:30pm
DRAFT Music Acts Schedule 2026 subject to change
DRAFT Music Acts Schedule 2026 - subject to change
Location: Exchange Square
10:00 am Tin River
11 am Rumpus Ukulele
12 pm Pop Club Choir
1 pm Silver Linings
2 pm Ballard Bootleggers
3 pm
Location: Clock Tower
10:15 am The Cabin Band
11:15 am Billy Took
12:15 pm Generation Gap
1:15 pm Guitar Siren
2:15 pm Simon Squibb
3:15 pm Tsuki Moon
Music Acts Schedule 2025
Music Acts Schedule 2025
Location: Exchange Square
10:00 am Tin River
11:40 am Rumpus Ukulele
12:30 pm Silver Linings
1:20 pm Generation Gap
2:10 pm Dorothy’s Dog Busking Band
3:00 pm Pop Club Choir
Location: New Market
10:15am Greg Hall
11:05 am McNamara Reed
11:55 am Simon Squibb
12:45 pm Ballard Bootleggers
1:35 pm Greg Powles
2:25 pm Mike Thrower
3:15 pm Guitar Siren
Once again we have been granted a music license and will be able to have music at our Festival on Saturday 23rd May under their Charity and Community Scheme.
With the benefit of a license, we can publish who is playing and this year we have two locations, New Market outside the clock tower and in Exchange Square opposite Twyfords Cafe.
Please find below a brief description of the music acts we are looking forward to perform at the 2026 Food Festival. Where applicable you can go to their online details by clicking on the name.
Tin River
Tin River are favourites at local folk clubs, festivals, sessions and pub gigs and comprise Skip Shipley (melodeon and vocals), Mim Barnes (whistles and vocals) and Marya Parker (guitar and vocals). They are musical magpies picking up tunes and songs from a wide variety of sources and deliver them either acappella or with accompaniment, making for an interested and varied repertoire. Based in the Waveney Valley area, they’ve been playing together and separately for over 40 years in a range of ensembles
Michael Thrower
Mike plays original songs and cover versions acoustically/semi electrically in a bluesy folk style and has been performing in public for over 10 years.
Simon Squibb
A local musician playing a variety of tunes and songs including Appalachian, bluegrass, delta blues, modern folk and folk rock
Tsuki Moon
Billy Took
Billy Took is a Country/Folk Rock Singer/Songwriter and Guitarist based in Suffolk. At just 17 years of age, Billy writes his own music, is a self taught drummer, guitarist and vocalist and is developing quite a popular reputation in the local music scene. As well as playing original songs, Billy covers a wide range of artists mostly country such as John Denver, Bruce Springsteen, Ed Sheeran, Don McLean and many more!
Rumpus Ukulele
A large group of likeminded, young at heart people who do what they like and like what they do – “making a rumpus with ukuleles”. They strive to have fun playing ukuleles within a welcoming and social community that meets for enjoyment. Playing a repertoire of retero pop, folk, country and old time classics
Silver Linings
Silver Linings is a covers band that plays a selection of songs from the 1950s right up to the current day. They bring their own quirky style to the songs using a variety of instruments including acoustic and electric guitars and bass, mandolin, ukuleles and harmonica! The band play various gigs each year all around Norfolk and Suffolk.
The Ballard Bootleggers are a folk trio from Suffolk, performing foot stomping, fast paced, traditional ‘old time’ music from America and Europe.
Lelia – the Guitar Siren. A classical guitarist with a repertoire to leave you relaxed and reminiscing
Pop Club Choir
Pop Club Choir is a group of people who get together weekly to sing favourite pop classics, some modern hits and fabulous show tunes in a relaxed, fun and friendly atmosphere. The choir gathers in a range of locations across East Anglia under the direction of Ed Dewson who has been performing and teaching music for many years and who has sung with the likes of Robbie Williams and Westlife in a range of international locations
