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Food and Drink festival all set for Amazing return
Accrington Observer
|June 06, 2025
THE full line-up has been announced for the highly anticipated 2025 #AmazingAccrington Food and Drink Festival.
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A special commemoration for D-Day and VE/VJ Day will take place at the event which will take place on Saturday, June 7, from 10am to 4pm in Accrington town centre.
The event has a packed programme of food, entertainment and historical tributes and is free to attend.
Broadway and Blackburn Road will be taken over by 80 stalls celebrating the best of local, regional and international cuisine.
Continental food stalls will kick things off a day early on Friday, June 6, also from 10am to 4pm on Broadway.
The festival’s main stage will feature live cooking demonstrations hosted by Michelin Star chef and TV personality, Glynn Purnell (see below) at 10.30am and 2.30pm, while North Lancs Training Group (NLTG) will present a special demo at 11.30am, featuring Bramwell’s Fish.
This story is from the June 06, 2025 edition of Accrington Observer.
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