The Nantwich economy suffered a further blow today as Nantwich Food Festival directors announced September’s event will NOT go ahead.
The festival attracts tens of thousands of people every year and was due to take place on September 4-6.
A second “drop off and go” food collection in aid of Nantwich Foodbank will be held on Monday May 11.
The initiative, organised by Nantwich Food Festival, will be staged for a second time at Brine Leas School in Nantwich.
Nantwich Food Festival directors are set to decide whether to stage this year’s show, with town councillors tonight casting a major doubt over it.
The three-day festival which attracts tens of thousands of visitors to the town is due to take place September 4-6.
Organisers have lined up celebrity chefs for this year’s Nantwich Food Festival, which they will be unaffected by current Coronavirus crisis.
The festival is scheduled for September 4-6, and attracts tens of thousands of people into the town each year.
Nantwich Food Festival volunteers were hailed at a celebration event at Nantwich Bookshop as planning for the 2020 event gathers pace.
Festival organisers laid on food and drinks at the bookshop on High Street as a thank you to all those who helped at the 2019 festival.
Nantwich Food Festival WILL go ahead as planned in 2020 after organisers reached agreement with Cheshire East Council over use of its car parks.
A cloud had been hanging over the festival after it emerged in December that Cheshire East had stalled on talks to use its key sites, Love Lane and Bowling Green car parks.
Cheshire East Council could decline the use of two major town centre car parks during next Nantwich Food Festival, councillors have been warned.
A three-year contract between the authority and festival committee for use of Love Lane and Bowling Green car parks during the three-day festival has now expired.
Venues across Nantwich were crowned winners at the 2019 Nantwich Food Awards in Nantwich Civic Hall.
The awards were part of the Nantwich Food Festival which brought in more than 40,000 visitors to the town earlier this month.
Organisers have hailed another successful Nantwich Food Festival which pulled in 40,000 visitors and featured 200 contented exhibitors.
The three-day event saw various areas of the town packed with marquees and stalls with a wide variety of food and drink as well as live entertainment.
The winners of the Nantwich Food Festival Window Display competition have been unveiled.
Town businesses were asked to create a window display that would catch the eyes of competition judges Food Festival President Roger Mills and his wife, Sarah.
Organisers of the Nantwich Food Festival are urging visitors to use the park and ride scheme during the three-day event.
Tens of thousands of people are expected in the town on each day during the event August 30 to September 1.
Nantwich Food Festival organisers say they are stepping up safety and security for this year’s event.
Local company Alpha Omega has been brought in to provide 24-hour Festival security, including when the Festival organisers go home each evening.
Organisers of Nantwich Food Festival have unveiled the entertainment lined up for the event August 30 to September 1.
Musicians lined up to play include Baxter, Callum Joseph Wright, Oli Ng and Jim Kirkpatrick.
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