Summer weekend food festival with street food, artisan markets, independent bars, live entertainment and family activities across The Stray.
The Harrogate Food and Drink Festival returns to The Stray on Saturday 19 and Sunday 20 June 2027. It's the seventh year the festival has come to Harrogate and the sixth running, and it's grown into a proper summer weekend that turns a corner of the town into a hub of community, celebration and giant inflatables. Festival director Michael Johnston says visitor feedback has driven its evolution over the last six years, and this year that shows in the scale of it.
There are four live stages to work your way around. The Cookery Theatre features Steph Moon, and the Sizzling Showdown Arena hosts Wally Woof's Family Dog Show, The Chilli Challenge, Foodie Olympics and Pies Down, Eyes Down Bingo. The Live Entertainers Stage is hosted by Matthew J Magic. Between those, you'll find a Street Food Village, two streets of independent bars and more than 80 independent businesses across the artisan markets, with street food from more than 30 cuisines.
Afternoons are built for families: stilt walkers and roaming comedy, magicians, a mobile educational farm, cooking classes and bubble performers, plus live music from local acts. Harrogate Mind is once again the chosen charity, adding to more than £210,000 raised for mental health initiatives through the festival and its sister events. It's part of a wider circuit, with sister festivals in Newcastle, Heaton Park, Leeds, Temple Newsam, Graves Park, Ilkley, South Manchester, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Nottingham.
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The festival runs from 10am to 8pm on Saturday and 10am to 7pm on Sunday at The Stray, Oatlands Drive, Harrogate, HG2 8JT. Early Bird tickets start from £7.95 per adult.
