Staffordshire’s much-loved gastronomic gathering returns in style this spring, as the Stone Food & Drink Festival celebrates its 21st year with an irresistible three-day showcase of flavour, flair and feel-good festival vibes. Taking over Westbridge Park from 8–10 May 2026, this year’s event promises more of everything visitors love—plus some exciting new additions. From big-name Read more…
Another thank you - and it’s a BIG one!
Without the small army of volunteers who work tirelessly in the run-up to, during and after the ‘big weekend’ the Stone Food & Drink Festival simply couldn’t happen.
It takes serious manpower to run an event of this scale - so a huge thanks to everyone who donned a white hi vis, be it for a few hours or several days, your support is vital!
Big thanks also to Wendy & Dave for working with us throughout the year to recruit, engage and organise our volunteers - you are simply awesome! 🙌
We can’t wait to see you all at our volunteers’ thank you event - details coming soon!
In the meantime, if you’d like to join our merry band get in touch - [email protected]
Think you might have lost something at the fest? 🤔
We’ve got a list of lost property items waiting to find their owners…
Please email [email protected] with a description of your missing item by Tuesday 26th May and we’ll check if we have got it! 😃
Wow.
What a weekend!
Here is the first of many thank yous we’ll be putting out over the coming days…. 😃
Huge thanks to our brilliant sponsors - the local businesses who get behind the event and help us make it bigger and better each year!
First of all a HUGE thank you to our lead sponsor Brown Recycling, also responsible for organising and disposing of all the waste the event produces over the big weekend - happy 100th birthday to this awesome Staffordshire businesses who!
Next a big shout-out to our main zone sponsors, including:
Music Stage Sponsor – Joule’s Brewery
Shopping Village Sponsor - James Du Pavey
Culinary Showcase Stage Sponsor - Lunar
Home and Garden Marquee Sponsor - Eric Whitehead Solicitors
Family Zone Sponsor - St Dominic’s School
Pop-up Bar – thanks for coming, Stone
Pop-up Coffee Shop – BOD, Stone
VIP Zone Sponsor – RP UK
Kids’ Cookery Classes Sponsor – Astro Education
Silent Disco Sponsor – The Boulevard, Newcastle under Lyme
Map Sponsor - Stonegate Wealth Management
VIP Bag Sponsor - Griffins of Stone
Thanks also to these other fantastic local businesses for their support…
Barlow Motors
Myers Solicitors
Austin & Roe
Little Seeds
Isobel Whittaker Funeral Directors
Plants the Jewellers
Kuotos Swim
EPX IT
Schui Graphics Ltd
🤔 Want to find out how your business can get involved in the 2027 event?
👉Email Cath on [email protected]
Fab photos courtesy of Z70 Photography
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Thanks to everyone who’s joined us this weekend - visitors, traders, sponsors, volunteers!
It’s been a blast 💥 - 21 years of the Stone Food & Drink Festival done 🙌
(Just wait to see what we’ve got in store for the 22nd)!
Congratulations to the winner of the 2026 Great Stone Bake Off - Hannah Baker! 🍰
Not only does she take home the Stone Bake Off winners’ apron but she’s bagged a pair of VIP 3 day passes to the 2027 festival 😃
Want to be part of it next year… Start practicing your best bake!! 🧁
Juliet Sear has just finished judging the Sunday heat of the Great Stone Bake Off!
The following cakes are going through to the final today at 4pm
1st - Hannah Baker - Lemon with raspberry & white chocolate
Runners up -
Claire Davies - White chocolate & raspberry crumble cake
Karen Smith - Lemon Drizzle
Head to the Talks & Tastings tent at 4pm to find out who’s this year’s STAR BAKER! ⭐️
TV baking expert Juliet Sear on the Culinary Showcase stage 🧁
At 2pm she’ll be judging the Sunday heat of the Great Stone Bake Off in the Talks & Tastings Tent…
Dunking Biscuits biscuit dunking challenge in full flow in the Talks & Tastings Tent! 🍪
What biscuit do you love to dunk?
