The Ginger and Spice Festival is a community fringe festival which takes place annually in and around Market Drayton during British Food Fortnight. This year the festival will take place between 25^th to 29^th September 2019.

The five day festival celebrates the town’s history and culinary heritage via an eclectic mix of fringe events incorporating talks, demonstrations, walking tours, pop-up restaurants, tastings, community meals, trails, theatre performances, films, stand-up comedy, musical performances, competitions and much more, with a particular focus on promoting seasonal and locally produced food, often with a ginger twist!

Talks

We give talks to group and organisations about the festival, here are the topics we talk on:

• Shropshire’s Spicy Secrets – links to the ancient spice routes
• The Truth About Spices –  How Clive changed lives
• The History of the Curry

To book a talk, please email gingerandspicefest@gmail.com