The fourth annual Pennine Lancashire Festival of Food and Culture will take place from Friday, August 17 to Thursday, September 17, 2009. Thousands of food lovers will experience gastronomic adventures across the county as the area gets ready to celebrate its fantastic food and culture like never before.
With 60 mouthwatering events taking place across 600 square miles over the course of the festival, organisers are promising that this yearâs event will be bigger, better and tastier than ever before. Ale trails, brewery tours, mushroom hunts, culinary canal cruises, pony trekking picnics and the hotly anticipated World Gravy Wrestling Championship will be back making an appearance in this yearâs programme.
Max Steinberg, chief executive of Elevate, which is co-ordinating the festival on behalf of the Pennine Lancashire Councils, commented: "The festival offers local people and visitors an exciting programme of events across the whole of Pennine Lancashire. It is a great example of what can be achieved through councils, other agencies and private businesses working together for the benefit of local people."
Festival programmes will be available at Pennine Lancashireâs Tourist Information Centres and www.penninelancashirefestivals.com
Tickets will be on sale at, Blackburn Visitor Centre 01254 688 040, Discover Pendle Centre 01282 856 186, Burnley TIC 01282 664 421, Hyndburn Information Centre 01254 872 595, Ribble Valley TIC 01200 425 566 and Rossendale Information Centre 01706 227 911.
T: 01706 829 432.
W: www.penninelancashirefestivals.com