Malton Food Lovers Festival
Starring: To be confirmed
Saturday 25, Sunday 26 & BH Monday 27 May 2024
“Food Fest Of The North”
Set across the streets of Yorkshire’s Food Capital, Malton Food Lovers Festival is a celebration of Yorkshire's finest produce & cooking.
Expect artisan stalls, delicious street food, talks, tastings, celebrity chefs, demos, festival bar, live music & much, much more!
Malton’s family foodie extravaganza is a festival like no other. A giant celebration, a huge gourmet street party - “Yorkshire's Foodie Glastonbury” is back!
FREE ENTRY!
What’s On
Chef Demos
Stalls
Entertainment
Festival Bar
Street Food
Live Music
Festival Feasting
Malton Sculpture Trail
Family Fun
Local Producers
Malton Food Shops
Author Interviews & Book Signings
General Info
Malton Food Lovers Festival is free to enter
The fun begins at 9am on Saturday and 10am on Sunday & Bank Holiday Monday
There will be over 100 stalls & street food vendors
The Festival Map (handed out on the weekend) shows all festival locations including toilets
There are designated festival Park & Ride car parks operating (at a small charge). The Park and Ride service will be available at each entrance to Malton from the A64, with a regular shuttle bus service direct to the event entrance. To walk takes approx. 10/15 mins.
Disabled parking, toilets & other facilities are available
Click here for updated train service information
We recommend you come hungry!
Timings & Info for the Spring Food Lovers Festival 2024
General Timings
The Festival opens from 9am on Saturday and 10am on Sunday & Bank Holiday Monday
Festival Bars Opening Times
Saturday (10am - 8pm)
Sunday (10am - 4.30pm)
Bank Holiday Monday (10am - 4.30pm)
Festival Main Stage Chefs Demos Times (all free entry)
The Festival Demos begin at: 10am on Saturday and Sunday & 11am on Bank Holiday Monday
Main Stage Location: https://w3w.co/magnetic.passenger.flood
Please note: timings may be subject to change
Book Signings are scheduled to take place outside Kemps Book Shop after the author interviews* . Kemps Book Shop is located almost opposite to the Main Stage: https://w3w.co/measures.classmate.kneeled
For more detailed information, please see below.
Festival Demo Stage Timings: Saturday
10.00 - Ollie Farrar: Forty-Six, Malton
11.00 - Michael Burgoyne: Orchard Lodge, Flixton
12.00 - Paul Robinson: Yorkshire Baker, Malton
13.00 - Adam Jackson: The Old Deanery, Ripon
13.30 - Alex, Derventio Wines - Producer Talk
14.00 - TBC
15.00 - Gilly Robinson, The Cook’s Place, Malton
Festival Demo Stage Timings: Sunday
10.00- Gilly (The Cook’s Place) with Georgia: Dogh, Welburn
11.00 - Jon Appleby: The Feversham Arms, Helmsley
11.30 - Shortstack Farm -Producer Talk
12.00 - David Atherton: Great British Bake Off Winner (2019)
13.00 - Dan Graham: “At The Dinner Party” , Private Chef
13.30 - Alex: York Wines - Producer Talk
14.00 - Molly Payne: byMolly, Leeds and Masterchef: The Professionals 2023 Finalist
15.00 - Radek Bak: Head Chef & Owner - Corner Grill House, York
Festival Demo Stage Timings: Monday
11.00 - Georgie Swinson: Yorkshire Baker
12.00 - Gerard Baker - Private Chef & Adventurer
13.00 - Josh Brimmell: York Minster Refectory, York
14.00 - TBC
15.00 - TBC
Festival Car Parking
Malton’s town centre postcode is YO17 7LX. This is where the main festival is taking place.
There will be two festival car parks located at:
Orchard Fields YO17 7EG :
for traffic traveling from the north and westbound on the A64;
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Riverside Meadows YO17 6AX:
for traffic traveling from the north and westbound on the A64.
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Parking is £7.50 per car (cashless, card payment only) and includes a free Park & Ride service to and from the festival.
Park & Ride buses run 09:00 to 18:30 Saturday and 10:00 to 17:30 on Sunday & Bank Holiday Monday.
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Information below from the 2023 Event. 2024 Details TBC.
Entertainment, Workshops & Family Fun
Be Amazing Arts presents the Creativitent – a fun and safe family space offering children’s storytelling, mini disco, crafts and face painting for all of the family. Open: Sat - 10am to 5pm and Sun/BH Monday - 10am to 4pm.
Creative Chaos brought to you by Environmental Art: Children and adults can join in to help create a community canvas - so unleash your inner Jackson Pollock! The activity is free (but donations are always welcome!), with all materials provided including boiler suits. This time children also have the opportunity to paint a canvas to take home with them (for a small fee).
The Creativitent and Creative Chaos area can be found here:
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Magical Quests: Free themed shows will take your little ones on an adventure. Shows will take place at Kemps Bookshop at 11am and 2pm on all three days. Shows last roughly 30 minutes and are ideal for ages 3 and up.
MUST Forge Blacksmith: Make Your Own Metal Rose in a choice of two different materials at the Festival.
Frequency: Every hour from 11am-3pm;
Duration: 40 mins to an hour, skill level dependent;
Group Size: 4 people a session.
Cost per workshop:
· copper rose - £45
· steel rose - £35
Participants will come away with a finished rose to take home. Pre-book your space by visiting the MUST Forge website.
Brass Bands Schedule for the weekend:
Saturday 25 May:
· TBC 11am to 1pm.
· TBC 1pm to 3pm
Sunday 26 May:
· TBC 11am to 1pm
Monday 27 May
· TBC 11am to 1pm
Buskers: An eclectic mix of musicians busking to add a festival atmosphere
Vintage funfair: (Shambles car park)
Malton Sculpture Trail Spring 2024
In exciting Malton Sculpture Trail news, we’re pleased to announce that the art showcase will be back at the 2024 Food Lovers Festival across the bank holiday weekend.
There’ll be almost 20 pieces of artwork on display, many of which will be created Yorkshire artists using a range of mediums even including some 2D art this time!
Trail maps will be available to download from Malton Sculpture Trail website.
Alternatively, you can collect your own map from the various points during the Festival weekend. Locations to be announced soon.
Festival Sponsors
Located just outside Malton, Yorkshire Baker is an award-winning bakery best known for fabulous artisan pies and pastries. The team lovingly craft a wide range of traditional and contemporary British pastry products, from sausage rolls and deep filled pies to seasonal showstoppers.
Yorkshire Baker is committed to sourcing the very best ingredients through key supplier partnerships including a range of local farmers and producers, to ensure it maintains its reputation as a leading UK food producer. As an official sponsor of Malton Food Lovers Festival, they are proud to support other local businesses.
For more info, please visit: Cranswick | Gourmet Pastry
If you’d like to be one of our amazing sponsors or partners at the Food Lovers Festivals, we’d love to hear from you. For more info on these great opportunities, please contact us at enquiries@visitmalton.com
Volunteering at the Festival
From the very first year, the food capital’s most important ingredient was… our brilliant volunteers!
Without our volunteers we simply couldn’t run our festivals and other events.
Whether selling tickets, preparing ingredients or manning festival entrances – a volunteer is first and foremost a host and an ambassador for Malton. Some of our volunteers have been with us for years, but we always have room for more!
If you would like to help host Malton’s biggest events, please contact enquiries@visitmalton.com
We’d love you to join the team!
Festival Gallery
Griilled Cheese in Malton
Anyone for a Crepe?
Yorkshire Fish & Chips, fried in beef dripping of course!
Tommy Banks, Malton Food Lovers Festival Patron
Rarebird distillery keeping the Gin flowing
Live music in Malton
Malton Food Festival Sourdough
Prue Leith in Malton
The Hyde Family Band - Live in Malton
More Bao Buns
Levi Roots in the cookery school
Yorkshire sausage anyone!?
Street Food
Malton Food Festival Blue Skies
Yorkshire strawberries, is there anything better?
Duck wraps with a smile
Sausage rolls in Malton
Festival Film
A Word On Atmosphere…
What is it about Malton? What is it about our Food Festival that seems to resonate with people? After 15 years of asking, the same answer comes up time and time again - atmosphere.
And it’s true, there’s a buzz, a feeling, something you can’t put your finger on. It’s the fact that we don’t just put a tent in a field. The fact that you have to explore the little streets and charming alleyways of Malton to see all the festival offers.
And it’s that connection between the town and festival that’s the secret. Yes, it’s the street food, stalls, music, the happy hum of thousands of foodie visitors. But what’s makes Malton so special?
It’s the atmosphere.
