Ashby Big Sunday - Enjoy great food, drink and music

Ashby's Big Sunday - FREE EVENT Sunday 3rd June 11.30-5.00pm

Food Gusto Food & Drink Fair - The regions best food & drink.
Ashby Festival Stage - Live bands and performers
Classic Cars, Vintage Tractors and Stationary Engines - Enjoy Jim's Tractor Run

The next event we will be on Diamond Jubilee Sunday Bath Grounds, Ashby de la Zouch. Leics LE65 2GP.

Please read on below to find more information on the Food, Entertainment, Jims Tractor Run.

FOOD & DRINK - Come along and sample the regions best artisan food - if you have been to a Food Gusto organised event you know you will be in for a great day.  Great taste, passion, local.. the best.  Here are a selection of the current Food & Drink Exhibitors

Afias Producers of quality home made fresh delicious Indian food! 

Bake Boutique Every cake they make is individually and skilfully handmade to order.

Beezneez Frank has expanded from just selling honey to friends to a regional business.

Blackbrook Traditional Meats- Longhorn Beef always purebred & hung for at least 4 weeks.

Brocklebys A large farm shop and farm specialising in handmade pies and other local meat.

Buzzard Valley A local vineyard based in Drayton Bassett, with their own shop and restaurant.

Charnwood Chilli Company Based in nearby Cossington they grow chilli’s including the varieties Cayenne & Jalapeno.  

Chocolate Perfection Well known for perfect handmade chocolates which excite the taste buds!

Choconana Chocolate covered frozen bananas – delicious and healthy ice cream alternatives.

Coffee Gusto  At Coffee Gusto you can enjoy a Cappuccino, Latte, Espresso, Hot Chocolate or even a tea.

Doggie Cookie Company All of the cookies are handmade from fresh local ingredients and contain no additives, preservatives or colourings.

Eclectic Crafts Local Artisan crafts ranging from t-towels, scarves and jewellery.

Elizabeth Patesserie Been running since 1987, offering a variety of Speciality continental breads, cakes and Patisserie. 

E.W.Sumnal and Sons Venison and bison from a nearby farm in Packington.

Farmer Fear's Cider Beautiful homemade cider from Leicestershire!

Gaytons Bakery  A local bakery specialising in bread & bakery goods.

Gopsall Ice Cream   A local homemade real dairy ice cream - made on a real dairy farm not a factory!

Greenfield Lamb Based locally in Twycross they  produce their own beautifully sweet tasting lamb. 

Jane’s Sweet Treats  Bespoke novelty celebration and wedding cakes- all handmade. 

Jawilja Designs Ethically sourced jewellery from around the world 

Just Soaps  Home of natural handmade chemical free soaps, lip balms, face masks, liquid hand & body soap, shampoos, hair conditioners, etc.

Leicestershire Cheese   A selection of beautiful handmade cheeses from soft to crumbly all made with milk from the dairy herd.

Melbourne Sweets and Treats A beautiful shop with sweets that take you back to your childhood.

More Cocoa   Get a delicious hot chocolate drink, made with fairly traded, melted chocolate chips – it comes highly recommended. MoreCocoa also sell home made brownies.

National Trust A great charity preserving our countries heritage. 

Pampered Chef   Essential kitchen tools helping families prepare quick delicious meals.

Phoenix Cards Selling cards, wrapping paper, tags, post cards and posters to name but a few.

Picks Organic  A family run business selling home reared organic meat and home grown vegetables.

Riverford On Sacrewell Farm  Organic vegetable box scheme. 

Sloeberry Spirits Ltd  We use quality fruit much of which is hand picked by ourselves from the hedgerows in and around Melton Mowbray to make our delicious spirits.

Spyder Ginger Beer Septimus Spyder Small Beer products are hand made in the old Brewing town of Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire.

Staffordshire Savoury Eggs  Whole duck eggs, encased in sausage meat in all sorts of flavours.

Taylors Butchers Fabulous Hog Roast with all the trimmings.

Tollgate Brewery  Our closest micro-brewery serving their own beers, Tunnels lager and a west country cider.

Wildlife Trust With 47 local Wildlife Trusts covering the whole of the UK and 800000 members, we manage thousands of nature reserves and run marine conservation projects.

Yellowsub Ltd  Printing company providing printed workwear, mouse mats, mugs etc. Also printing banners etc.

Jubilee Vintage Tractor Run Impressive tractor's of a bygone era will begin their circuit in Blackfordby and make their way to The Bath Grounds for the afternoon!

Entertainment by Ashby Arts Festival (More info at www.ashbyartsfestival.co.uk)
Dancing shoes on for Swinging in the Marquee! A lesson in Lindy or Charleston will prepare you for the infectiously entertaining music of Strictly Swing, not to mention the advantage you'll have on Monday evening at the JumpJiveSwing Blitz with The Jiveoholics!

Lesson 11.30am - 12.10pm

Strictly Swing 12.10pm - 1pm

 

Festival Stage
With a marquee able to hold 1,500 people, we've made sure there is something for everyone - Indulge in something edible from the Food Gusto Food & Drink Fair as you take in the great bands on the Festival Stage, as well as the performers drawn to the Busk Stop!

Line up
Lady & the Tramp, Green Fortune, Star From Ivy and The Dark Horses, in that running order. Each will play a 40 minute set, starting on the hour from1pm except the Dark Horses who will play for 1 hour from 4 until 5pm. The choir (Concordia) will perform, a couple of times on band changeover times.

 

Don't forget to admire the Vintage Vehicles while you're there, all part of The Jubilee Vintage Tractor Rally.

 

Workshops

All kinds of workshops will take place too, so there will always be a little something extra to keep the children as happy as can be:
Cartooning Workshop - Andy Gilbert
Mask and Crown Making with a Royalty Theme - Peter Singleton
Queen Victoria Soldier Drills and Recruitment with up 'an at 'em! History - Jed Jaggard
Diamond Jubilee Plate Colouring Competition
Rosette Making
Recycling Materials Workshop

But be warned, we can't guarantee there won't be a few mischievous and fun loving adults getting in on the children's activities!

 

Always there to support their local community Hermitage FM will be present throughout the afternoon too!

And we just knew you would never want the day to end, so festival music will continue at The White Hart from 5pm, with local band The ShaBbs and Glam Rock covers band Wam Bam Glam.

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Please contact us if you need more information either by EMAIL or phone.

Food Gusto Events run as a social enterprise.
That means we re-invest all profits back into further events and promoting the regions best food and drink.