Since 2023 Swans Events has produced Sheffield Food Festival in partnership with Sheffield City Council. Taking place annually in Sheffield Peace Gardens across May bank holiday weekend, Sheffield Food Festival attracts over 50k visitors to celebrate food and drink from across the region and beyond. Featuring more than 60 street food and artisan stalls, it also showcases a brilliant line up of local artistic talent and charity organisations. 

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Swans Events manage all aspects of production from creative programming, trader management, site design, event safety management and fundraising. In 2024 we also decided to run the main festival bar ourselves for first time, which was a huge success. 

 

In 2024 we were awarded an Arts Council Project Grant to develop the festival's grassroots music programme with the aim of providing more performance & learning opportunities for emerging artists and young people, as well as building stronger relationships with the local community. We did this through partnering with local colleges and universities, running free DJ workshops at schools, hosting talent scout nights to find new artists for the main stage, introducing a busking tent at the festival, and partnering with Ignite Imaginations to offer craft workshops to harder to reach communities. This was an incredibly rewarding expansion to the festival ​

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If you are a trader, artist or sponsor interested in getting involved please contact: info@sheffieldfoodfestival.co.uk 

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Noemi Antonelli, Managing Director at Swans Events and Kelham Island resident explains some of our  vision: “We want to showcase Sheffield’s relationship with food through an exciting programme that continues to play an integral part in putting this city on the culinary map. As part of that, we want local food and drink traders, community initiatives that centre around food, and local performers to get involved and help us build content for this year’s festival."

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Cllr Martin Smith, Chair of the Economic Development and Skills Policy Committee at Sheffield City Council said: “We are excited to welcome Swans Events on board as the new organiser of Sheffield’s popular food festival. The event continues to grow and thrive each year and we are looking forward to them bringing exciting new ideas and creative elements to build on the past success. As well as attracting thousands of visitors, the event is a fantastic opportunity for local traders to sell their produce and it’s great to see these independent businesses come together and be part of such a dynamic and popular date in our city’s event programme.”

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