The festival will take place in the October dateline for this year only and plans to return to its spring date for 2022. The festival will take place across Bishop Auckland Market place and also take in North Bond Gate and like in 2019 also utilises the new car park space for more traders and entertainment. The Festival will also have workshops and things to see in Bishop Auckland Town Hall.  This year we are delighted to announce that our great guest names will be FREE for visitors to see in our large outdoor Cookery Theatre which will be located in the new Car Park space alongside traders off North Bondgate.

We will continue to review the government guidance and while we hope we can run this year’s events with few alterations, we will put plans in place to keep our visitors, residents, traders, and staff, safe.  Following the success of Seaham Food Festival we will be announcing more plans soon including all details for our Park & Ride.

The festival will take place on Saturday 2 October, between 10.00am and 5.00pm and Sunday October between 10.00am and 4.00pm.