WELSH cider producers are gearing up to take part in the annual Welsh Cider and Perry Festival – this year taking place in a Gwent rugby club. The Welsh Perry and Cider Festival at Ynysddu RFC on June 1-4 is to play host to over 60 different real ciders and perrys, as well as live music, food stalls and the Welsh Cider and Perry Championships.
Gardens kitted out for mothers
While over at the National Botanic Garden of Wales, Llanarthne, they share plants from different regions of the world and put on a food and craft fair, with music, in their vast glasshouse. Mums will even get in for free on the special day too.
Rules tightened on food festival funds
Alun Davies, Deputy Minister for Agriculture, Food and Fisheries said: “Each year food festivals in Wales contribute millions of pounds to the economy and are a key element in promoting Wales’s burgeoning food culture and giving visitors a ‘sense of …
Pub to be run by four rival brewers after being bought by mystery London banker
Mr Hughes said the four were normally rivals but had worked successfully together to provide the beer tent at the annual Conwy Feast food festival. While the Great Orme and Conwy breweries are within a couple of miles of the pub, another brewery …
Win tickets to Abergavenny Christmas food fair
THE South Wales Argus has teamed up with the Abergavenny Food Festival to offer you the chance of winning one of 12 pairs of stroller tickets for its Christmas Fair which takes place on Sunday, December 11 from 10am to 5pm. The Fair has everything …
Conwy hosts food and arts festival
On Saturday and Sunday, thousands of food and drink fans will be able to enjoy themselves at the Gwledd Conwy Feast held in the castle town. The event is now North Wales’ biggest food festival and the second largest in Wales. …
Don’t miss annual All Welsh Beer and Cider Festival at Barry’s West End Club!
There will be a choice of up to 16 real ales to sample along with a dozen ciders and perries, again, from all four corners of Wales! This year Bill is introducing food to the festival offering bacon and sausage butties and also a selection of Welsh …
Welsh pub guide: The Kilvert’s Inn, Hay-on-Wye
Slap-bang in the centre of Hay-on-Wye (home of a gazillion second-hand book shops and the famous literary festival), this imposing Edwardian former doctor’s house turned inn and hotel simply exudes easy-going contentment. It’s one of those rare places …
Are music festivals on their way out?
Petty rules such as not being able to bring baby food into the arena don’t make for a good atmosphere and aren’t the way to make your festival sustainable. Kids’ areas where every activity is chargeable smacks of rip-off, whereas others, …
Carmarthen food festival has traders wanting more
CARMARTHEN’S first-ever food festival has been such a success that calls are already being made for it to be an annual event. Yesterday’s festival, held in the town’s St Catherine’s Walk shopping development, Guildhall Square and King Street, …
