A food festival which took over South Bristol’s High Street last autumn is to return this weekend.
The eat:Bedminster festival filled East Street in Bedminster last October, and will return bigger and better on April 15, organisers have announced.
They say the festival will showcase the ‘very best of local food and drink alongside Bedminster’s great hospitality offer’.
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The street will be completely closed to motorised traffic - including buses - from 7am to 7pm on Saturday, April 15, with the festival itself running from 10pm to 4pm. It will be one of 30 of the ‘Eat’ food festivals taking place across the West Country this year, with others happening this summer in Clevedon, Taunton and Burnham too.
There will be more than 60 food and drink stalls filling East Street, with the aim of reconnecting communities to the local producers in and around Bristol and Somerset. There will be everything from streetfood vendors, handmade preserves and award-winning patisseries to plant-based artisan dishes and farmers’ market favourites.
This year, the food festival will expand into Dean Street - the first side road round the back of the Robert Fitzharding pub - to accommodate even more stalls.
“This is the second edition of eat:Bedminster and our partnership with Bedminster BID has given us the opportunity to grow the festival and keep shining a spotlight on the local businesses that are here all year round with food, drink and entertainment,” said Bev Milner Simonds, the director and founder of eat:Festivals.
“We’re looking forward to helping the community discover producers and make connections – and hopefully turn them into new regular visitors,” she added.
Simon Dicken, the chair of Bedminster BID, said: “It is great to be able to give Bedminster a second edition of eat:Bedminster. Not only does it give support to local traders but we can shine a light on new businesses in the area. East Street will be buzzing with music, good food and independent traders on every corner.”
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