LegenDerry Street Food Festival returns
If sensational street food floats your boat the return of the LegenDerry Street Food Festival will come as welcome news.
Taking place from July 15-17, the event will serve up some great local fayre ahead of the Foyle Maritime Festival which kicks off on July 20-24.
Quayside vendors will delight the tastebuds with slow cooked barbeque, food fired pizza, and even some Venezuelan treats, washed down with the best of local craft beers and spirits.
Mayor of Derry City and Strabane District, Councillor Sandra Duffy, said: “It’s important that we provide platforms for those working in the food industry to showcase their ideas, and the Street Food Festival is the perfect opportunity to sample some of the alternative and exciting new cuisine being created by our street food aficionados.”
“This LegenDerry Street Food Festival is the first of its kind here since 2019 and this year’s event is bigger and better than ever, with quality food complemented by some fantastic products from our local drinks producers and live DJ sets to create the perfect quayside summer vibe. All you have to do is show up and soak up the atmosphere.”
‘Celebration of fabulous food’
Vendors include Doherty’s; Fairley’s Flavours; Foyle Bubble Waffle; La Tia Juana; Lo & Slo; Nonnas; Offing Coffee; Silver Bean. Watch the world go by at one of the pop-up bars where you can sample a selection of the finest craft beers and exclusive cocktails using local spirits from The Walled City Brewery, Rough Bros, and Wild Atlantic Distillery.
Tourism manager Jennifer O’Donnell, said: “We are so looking forward to bringing the LegenDerry Street Food Festival back this summer to a new location, and what a perfect start to our Maritime programme with a quayside celebration of fabulous food and local hospitality.”
The LegenDerry Street Food Festival will run from Friday 15th July – Sunday 17th July from 12noon – 10pm. Free admission all weekend.
For more info go to www.legenderryfood.com/events
