Malton Food Lovers Festival
May 2024 Info below - 2025 dates to be announced soon!
In the meantime, why not find out more information about the Malton Christmas Festival which takes place on Sat 7th & Sun 8th December 2024!
“The 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!
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 120 stalls & street food vendors
The Festival Map (handed out on the weekend) shows all festival locations including toilets
There are two designated festival Park & Ride car parks operating (at a small charge). The Park and Ride service will be available at the entrance to Malton from the A64 (west), 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
There’ll be several traders selling veggie and/or vegan dishes and/or other special diet options. Please check with the individual vendor to make sure the food/ingredients are right for your requirements. The information stand at the festival will be able to give you directions.
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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 - 5.30pm)
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: Wolds Restaurant at Orchard Lodge, Flixton
12.00 - Georgie Swinson and Rob Porter: Yorkshire Baker, Malton
13.00 - Adam Jackson: The Old Deanery, Ripon
13.30 - Alex Danson, Derventio Wines - Producer Talk
14.00 - Ahmed Abdalla, Legacy Restaurant at The Grand, York
15.00 - Gilly Robinson with Tilly and Martha: The Cook’s Place, Malton
15.00 - Yorkshire Rapeseed Oil - Producer Talk
Festival Demo Stage Timings: Sunday
10.00- Gilly Robinson: The Cook’s Place, Malton
11.00 - Jon Appleby: The Feversham Arms, Helmsley
12.00 - David Atherton: Great British Bake Off Winner (2019)
13.00 - Dan Graham: “At The Dinner Party” , Private Chef
13.30 - Alex Edwards: York Wines - Producer Talk
14.00 - Molly Payne: byMolly, Leeds and Masterchef: The Professionals 2023 Finalist
15.00 - Beth Christlow: The Nut and Nettle, Bridlington (plant based restaurant)
Festival Demo Stage Timings: Monday
11.00 - Radek Bak: Head Chef & Owner - The Corner Grill House, York
12.00 -Joe Lofthouse (RHS Harlow Carr) & Gilly Robinson: The Cook’s Place, Malton
13.00 - Josh Brimmell: York Minster Refectory, York
14.00 - Devin Jones: Head Pastry Chef, The Grand, York
15.00 - Georgie Swinson and Rob Porter: Yorkshire Baker, Malton
Festival Car Parking
Malton’s town centre postcode is YO17 7LX. This is where the main festival is taking place.
The festival car parks are located at:
Riverside Meadows YO17 6AX:
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Highfield Road YO17 7JU
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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, 10:00 to 18:30 on Sunday & 10:00 to 17:30 on Bank Holiday Monday.
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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
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.
Magical Quests North have been offering free shows for kids at the food festivals for a number of years now - and this year is our most food loving theme yet! Join us for a chocolate themed adventure with Wilhelmina Wonka... These shows are always popular but no tickets are required - we recommend arriving around ten minutes before the start time to get a seat!
Kids enjoy 25 minutes of interactive fun while parents watch with their yummy food and drink from the festival. Everyone is welcome; sessions are ideal for 4-10 year olds.
Details about Magical Quests North can be found at: facebook.com/MagicalQuestsNorth
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 & Buskers Schedule for the weekend:
Saturday 25 May:
Malton White Star Band 11am to 1pm
The Rackateers 1pm to 3pm
Oz Ward 6pm to 8pm
Sunday 26 May:
The White Star Training Band 11.30am to 12.30pm
The Rackateers 1pm to 3pm
Monday 27 May
The Acoustic Buddies 11am to 12pm & 2pm to 3pm
The Vintage Funfair will also return for the Spring 2024 Food Lovers Festival.
Location: The Shambles Car Park:
What3Words Reference: https://what3words.com/surreal.overcomes.haystack
Find traditional fairground and funfair rides such as a carousel, bungees, hook a duck and more at this event.
Tickets/rides are chargeable.
Animal House Birds of Prey
Location: Newgate, by the Yorkshire Pudding Wall
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Whilst you’re visiting the Malton Food Lovers Festival, why not visit the Animal House Birds of Prey stand too? They specialise in the rescue and rehabilitation of unwanted or injured owls and hawks.
Tickets are chargeable.
Festival Champagne & Oyster Bar
Location: The Talbot, Yorkersgate
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The popular Festival Champagne and Oyster bar will be open at The Talbot hotel where you can sit back with a glass of something cold, relax and enjoy the views across the valley from the beautiful Talbot lawns.
Oyster Bar run by Arnold’s Oysters of Bridlington, North Yorkshire.
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.
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
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.
