Sandringham Food, Craft and Wood Festival returning for 2024

The annual event will return to the Royal Estate for the early May bank holiday weekend from May 4 to May 6.

​The food halls will host a large selection of local and national food and drink producers selling artisan products such as cheeses, sausages and alcoholic beverages.

Mike Jones with his carving of lions at the Sandringham Food, Craft and Wood Festival (Image: Denise Bradley)Visitors can enjoy cooking demonstrations from top chefs throughout the weekend including Rosemary Shrager, Phil Vickery, Francesco Mattana, Galton Blackiston and Jean Christophe-Novelli. 

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The Piazza will be home to a food court featuring a bar and street food traders, as well as live jazz and folk music.

There will be a range of street food vendors at the Sandringham Food, Craft and Wood Fair (Image: Living Heritage Events)Children will be kept entertained with bakery workshops, bird of prey displays and vintage amusements. 

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At various locations around the showground, highly skilled crafters will be demonstrating and talking about their work including spinning, weaving, blacksmithing and wheelwrighting. 
Galton Blackiston, of Morston Hall, will be doing a demonstration at the Sandringham Food, Craft and Wood Festival (Image: Living Heritage Events)

There will also be a large craft fair at the estate and world-class chainsaw carvers will compete in The 17th Open Chainsaw Carving Competition creating sculptures from logs up to 3ft in diameter. 

Tickets are available via livingheritagecountryshows.com or can be bought at the gate, with free parking and dogs on leads welcome.