A popular food festival is set to return to Bury St Edmunds this August bank holiday promising a "bigger and better" event than ever before.

Our Bury St Edmunds Food & Drink Festival will take place on Sunday, August 27 and Monday, August 28 and will include stalls selling everything from deep-fried Oreos to edible flowers. 

The event is free to enter and includes a Stoves Cookery Theatre where chefs and drinks specialists from some of Suffolk's favourite restaurants, including 1921, The Angel, ICE, Lilian's Kitchen, Still Good Food, The Wine Cellar and Giggling Squid, will take to the stage. 

The event is organised by the Business Improvement District organisation Our Bury St Edmunds.

Chief executive Mark Cordell said: “This has become such a key event in the foodie calendar now that we have stall holders from as far as London and Cambridge booking their places as well as many well-loved traders from Suffolk and nearby market towns.

"I’m delighted that so many of our member businesses are using this opportunity to showcase what they do.

"Relative newcomers including Cookie Barista, The Wine Cellar, Peck and Primal 8 are all involved with the event as well as Papakis Deli and Beautiful Beers who are long standing features of the Festival.

“As well as food and drink stalls from around the world there’ll be the Farmer’s Market on Angel Hill and the urban beach at arc Shopping Centre, which will remain there until the following weekend.”

Face painting, street entertainment and fairground rides will also be on offer at the festival, which is in aid of St Nicholas Hospice Care, supported by Stoves UK, Shop Safe and Haart. 

The event runs from 10am to 5pm on August 27 and 28.