Exciting new names have been added to the lineup of stallholders at this year’s Dulverton Artisan Food, Drink & Crafts Festival. Taking place on Saturday 6 July from 10am to 4.30pm on the Exmoor Lawns beside the River Barle in the heart of Dulverton, it’s a wonderful opportunity to discover a whole host of local producers and artisans from right across Exmoor, the Quantocks, Devon and Somerset. The weather looks set fair, so come along and join us – free admission for all.
Beautiful bee-friendly flowers from Marguerite Rose Devon
The list of exciting and innovative stallholders will include Margeurite Rose, Helena Elliott Illustration, The Sip Shed Devon and the multi-award winning Exmoor Feasting Company.
Helena Elliott’s delightful illustrations creating beautiful textiles
Who can resist the delicious fare from The Exmoor Feasting Company?
There will be over 30 stallholders to discover, as well as live music and hot and cold refreshments. Try some local beer, local cider, local spirits and even local readymade cocktails!
Discover The Sip Shed’s amazing fresh, ready to drink cocktails!
Many thanks to our generous event sponsor – The Best of Exmoor. Take a look at their website to see the very best holiday cottages across Exmoor, supporting the very best of Exmoor’s producers and artisans!
Free admission for all. Dogs welcome on leads. For all information and a full list of stallholders, click here.
The festival was the brain child of Dulverton’s Town Council Chair, Christine Dubery, who had gathered together a selection of some of the best local artisan producers. She said “We wanted to create a summer event to celebrate the extraordinary variety of quality local small independent craftspeople and producers that are often difficult to discover in a rural community. To have them all in one place in Dulverton was ideal and gave visitors on the day the chance to explore the town and its shops and eateries too.”
With free admission, festival goers enjoyed stalls selling home-produced meat, beer, cider, spirits, cakes, puddings, jams and pickles. Gifted craftspeople had stalls of clothing, homeware, leather goods, bags, gifts, pet products and more. Exmoor was fully represented with Exmoor Fudge, Exmoor Tea, the Exmoor Pizza Pod and who could resist a delicious Italian sausage roll from Exmoor Feasting or a beautifully blended Pina Colada from Exmoor Distillery? Live music kept feet tapping throughout the day.
Families made much of the sunshine by paddling in the River Barle under the iconic medieval bridge whilst devouring ploughman’s lunches from Selworthy Pantry and ice creams from Scrumdiddly Gelato. Local business YASU Therapies were offering reiki massage experience sessions in the shade beside the river.
It was great to see members of Dulverton’s Fire Brigade chatting to visitors outside the Fire Station opposite the festival, encouraging new volunteers to join their incredible team – with the occasional loud toot from the red fire engine!
