Foodie favourite Cowbridge Food and Drink Festival is back with a bang again this year, with a whole host of tasty treats to tempt festival goers for the end of the May Bank Holiday Weekend on Sunday, 26 – Monday, 27 May 2024.

Alongside the regular favourites, plenty of new and exciting additions for 2024 are promised! The Drunken Sailors will be dropping anchor- converted from an old fishing boat, she is truly one of a kind- serviced by a hearty crew and offering the very best draught beers and ciders on tap. Hot vegan and vegetarian food, and homemade kits, will be available from Gloucester-based Slad Valley Mushrooms. Coffee lovers will delight in a first appearances by Cowbridge’s 96degrees. Tetrim Teas Cymru will be bringing a range of their nature-based teas to the festival for the first time, and adding an exotic twist. The team from Welsh Saffron will be showcasing their unique product, all grown on the rolling lowland hills between Caerleon and Usk. Plus, the Lemoneers will be adding extra festival fizz with their homemade lemonade!

As well as the main festival site at the Arthur John Car Park, the Old Hall Gardens will be buzzing with lots of family-friendly activities to enjoy, like willow weaving, pétanque and birds of prey, to name but a few.

In another fabulous festival first, the Vale Food Trail will be celebrating sustainability with a fun timetable of children’s activities. The much-loved food demonstrations are also set to return, providing extra entertainment at the Duke of Wellington.

Due to popular demand, the festival will stay open until 6pm on the Sunday, allowing visitors even more time to sample, savour and soak up the vibe.

Speaking about this year’s event, Festival Manager Tracy James-Lieberman said: “We’re gearing up for another great event this year- old favourites that we know are always a real hit but also plenty of new faces who our visitors are going to absolutely love.”

Watch our for these great foodie favourites at this year’s Cowbridge Food and Drink Festival 2024

Everyone loves coffee, but waste coffee grounds give off methane gas. Solution? Using waste coffee grounds to produce remarkable gifts, promote wellbeing and help strengthen communities and charities in Wales.

How on earth do they do it? Think premium vodka and gins, refined luxury for the home, self-care products, vegan chocolate, coffee-infused rapeseed oil, and more. One to definitely add to the list to drop by and try.

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Rafe turned his fortune around when he chose fungi over film-making, and began an artisan business from the family home in Stroud. A journey sparked from passion and determination has turned into a fully-fledged business that is sky-rocketing in demand. Mushrooms are so de jour darling. Joining forces with life-long pal and sustainability and ecology expert Oscar, these lovely chaps provide sustainable, delicious mushroom products grown with love. Come and have a chat about everything fantastically fungi with them, including medicinal mushrooms such as Lionsmane.

www.sladvalleymushrooms.co.uk / Instagram: @sladvalleymushrooms

Fluffy steamed buns containing tasty and delicious gifts of happiness and joy. Established in 2016, Bao Selecta specialise in Taiwanese street food. Succulent pork belly, Szechuan fried chicken and beef menchi katsu, or vegan fish (tofish), crispy vegan beef and meaty jackfruit. Three cup chicken (San Bei Ji), rich Taiwanese pork stew (Lu Ro Fan), Taiwanese bento boxes, satay chicken, and vegan chicken thighs and cashew marmalade tofu. Glorious combinations that your taste buds will remember for all of the right reasons.

www.baoselecta.co.uk / Instagram: @baoselecta

Event Details

Sunday, 26th May 2024 from 9:30am- 6pm and Monday, 27 May 2024 from 9:30am- 6pm

Tickets:

Day pass: £5 / Weekend pass: £8 / Children under 11 are free.

Tickets are available online in advance or on the day at the festival’s.

Arthur John car park site. Free park and ride from Forage Farm Shop and Cowbridge Comprehensive School.

For more festival information, visit www.cowbridgefoodanddrink.org