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Bury St Edmunds Food & Drink Festival

2027 dates not announced yet — usually in August

Town centre: Cornhill, the Buttermarket, Angel Hill and Charter Square (the arc), Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk · East of England

World foodChef demosLocal producersFood & drinkFamily Free entry

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The tall medieval stone Abbey Gate in Bury St Edmunds facing the open square of Angel Hill under a blue sky
The Abbey Gate on Angel Hill, one of the Bury St Edmunds Food and Drink Festival's town-centre sites (photo 2011) — Photo: Richard Cooke, CC BY-SA 2.0

A free two-day food festival across Bury St Edmunds town centre over the August bank holiday, with cookery demos and a farmers' market.

Run by the town's Business Improvement District, the festival fills Cornhill, the Buttermarket, Angel Hill and Charter Square at the arc shopping centre, 10am-5pm. The 2026 edition, over the August bank holiday Sunday and Monday, had food and drink stalls representing 16 countries alongside Suffolk producers.

Local restaurants and chefs give demonstrations at the Chefs on Stage cookery theatre, a traditional farmers' market runs on Angel Hill, and there are free children's activities, balloon modelling and magic, plus pay-per-ride fairground rides.

Dates

YearDatesStatus
2027 Not announced yet Expected
2026 Sunday 30 – Monday 31 August 2026 Held

Dates are taken from the festival’s own website and were last checked on 5 October 2026. Plans can change, so please check with the organiser before you travel. Spotted a change? Tell us.

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