Shrewsbury Food Festival 2024

Update

Shrewsbury Food Festival 2024 will take place as an in-person event. The event will be held between the 29th and 30th of July 2024. Due to the UK repealing its pandemic restrictions, the venue will not have rigorous coronavirus precautions in place. 

Preface

Shrewsbury Food Festival is an annual F&B festival that occurs in Shrewsbury, UK – one of the Midlands' best foodie places. Over the course of two days, more than 30 000 visitants gather at the Shrewsbury’s Quarry to eat, spend time with their families and enjoy live entertainment. The food festival features over 200 local exhibiting firms that range from restaurants and breweries to local producers and artisanal retailers. It’s the perfect place to grow your audience and gain visibility in your local community.

An Industry Profile

As we have already mentioned, the Shrewsbury Food Festival has a strong focus on the local community. It has to be said that the event has been voted three years in a row as the Best Food Festival in the Midlands. Everyone is invited, and there are a lot of families with young children that attend the festival. The main product groups represented at Shrewsbury Food Festival include street food, drinks, artisanal F&B wares, fresh green goods, beer, pastries, confectionary and so much more. The program is always a delight with a chef’s school, two music stages and a lot of kids’ entertainment.

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Past Iterations

Shrewsbury Food Festival 2021

The 2021 edition featured several new areas. These included the Monk's Home and Garden ​section. The zone contained gifts, plants, homeware, hot tubs, and furniture. It was the ideal location for beginning Christmas shopping. Another new area was the Field to Fork Area, where visitors can learn about the food and agriculture industry. Among the demonstrations were robotics, a journey of pizza exhibition and various other activities. Another new addition was the Rea Valley Tractors, where specialists showcase tractor models and discuss less-known agriculture careers. The zone also allowed children to partake in the NFU’s discovery barn and ride on tractors or run through a bale maze.

Shrewsbury Food Festival 2022

The 2022 edition of the event took place as a face-to-face trade show between 25-26.06.2022. The venue (Quarry Park) did not incorporate coronavirus precautions, because of the repealing of the country's pandemic restrictions. The event was attended by over 180 exhibiting firms.

Shrewsbury Food Festival 2023

The 2023 iteration of the event was held at Quarry Park as a live event. The hosting dates were set between 24-25.06.2023. The iteration received over 10 000 visitants on the final day and featured around 200 exhibiting stalls.