Rochester
Zoom Events in Kent
Rochester Castle Gardens
16-18 Sep
Medway
Food & Drink
Festival
A NEW foodie festival will be cooking up a storm in Medway this September!
Street Foods, bars of distinction, alfresco dining, live music, children's entertainment, select grocery food & craft all served up with big helpings of humour, colour and character for a fun packed weekend.
Reduced Advance Day Tickets are now available for the Medway Food and Drink Festival, taking place from Friday, 16 September to Sunday, 18 September, at one of Medway’s most picturesque locations, Rochester Castle gardens.
Friday
Online: 18+ £5, Concession £3.50, Carer FOC, Family/Group (2 adults and 2 children) £13
Gate Prices: 18+ £7.50, Concession £5, Carer FOC, Family/Group (2 adults and 2 children) £18
Saturday/Sunday
Online:18+ £7.50, Concession £5, Carer FOC, Family/Group (2 adults and 2 children) £18
Gate Prices: 18+ £10, Concession £7, Carer FOC, Family/Group (2 adults and 2 children) £25
You and your family can get up to 25% off your DAY TICKETS by booking online now!
And yes - it's a dog friendly event!
Festival opening times:
Friday 12:00pm – 6:00pm
Saturday 9:00am – 18:00pm
Sunday 10:00am – 17:00pm
Live Events:
Jazz/Blues Friday 7:00pm – 9:00pm
Stand Up Comedy Saturday 7:00pm – 9:00pm
Get Your Tickets Online
Tickets for this Medway Food and Drink Festival are available here.
EVENING TICKETED EVENTS
We have three exciting evening events running alongside the Medway Food Festival. Two at the Castle Grounds and the final closing party at an exciting local venue!
All are ticketed, with a limited number of spaces available.
Friday Music Night Line up 16th September
Katie Bradley and Dave Ferra Band!
The Katie Bradley and Dave Ferra Band is the perfect evening out – stunning vocals, top notch musicians, humour and plenty of opportunities to show off your dance moves!
Katie Bradley is an award winning vocalist and songwriter who is in currently in demand internationally as well as at home in the UK. Katie Bradley is celebrated for her powerful vocals and harmonica playing with a repertoire of rhythms to fill the heart. Soulful original songs complimented with songs from the very best Soul, Blues and Jazz divas from Etta James to Aretha Franklin.
Katie Bradley Info / Biog →
An absolute master guitarist and singer, Dave Ferra was a 2018 UK Blues Awards Nominee in the Acoustic Artist Category. He’s an outstanding acoustic bluesman playing traditional and original blues, ragtime and spirituals.
‘Acoustic bluesman with a positive flair and grasp of the tradition that shines through’ Blues Matters Magazine
Dave Ferra Info / Biog →
Saturday Comedy Night Line up 17th September
Evening event in the marquee from 7pm – 9:30 pm
MC: Mel Byron Info / Biog →
Headline Act: Joe Wells Info / Biog →
Adam Morrison Jones Info / Biog →
Ribs Norman Info / Biog →
Stylophobia Info / Biog →
Sunday 19th September – Closing Party (More details to follow shortly)
Get Your Tickets Online
Tickets for Medway-Live evening events that accompany our Food and Drink Festival are available now!
Status
Traders/Acts - Book your place
For trader/act registration and event information please visit:
Market Square Group
Visitor Info
Located in the historic Castle Grounds, the Rochester event is just a short walk from the town centre and will celebrate the best of local, regional, national and international products.
Please note: images are representative of previous Zoom Events.
Downloads
Poster and Flyer downloads will be available nearer the event
Event Countdown
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Location & Parking
Market Location
Rochester Castle Gardens
Rochester
Kent
ME1 1SW
Parking
Other Information
None at present.
Traders
PLEASE CHECK BACK FOR UPDATES
The list of traders is continually updated as the event approaches.
Arts and Crafts
Partygirls Jewellery
Handmade silver, copper, resin and clay jewellery. Holistic crystals and hand made gemstone candles.
Taylor Made Frames
British art, framed in solid wood. Direct from the people who make the frames so brilliant value.
Dirk Seyfried Photography Ltd
Photographic prints and framed photographic prints.
Amber UK
Handmade natural Baltic amber jewellery plus amber & silver decorated glass.
Adamabel Crafts
Handcrafts including bracelets, necklaces, accessories, gifts, dream catchers. Demonstrations of handcrafts at the stall using a wooden loom. Native American Crafts
Home and Garden
Thermomix UK & Ireland
Demonstrating and talking about the Thermomix TM6.
Hot Food
‘Hits the Spot’ French Crepes
Delicious savoury & sweet crepes (Vegan and Gluten-Free options) and freshly squeezed Victorian lemonade, with a twist.
Red Star Catering
Chicken katsu curry, chicken teriyaki karagge, chicken with plum sauce, Japanese style chicken grill, Japanese style yakisoba noodles, fried rice and veg gyoza.
Veganly Convenient Ltd
Vegan sushi – Crispy tofu or avocado, noodles, carrots, cucumber, red peppers, spring onions & mint wrapped in rice paper. Summer rolls – Crispy tofu or avocado, rice, carrots, cucumber, red peppers & spring onions wrapped in nori seaweed.
Tina’s Tasty Tucker
Jamaican street food with a twist. Meal or wrap / superfood salad. Grilled jerk chicken with rice and peas. Lemon thyme garlic chicken served rice and peas. Grilled sweet potatoes, roasted vegetable, crispy salad and coleslaw. Goat curry and rice & peas served with slaw.
Silom Guys
Mexican street food including burrito, fajita, nachos, chilli con carne and tacos.
Grocery Food
Granny Sally’s Fudge
A wide variety of old English fudge from bars to custom made jars. A huge range of flavours including classic vanilla, rum & raisin, chocolate, rocky road and many more.
Passion Du Fromage
Spanish and French saucisson, French cheese and more continental fine foods.
Elle’s Bakery
Deep dish cookies – Perfectly circular deep based cookies with filling and topping. Brownie/blondie slices and tray-bakes in a variety of flavours such as Kinder or salted caramel.
Ricahomestyle Limited
Homemade marinades with a Caribbean twist. All marinades are vegan friendly.
Beverages
Famous Last Stand
A selection of beer, ale, lager, cider, prosecco, wine and gin.
Moswick Wines & Spirits
WP Showcase an exciting, fun range of wines and spirits in a wide range of delicious flavours.
Willobeans Espresso Bar
Barista style coffee, speciality teas, lush hot chocolate, iced coffee, our own bags of Willoblend coffee beans. Option of addition of Baileys or Brandy in coffee or espresso Martini and Jamaican Americano. Non-alcoholic Lumumba and non-alcoholic Fruit Sangria.
Freeze Zone
Slush puppy drinks.
Vintage Shakes
Refreshing milkshakes in a variety of different flavours.
Ice Cream
Snow White Catering
Fresh whippy ice cream and a selection of iced lollies.
Other
Kent Wildlife Trust
Local wildlife trust providing information, awareness and membership plus adult’s and children’s wildlife packs with free colouring activities for children
Eval Silver & Pearl
Artisan sterling silver jewellery.
Tunbridge Wells Dog Biscuit Company
Homemade dog biscuits.
The Creation Station
We’re here to inspire your imagination and creativity, whatever your age! From face painting to craft making.
Joe Wells
Biography/Info
Headline act Joe Wells made his name as a political comedian with critically acclaimed Fringe shows and in recent years he has moved into more personal material about mental health and being autistic.
“Great rhythm, a very high gag rate, and some wicked misdirections.” CHORTLE
“Highly original, inspired and suitably different from the rest of the crowd. Brilliantly crafted jokes.” COMEDY CENTRAL
Mel Byron
Biography/Info
MC Mel Byron has performed stand-up all over the UK. She has taken two solo shows to the Edinburgh Fringe and has performed at Fringes in Brighton, Manchester, and Hastings, among others. Mel is an experienced MC and has hosted comedy nights for a variety of promoters including Funny Women and Much Laughter.
“May just make your day” THE SCOTSMAN
“Simply Superb” TREEHOUSE COMEDY
Adam Morrison Jones
Biography/Info
Adam Morrison Jones is a high-energy comedian from Dover who’s happy performing anywhere, from Bingo halls to rock festivals.
“A rock ‘n’ roll Peter Kay” DEAL RADIO
“I really love this act” ” STEPHEN MULHERN
Stylophobia
Biography/Info
Stylophobia will take you on a musical journey… but only to a burger van off the A2, as this Poundland music maestro offers bizarre insights via his mini keyboard in a tuneful tenor that can cause disturbingly irresistible mirth. A real cult treat!
“Made me spit out my drink!” COMEDY FAN
Ribs Norman
Biography/Info
Ribs Norman is a long-limbed comedian from Kent who loves anecdotes and animals and hates telephones and hugs. She made the shortlist for the Funny Women Stage Awards, and the longlist for the Funny Women Comedy Writing Award.
“Hilarious, quirky and original.” LIVE RAIL COMEDY CLUB
“Witty, delightful, and most importantly, funny.” COMEDY ISLAND
Dave Ferra
Biography
Dave Ferra is a blues guitarist and singer nominated for the UK Blues Awards in 2020. On his recent collection, “Starting Something,” his work thrives in the blues universe, supported by his sterling fingerstyle guitar and rack harp work. Ferra penned all 11 tracks, an array of Delta blues, Chicago blues, folk blues, jump blues, the walking blues and the talking blues.
Ferra’s compositions suggest that resilience and a sense of humor can perhaps get us all through just about anything. This album may be the model elixir we require as we emerge – much like cicada Brood X singing their plaintive songs of love – from the pandemic.
Medway Live!
We are excited to welcome Dave Ferra to Medway Live where he will be playing an extensive set with Katie Bradley on Friday evening.
Katie Bradley
Biography
Kent singer-songwriter Katie Bradley came into the spotlight with her 2012 iTunes Blues hit “I hear the river” which received a nomination for Best original song in the British Blues Awards.
Katie continues to ascend celebrating a highly acclaimed career supporting and collaborating with artists across the world formerly Luther Allison, Suzanne Vega and most recently Rhythm and Blues greats: Lucky Peterson, Taildragger, Georgie Fame, Geno Washington to mention a few.
Katie’s love for many different styles of Blues reveals her to be a very exciting artist who can cover and write in a myriad of different Blues disciplines. Her range can haunt you deep down into the spirit of the Delta Blues or raise your spirits when she leads a full band of many musicians. Katie extends her musicality, rhythm and love for rich melody in the Blues by playing Blues harp.
Medway Live!
We are excited to welcome Katie to Medway Live where she will be playing an extensive set with Dave Ferra on Friday evening.
Katie Bradely & Dave Ferra
Medway 16th September 2022
Join us for a very special evening of musical entertainment from Katie Bradley and Dave Ferra
