Shaftesbury Festival of Food and Drink Sunday 12th May 2019
Come and join us on Sunday 12th May 2019 for a celebration of the best in local food and drink. Not to be missed, it’s a day jam packed with food, fun and frivolity.
There’ll be stalls the length of the town, featuring the fabulous Anonymous Travelling Market on Park Walk, as well as producers from The Dorset Farmers Market and Dorset Food and Drink in the High Street.
Live cooking demonstrations will be taking place outside the Shaftesbury Town Hall at the ‘Chef’s on Stage’ demonstration Kitchen with Local Chefs cooking up an array of very tempting dishes from fish, meat, savoury and sweet using the finest quality local produce for you all to try.
And of course, the utterly bonkers Cheese Races up the iconic Gold Hill! Not for the faint hearted but oh so entertaining. Are you up for the challenge?
Swans Yard will be hosting Live Music as well as showcasing some of the best in local art and crafts and make sure to pop along to the Shaftesbury Abbey Gardens for dancing with our very own Steps in Time.
Come and celebrate the food and drink festival.
What’s On
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Dorset Food and Drink from all over the county
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Dorset Farmers Market
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Anonymous Travelling Market
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Cookery Theatre outside the Town Hall
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Cheese Racing on Gold Hill
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Music, dancing and medieval festivities in the Abbey Garden
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Live music on Park Walk
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Shaftesbury Silver Town Band
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Special offers for foodies at the festival
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Dancing with Steps in Time
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………..and the event is all FREE
Guild of Fine Foods
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Stalbridge Linen
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2017 Photos added.
We've added 107 photos to the online gallery here for this years Festival, you can see them all here ...
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New Champion of The Hill
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Pick up your Festival Brochure
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Are you ready for the Gold Hill Cheese Race Team Challenge?
We are inviting teams to compete in this years Shaftesbury Festival Gold Hill Cheese Race Challenge. We will be holding races ...
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New Festival Flyers.
We've sent this years Festival flyers off to the printers. Please help us spread them far and wide! ...
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BV Dairy – Let us Introduce Ourselves!
Established in 1958 and located in Shaftesbury, Dorset, BV Dairy is the home of award winning Dorset Clotted Cream and ...
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2017 Festival Video
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Guild of Fine Foods
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Stalbridge Linen
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2017 Photos added.
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New Champion of The Hill
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Pick up your Festival Brochure
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Are you ready for the Gold Hill Cheese Race Team Challenge?
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New Festival Flyers.
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BV Dairy – Let us Introduce Ourselves!
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2017 Festival Video
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The Shaftesbury Food & Drink Festival could not be staged without the significant support from our sponsoring organisations. We would like to thank the following companies and organisations for their help