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Shaftesbury Food Festival 2027

Shaftesbury Food Festival 2027

Food Trail: Saturday 1st May


Market, cheese races and chefs live: Sunday 2nd May

It's back! Get ready for a weekend of fabulous food both in the town and beyond, chefs on stage and frantic cheese racing…

Shaftesbury Food Festival … proudly local, deliciously global.

The Gold Hill Cheese Race at the Shaftesbury Food Festival

Food Trail

Saturday 1st May

Visit local producers in the countryside.

Find out more

Cheese Races

Sunday 2nd May

Up iconic Gold Hill. Watch, or enter if you dare.

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Market

Sunday 2nd May

Over 120 stalls of food, drink and crafts.

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Live Action Kitchen

Sunday 2nd May

Top chefs cooking live at the Town Hall.

Find out more

What's new

  • October 2026

    Dates confirmed for 2027

    Food Trail on Saturday 1st May, then the Festival on Sunday 2nd May.

    See the weekend →
  • October 2026

    Traders: expressions of interest open

    Want a stall at the Sunday Street Market? Tell us about your business.

    Register interest →
  • October 2026

    Live Action Kitchen: chefs announced early 2027

    Register to hear first when the line-up and booking details are released.

    Register for updates →
  • October 2026

    Volunteers wanted

    From a few hours on the weekend to skills in the months of planning ahead.

    Volunteer with us →
Gold Hill Organic Farm, a stop on the Shaftesbury Food Trail

Saturday 1st May

Food Trail

Visit wonderful local producers in situ on the Festival Food Trail (Saturday 1 May).

Explore the trailGet trail updates

Sunday 2nd May

Market, cheese races and chefs live

  • Browse over 120 fantastic stalls offering the best of local and global food, drinks and crafts.
  • Savour delicious on-the-spot food offerings in historic surroundings.
  • Watch, or enter if you dare, the famous cheese races up iconic Gold Hill.
The marketCheese races
Crowds enjoying the Shaftesbury Food Festival street market

Market update

Street Market 2027

Shop, eat, browse, discover, eat some more! Even bigger for 2027. We are taking expressions of interest from traders now, and we will add new traders here as they confirm.

Here's a taster of what's on offer (as per 2026).

Truckle Truck stall
Food Vendor

Truckle Truck

Book and Bucket Cheese stall
Food Vendor

Book and Bucket Cheese

Catherine Potter Crafts stall
Craft

Catherine Potter Crafts

Compton Candle Co stall
Craft

Compton Candle Co

Crepe Salut stall
Food Vendor

Crepe Salut

Farmgirl Sausages stall
Food Vendor

Farmgirl Sausages

Hettie Hen Scotch Eggs stall
Food Vendor

Hettie Hen Scotch Eggs

Oxfords Bakery stall
Food Vendor

Oxfords Bakery

Be part of the marketSee the full taster

Sunday 2nd May

Live Action Kitchen

Watch top chefs cook live from their latest books at free demonstration sessions in Shaftesbury's historic town hall. Hosted by destination bookshop The Kitchen Table.

Participating chefs will be announced early in 2027.

Register for updatesAbout Live Action Kitchen

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Be first to hear about the chefs, the Food Trail stops and new traders. Tick what you want to hear about.

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Country CarsThe MitreWorld Cheese AwardsThe Truckle TruckGuild of Fine FoodPort Regis School
Grassby Funeral Services
Shaftesbury & District Chamber of Commerce
Country CarsThe MitreWorld Cheese AwardsThe Truckle TruckGuild of Fine FoodPort Regis School
Grassby Funeral Services
Shaftesbury & District Chamber of Commerce
Country CarsThe MitreWorld Cheese AwardsThe Truckle TruckGuild of Fine FoodPort Regis School
Grassby Funeral Services
Shaftesbury & District Chamber of Commerce

Run by volunteers

Shaftesbury Food Festival is run on a not-for-profit basis by a small team of volunteers with the backing of the Chamber of Commerce.

If you love what we do and would like to be a part of it, why not volunteer? We can use anything from a few hours over the Festival weekend to a range of skills in the months of planning ahead of it…

Volunteer with us

Interested in Shaftesbury Chamber of Commerce? Find out about joining the Chamber.