A SUMMER OF STREET FOOD: 2023 RECAP
The 2023 season can only be described as AMAZING! We have had a great year, full of bustling street food festivals, happy customers, banging traders, cracking live music, incredible food, flowing drinks and great fun!
Foodie fanatics from all over Wales and the South West of England have enjoyed the numerous festivals from this year; rain or shine, crowds have flocked the festivals to enjoy a weekend full of some of the best street food around. Cooked up by our spectacular traders who smash it every time, bringing the best flavours and cuisines and mouth watering dishes from all around the world, right to our doorstep.
Let's take a look at what 2023 had to offer:
10 Street Food Festivals Hosted
200 Traders Serving
Over 140,000 Bellies Fed
As always, our season kicked off with the renowned Swansea Street Food Festival, a very popular one to say the least. Of course Wales being Wales, it had to rain a little bit, to say the least, which caused a last minute location change to a seafront spot. As they say, the show must go on, and we didn’t let the rain get in the way of throwing the festival everyone knows and loves. We saw record numbers as food lovers set in to enjoy a food-fuelled day and taste the amazing delicacies on offer.
We introduced a new festival this season, Plymouth Street Food Festival. We really enjoy expanding our street food festival map and getting to show even more of you the amazing traders and festivals we offer. It was very well received and it’s fair to say the people of Plymouth are proper foodies!
For the rest of the season we enjoyed travelling across Wales and the South West of England to our Cornwall, Pembrokeshire, Dorset, Somerset, Devon, Milford Haven and Aberystwyth festivals. We were thrilled to see so many faces back again from the previous year to come and enjoy an even bigger and better weekend than before!
We saw lots of familiar faces with our incredible traders, travelling all across the country with us from festival to festival, as well as a brilliant selection of new vendors, bringing new and exciting flavours and cuisines to the festivals. Customers were spoilt for choice with such a wide range of foods from all over the world, as well as new drinks, music and entertainment to enjoy.
This last season, we took on board previous feedback and bought a brand new entertainment stage for all of the festivals. We are so glad we did! This was an excellent touch to the festivals which saw local talents, live artists and DJs perform throughout the weekend. There was a mix of genres, instruments, singers and DJs to watch, so everyone could enjoy a sit down whilst tucking into their street food or even get up and have a little boogie!
We rounded up the summer back where we started, with our £5 Feast in Swansea. With each trader offering a dish for just £5, so you can eat more for less! It’s a great way to try a mixture of cuisines and sample even more food (And who doesn't want that?)!
It was sad to see the tail end of the summer as we had such an incredible 2023 season! We have been overwhelmed by the amount of support and the number of customers coming to our festivals year in year out. This year we have had record numbers and we can’t wait for the 2024 season to begin to bring you even more amazing traders, music, drinks, incredible food and weekends to remember!
