Our new home!

For details of the 2016 Devizes Food & Drink Festival 

visit our new site http://devizesfoodfestival.blogspot.co.uk/ 

This is the official site for the next festival programme
.

If you currently have this page or older addresses bookmarked,

please visit our new location and update your favourites/bookmarks to replace them there. 

This blog will continue to be available with information about the 2015 festival.
.

Our facebook page with topical items about the Festival is not affected by this change.

Devizes Assembly Room

 

 

Devizes Assembly Room is described as the town's 'jewel in the crown' by the Town Council and with good reason. The room sits behind the the glorious curved architectural facade of the Town Hall and the tall Regency windows and crystal chandeliers illuminate an amazing interior dominated by a multicoloured, Adam-style ceiling and walls covered with grand artworks of the same era.

 

This is a wonderful, fitting venue for the Food Festival's grand finale, the famous cocktail evening.

This event is a chance to chatter with fellow Devizians, greet friends old and new and meet the volunteers who make the Festival happen. As the evening progresses, our helpers will serve you with intriguing cocktails and delicious canapes (all included in the ticket price). There will be live music from the grand piano to accompany. The evening culminates in the drawing of prizes for the Festival Raffle, which is in aid of the Mayor's Appeal and the Mayor will be present to witness it. 

After this there's an opportunity to dance as the evening draws to a conclusion.

2015 Festival tit-bits

Ticket sales for the 2015 festival were up 23% on the previous year

Our Supporters in 2015 - a big thank you!

 

Devizes Food and Drink Festival is organised by volunteers but it couldn't take place without the support of the many businesses and organisations in the town who contribute in so many different ways to making it happen.

Read about our 2015 sponsors and supporters

Food Festival Nourishes The Devizes Community

 

This year's Devizes Food Festival was our most successful for some years with ticket sales up and a healthy financial surplus. As a result we were able to contribute £300 to the Mayor's Fund (above) and £200 to Devizes Food Bank this year.

Full report in 'This is Wiltshire'

This year we were also able to help several other local charities (including Sustainable Devizes, Marie Curie, Lions and The Secret Garden Project) by providing them with stalls at the Grand Festival Market. 

We also supported the Prisoner Rehabilitation Programme at Earlestoke prison and the Nursteed Centre for disabled people by including events organised by them in our programme. 

Last but not least we were partnered by the Devizes Scouts who delivered our programmes to local homes in return for a contribution to their Jamboree Fundraising.