- Jul 18, 2015
- 3 min read

The Formby Festival is finally here

FORMBY FOOD, DRINK, AND MUSIC FESTIVAL is a 3 day event held in DUKE STREET PARK, FORMBY and includes Craft exhibitors, artisan foods, food and drink outlets from around the world and not forgetting thelive music stage where bands will play throughout the 2 days. There are Chef Demonstrations, Display Arena and Kids Cooking Zone. We have teamed up with The Academy of Culinary Arts which is a long-term charity project that focuses on developing an essential understanding of “taste” and teaches the children about the pleasures of eating, learning about ingredients and the processes by which raw materials are turned into food.

Saturday we have a variety of entertainment and also a RAF Dakota Flypast, finishing off on Saturday night with our famous Musical Firework Display, and this year the theme is James Bond 007 and should not to be missed. Why not sit in the food court with a glass or to and watch the sky light up.

Sunday don’t miss the exciting Katumba Samba Band, described as a walking wall of sound, seeing is believing.

Free activities for children throughout Saturday and Sunday to include magic shows, circus school, balloon modeling, den and wigwam building, badge making, big birthday bash and daily children’s cookery sessions, although we do recommend you book your place as they are limited and much more. We also have paying attractions to include Archery, Zorbing, Assault Course, Rodeo Bull, Bouncy Castles, Face Painting, Go Karts.

Formby Festival Bake-off. New for this year, why not try your hand at baking, for cooks of all abilities and ages. FREE to enter to find out more about the categories and rules and prizes visit our website.

Our chosen charity for this year is Help for Heroes and all profits raised from this event will be donated to this fantastic charity so why not come along, enjoy the event and at the same time help a worthy cause.

Main Arena

Formbys own Simon Archer - Wood Carver

Frozen

Programme Of Saturday Events in main arena

11:00am – 1:00pm Simon Archer

2:00pm – 2:30pm Simon Archer

3:00pm – 3:30pm Planet Workshop

4:00pm – 4:30pm Frozen

5:00pm – 5:30pm Kids Disco Bash

Saturday Programme of Events

Show Ground Opens - 11am Chainsaw Wood Carving - 11:00am to 1:00pm Chef Carmichael Demonstration - 12:45pm to 1:45pm Chef Holden Demonstration - 12:15pm to 1:15pm Chainsaw Wood Carving - 2:00pm to 3:00pm Bake-off Winners Announced - 3pm Chef Mounfield Demonstration - 3:45pm to 4:45pm Ian Andrews Wine Tasting Class - 5:00pm to 5:30pm Musical Fireworks - 10:30pm Main Stage Performances - 11:45am to 10pm

Main Stage Live performances on Saturday

11:45am – 12:30pm Capricco Singers

12:45pm – 1:15pm Stuart Houghton

1:25pm – 2:00pm Anna Corcoran

2:10pm – 2:55pm The Dockers

3:10pm – 4:10pm Jon Casey Express

4:25pm – 5:10pm Freefall

5:20pm – 6:05pm Day Trippers

6:15pm – 6:45pm Sophie-Ellen Evans

7:00pm – 7:45pm Sue Raymond Band

8:00pm – 8:45pm Searchin’

9:00pm – 10.00pm The Ambition

10:30pm - Musical Firework Display

Sunday at the Festival

Sunday programme of events

Show Ground Opens - 11pm Chef Aazem Ahmed - 11:15am to 12:15pm Chef Shawcross Demonstration - 12:45pm to 1:45pm Chainsaw Wood Carving - 2:00pm to 2:30pm Katumba Samba Band - 2:30pm Ian Andrews Wine Tasting Class - 3:45pm to 4:15pm Chef Ahmed Demonstration - 4:30pm to 5:30pm Main Stage Performances - 11:45am to 5:50pm