A firm favourite in the foodie calendar, the Cowbridge Food and Drink Festival is back for 2025 with a whole host of tasty treats to tempt festival goers across the Spring Bank Holiday Weekend (Sun 25 – Mon 26 May).
As always, there is guaranteed to be something to suit all diets, ages and interests – moreish meats, vegan varieties, curries, cheeses, chutneys; scrumptious ciders, great gins, sweet treats and so much more.
Alongside the regular favourites that festival goers love to see, we’re being promised plenty of new and exciting additions for 2025, including Cwtch and Crumb with their mouthwatering brownies and blondies and a tantalising taste of Egypt courtesy of the Three Gizas and their fresh and flavoursome signature Koshari bowls.
The Old Hall Gardens will be buzzing with lots of family-friendly activities to enjoy and the ever-popular food demos will also be back to add extra entertainment; this year in the Town Hall on High Street and taking place on the hour from 11am-3pm each day.
A huge hit last year, the Vale Food Trail is once again set to launch at the festival, offering a whole programme of fun family activities hosted by Food Vale – the local food partnership for the Vale of Glamorgan – bringing even more to the bustling Old Hall Gardens site.
The beautiful Bear Hotel is also back on board, opening its doors to even more exhibitors in the hotel’s stunning St Quentin’s Suite; a mini-festival within the festival!
In a perfect fit, Hensol Castle Distillery return to sponsor the festival, adding a tonic with some of the distillery’s award-winning gins and spicing things up with the increasingly in demand Hensol Castle Spiced Rum available to try and buy.
As well as the Park and Ride bus service from Forage Farm, Cowbridge Comprehensive School will this year offer a Park and Walk for those happy to enjoy a lovely leisurely short stroll into town.
Speaking ahead of this year’s event, Festival Manager Tracy James-Lieberman said:
“We’re gearing up for another great one this year, again combining our old favourites that festival goers love to come and see with lots of new faces and added entertainment.
“As well as the main Arthur John site, with the Old Hall Gardens, food demos at the Town Hall and even more exhibitors at The Bear Hotel, we’re now across four sites which is fantastic and adding more and more each year.
“There’ll be such a variety of amazing produce available to sample, buy and just generally enjoy and so many other things going on to make it the perfect way to spend the Bank Holiday; we look forward to welcoming everyone!”
Event details:
- Sunday 25th – Monday 26th May 2025
- Sun: Arthur John site 9.30am – 6pm / Old Hall Gardens 9.30am-5pm
- Mon: Both sites 9.30am – 5pm
Tickets:
- Day pass – £5
- Weekend pass – £8
- Children under 11 are free.
Tickets are available online in advance or on the day at the festival’s Arthur John Car Park site.
Free park and ride from Forage Farm / Park and Walk from Cowbridge Comprehensive School.
For festival information, see: cowbridgefoodanddrink.org
