TIDESWELL FOOD FESTIVAL AND MAKERS MARKET 2025 IS A BIG HIT

Tideswell Food Festival has been an amazingly successful event since it started in 2011. Again this year we had more than 50 stall holders gracing the village, selling a range of hot and cold produce much of which came from the locality, such as Great Hucklow, Eyam, Bakewell. Several of the traders, such as Yee Kwan Chan with her Vietnamese ice cream, are award winners.

St John’s Church also hosted the ever-popular Makers Market, which included glassware, jewellery, ceramics, and flowers. The beautifully crafted products sparkled and shone under the new lighting in the church.

Several traders returned again, to what many describe as “the best event they go to”, largely thanks to the wonderful attention and support they get from our volunteer marshals. There were also some first timers, including Ground Effect Coffee Roasters of Great Hucklow, who sold out and Ronnie’s Kitchen from Buxton, who was pleasantly surprised by the success of the event.

Local traders did very well, with The George choosing to re-open for the Food Festival and Elliott’s Fish & Chip Shop extending their hours to cope with demand and Tideswell Lounge having its busiest day yet.

The Tideswell Scouts and their organisers did a fabulous job welcoming visitors to the car park, keeping the traffic moving, thanks to local farmer, Martin Shaw for the use of some of his fields.

The festival is organised and run entirely by volunteers for the benefit of the community and visitors to the area. This helps to give it a friendly and buzzy feel—something commented on by many visitors from near and far. Our aim is for the traders to come away happy they’ve done good business and to highlight the wonders of Tideswell to all those who do not already know what a great place it is.

The pop-up style entertainment brings more jollity both inside the church and around the village. Dave Wain and Andy Wright were our Festival DJ’s whilst bands, singers and dancers, including Tideswell Junior Band, performed around the village.

The organising team did a great job again. We had some new members this year who brought new ideas and were grateful for the experience of others on the team.

The organising team has worked hard to bring all the Health & Safety provision and paperwork to a high standard so that we can run an efficient and enjoyable event. As always we are grateful to local residents who move their cars and welcome the visitors making the event so special.

Can you help? The group needs a new chair, a treasurer, and someone to take charge of the PR and signage for the event. Please contact Jules at TideswellFoodFestival@gmail.com to be part of this fabulous event or to find out more about what’s involved.