The Yorkshire Dales Food & Drink Festival, the UK’s biggest ticketed weekend food festival, has today announced a toe-tapping music line-up to keep everyone dancing into the night at the three-day food festival (18th-20th July 2025).
The festival is a celebration of food and music with tickets from just £20* per person (Friday tickets) and just £24 (Saturday and Sunday) as it moves to its new home, Aireville Park in the heart of Skipton.
The newly relaunched festival will be welcoming British pop-rock band, The Feeling on Friday night (18th July), who will be performing hits including Fill My Little World and Love it When You Call.
Keala Settle, a powerhouse vocalist and actress best known for her breakout role as the bearded lady, Lettie Lutz, in The Greatest Showman, will also perform on Friday night. There will also be a musical extravaganza with The Limelight Orchestra performing Ibiza Proms.
Saturday’s (20th July) line-up features Go West, a British pop duo known for their slick 80s sound and chart-topping hits including King of Wishful Thinking and We Close Our Eyes.
Sunday (19th July) ramps up the 70s-vibe with the iconic Brutus Gold’s Love Train, and Tony Christie, the legendary British singer best known for his sing-along classic hit (Is This the Way to) Amarillo, who has a career spanning decades of classic pop and show-stopping performances.
The festival will close with the legendary American vocal group Sister Sledge, who were behind the timeless disco anthem We Are Family, taking over the main stage with their soulful harmonies and dancefloor classics.
Jon Arrowsmith, MD at event organiser Cocker Hoop Creative Ltd, says: “We’re thrilled with our amazing line up of toe-tapping music. Food and music are the heartbeats of life, one feeds the soul, the other feeds the spirit. At this year’s festival, they will come together to create unforgettable moments of joy, connection, and celebration.
“There is nothing like the Yorkshire Dales Food & Drink Festival in the north of England, and with prices starting from just £20 for a Friday day-ticket, it is also the best value. We are giving away 1000 FREE masterclasses and cookery demos across the weekend, from cheese and wine masterclasses to children’s chocolate masterclass. There’s something for everyone!”
There will be music to keep everyone bopping along with tribute acts including Little Mix, Taylor Swift, Oasis and the Spice Girls and straight from London’s West End, The Blues Brothers.
The festival is a foodie paradise, with celebrity chefs appearing in the Big Top Cooking Stage, including James Martin, Simon Rimmer, Rosemary Shrager, Galton Blakiston, and Great British Menu contestant Tom Shepherd.
Baking enthusiasts will be kept entertained at the Great British Bake Off (GBBO) cookery tent where cherished previous contestants will be whipping up cakes and bakes in front of a live audience. It will feature Amanda Geogiou, James Hillery, Val Stones, Janusz Domagala and Karen Wright who will all be chatting about their time in the famous TV baking tent.
The Yorkshire Dales Food & Drink Festival welcomes day-trippers and weekend campers. There are plenty of options for a sleeping over including space for motorhomes, caravans, campervans or by staying in one of the luxury glamping tents.
The original Yorkshire Dales Food & Drink Festival, launched in 2016 and it quickly became the go-to festival for food lovers from Yorkshire and beyond looking for a weekend to remember. Cocker Hoop Creative Ltd has been running events and large-scale festivals for the past nine years including the Lichfield Food festival which is attended by more than 160,000 people across the weekend.
To find out more about the Yorkshire Dales Food & Drink Festival and to book tickets, visit: https://www.ydfadfw.com
