With 15 years of experience delivering food and drink events and promotions both in the UK and internationally, here at Sharp Media we know there’s a lot more to a food festival than ‘tents in a field’. 

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Whether a one or two day annual outdoor event, or a curated week of venue-hosted bespoke dinners, tastings and trails, a professionally organised food and drink festival delivered by Sharp Media will provide a commerical and cultural focal point not only for your local culinary year but also a hook for your wider gastronimic tourism, place building and circular economy strategies.

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Why food & drink events?

• Food and drink is a shared experience that everyone of all ages and demographic backgrounds can relate to and participate in.

• Gastronomic tourism is a leading driver of inbound visitors to regions. 

• Visitors engaging in food tourism tend to have a higher spend, and stay longer including overnight accommodation.

• The post-Covid recovery and regeneration of town centres is likely to be highly reliant on unique experiential activities such as food and drink.

• Hospitality businesses and small local producers are notoriously difficult to engage; a food festival creates a focal point for collaborative involvement with a direct economic return for their businesses.

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The full package

• One day to one week events showcasing the best of your local hospitality, food and drink offering.

• Consultation and engagement with key public, private and third sector stakeholders to define relevant objectives and deliverables..

• Branding, marketing, design, PR, photography and social media support.

• Creation and delivery of a practical plan that promotes the uniqueness of your local offering and generates revenue for food and drink businesses.

• Facilitation of an active and engaged network of local hospitality businesses and regional food and drink producers.

• Work in partnership with Town Centre Management organisations, local government and existing trade bodies.

• Generation of relevant sponsorship channels and business investment to reduce core funding requirements.