Sunderland is set for three days packed with international food, live music, family-friendly entertainment and the best local traders as the city’s Food and Drink Festival returns June 6-8.
The event, which attracted around 30,000 visitors last year, will take place across three sites – Keel Square, High Street West and Market Square, with the latter playing host to Afro beats pop-up and working alongside Out North East, which is delivering Pride In Sunderland throughout June.
For the first time, organiser Sunderland BID is also introducing a range of green living elements to the event, which will run across the weekend.
Global food vendors have already signed up take part, covering everything from German sausages and American steak burgers to Greek specialities. Turkish favourites will also be available, as will Indian dishes along with tastes of the Caribbean and Mexico. The festival has attracted a host of Asian-inspired offerings – with Thai street food, Korean and Japanese dishes and a noodle bar also part of the line-up. There will also be a number of dessert stands and stalls serving apple and rhubarb crumble, cake bites, churros, and Portuguese tarts.
International craft stalls will also be part of the event, with gift items from South America and Spain as well as candles, and vodka and rum. There is still time for traders to sign up by contacting info@sunderlandbid.co.uk
Roberta Redecke, marketing & events manager at Sunderland BID, said: “The Food and Drink Festival is a much-loved date on the city calendar. We’ve got a fantastic programme and some of the best street food available – with more names to be announced. It is definitely a summer highlight, and we are sure everyone is looking forward to its return.”
For more information and to keep up to date visit www.sunderlandfooddrinkfest.co.uk
