The Festival will hold a Farmers’ Market, craft fair, amateur growing competition, beer festival and “green” market offering advice on sustainability, gardening, apple pressing, bee keeping, allotments, the tree forum and much more.

We will have a selection of Farmers' Market stalls, most of which usually trade in our own Farmers' Market (the 1st, 3rd & 5th Friday of each month, 9am till 1pm underneath the Guildhall). Stalls include eggs, honey, Wenlock edge meats, scotch eggs, chocolate, cakes, vegetables, plants, jams, pickles, butter, biscuits, pies, cheese, flowers, curry to get you started. They will be offering free tasters, advice on producing your own food/drink and great bargains to take home.

The amateur growing competition will be housed in the Priory Hall and locals of all ages are invited to enter - download entry from from www.sustainablewenlock.org.uk.

Our beer tent will offer a collection of local beers and ciders which the public can enjoy in our undercover picnic area. As well as a range of stalls from our own High street there will be a tepee selling recycled gifts for the home.

There will be live music exhibiting local talent, face painting, young cycle training, a pets corner, hair braiding and tattoos.

Lucy Cooke, the Festival Organiser, invites people to come and visit “We are all suffering at the moment in this financial climate and everyone can see that it is really hitting the price of food. I would like to suggest to locals that they can no longer buy every single item they need from one shop.  It is not cost / quality effective. They need to shop around or even grow it themselves if they can. They also need to invest in their own local economy and traders. It is the only way we can thrive in this difficult economic situation we are in. So please come and enjoy some local food!”.

More information at www.sustainablewenlock.org.uk