18 Apr 2023
The award-winning food festival returns to Shrewsbury Quarry on 24 and 25 June
Shrewsbury’s thriving food scene will be celebrated in the Quarry this June at the popular 2-day festival.
Shrewsbury Food Festival was first launched in 2013 and now attracts up to 30,000 people annually. Organisers, Shropshire Festivals, have launched a brand-new website and logo to celebrate the award-winning...
13 Apr 2023
Shropshire Festivals’ popular walk and eat event is back on Sunday, April 23. Shropshire Tasty Trail is returning to Ellesmere’s historic Oteley Estate with a brand-new route that takes in some privately owned meres and farmland.
600 tickets were released with staggered start times. Most of the slots have now sold out, and there is limited availability left for the first part of the day.
The 8-...
06 Mar 2023
A new business festival from Shropshire Festivals launches this month. Shropshire Business Festival will take place at Wrekin College on Tuesday, March 28.
Ahead of the event, the first ever Visit Shropshire Tourism Expo will be held from 12pm – 3pm, bringing together the tourism and hospitality sector. This will be followed by the Shropshire Business Festival from 3pm – 8pm. Anyone wishing to...
27 Jan 2023
Family favourite, Shropshire Kids Festival, has attracted a number of local businesses to increase the offering at the two-day festival this February.
The indoor festival is taking place at Telford International Centre during half term on February 18 and 19. Local businesses have been eager to support the event, including Aaron & Partners, TCA, Volvo Shrewsbury, and Redan Publishing.
Original...
18 Jan 2023
Singer songwriter Billy Bragg has topped the bill in the first wave of artists announced for this year’s Shrewsbury Folk Festival.
Oysterband, Breabach, Jiggy, Spiers & Boden, Talisk, Daphne’s Flight, kora master N’Faly Kouyaté from Afro Celt Sound System, Maddy Prior & Forgotten Lands, Leveret, N'famady Kouyaté, The Bar-Steward Sons of Val Doonican, The Salts and Dana Immanuel & The...
13 Jan 2023
Shropshire Festivals have announced the return of their popular walk and eat event. Shropshire Tasty Trail will return to Ellesmere’s historic Oteley Estate on Sunday, April 23. The organisers have secured a brand new route that will meander through lush countryside and trails that aren’t normally open to the public.
This will be the third Tasty Trail event from Shropshire Festivals, which takes...
11 Dec 2022
Shropshire Kids Festival Returns to the International Centre on February 18 & 19
Shropshire’s original kids festival is set to return in February 2023. The award-winning Shropshire Festivals team will be filling Telford International Centre with fun for 0-12 year olds on February 18 and 19 during the school half term.
Normally held across three halls, this year’s festival will expand in to a...
26 Sep 2022
Shropshire Festivals are busy preparing for their sell out drinks’ festival in the Quarry, taking place this Friday, September 30 and Saturday, October 1.
Tickets have already sold out for the Chrisbeon VIP area on Saturday, with just a few VIP tickets remaining for Friday. Standard tickets are still available to purchase from www.shropshireoktoberfest.co.uk.
The huge beer tent will be filled...
19 Aug 2022
Broadband Network Builder, Fibre Heroes, is supporting all of Shropshire Festivals’ 2022 events, with the business’ biggest sponsorship deal to date.
Fibre Heroes have many partners that supply full fibre broadband to 86 underserved towns across the UK, including Shrewsbury. They are aiming to serve 37,121 homes in the town.
The year long sponsorship deal includes hosting the main music stage at...
10 Aug 2022
Shropshire Festivals’ sell out drinks’ festival is set to return to its huge marquees in the Quarry this autumn on Friday, September 30 and Saturday, October 1.
Last year the festival sold out ahead of the event, and the organisers have reported that early bird tickets have already sold out to this year’s festival. Many people have been opting for a luxury festival experience in the Chrisbeon VIP...