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Food and Drink Festivals UK Bringing Essex together through food, drink & live entertainment. Proud organisers of the Colchester Food and Drink Festival – celebrating 27 years.
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We are an events management company who really want to improve the quality and quantity of events in our region. Since we started the company in 2002 we have created a number of exciting events. We revived the much-loved Colchester Rose Show. We are in partnership with Quinntessential and Snake in the Grass Events. The Colchester Food and Drink Festival is now the biggest and best in the region. Our Medieval Festival and Oyster Fayre is reckoned by the Times to be the best in Europe.

08/06/2026
08/06/2026
08/06/2026

⚔️ 𝗚𝗟𝗔𝗗𝗜𝗔𝗧𝗢𝗥𝗦… 𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗖𝗘 𝗕𝗔𝗧𝗧𝗟𝗘! ⚔️

Here’s a fantastic clip of the Gladiators going into battle in the arena at this year’s 𝗥𝗼𝗺𝗮𝗻 & 𝗠𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗮𝗹 𝗙𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗹.

🏛️ 𝗗𝗶𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗲𝗻𝗷𝗼𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝗹𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗳𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀?
⚔️ 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗳𝗮𝘃𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗯𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗮 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘆 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗲𝗻𝗱?

💬 We’d love to hear your highlights in the comments!

❤️ Thank you to everyone who came along and helped create such an amazing atmosphere throughout the weekend.

🍔🍻 𝗪𝗘 𝗛𝗢𝗣𝗘 𝗧𝗢 𝗦𝗘𝗘 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗔𝗚𝗔𝗜𝗡 𝗔𝗧 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗖𝗢𝗟𝗖𝗛𝗘𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝗙𝗢𝗢𝗗 & 𝗗𝗥𝗜𝗡𝗞 𝗙𝗘𝗦𝗧𝗜𝗩𝗔𝗟!

📅 𝟮𝟳𝘁𝗵 & 𝟮𝟴𝘁𝗵 𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗲 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲
📍 𝗟𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿 𝗖𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗹𝗲 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗸, 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿



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08/06/2026

⚔️ 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗚𝗟𝗔𝗗𝗜𝗔𝗧𝗢𝗥𝗦 𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗔𝗥𝗘𝗡𝗔! ⚔️

Here’s a fantastic clip of one of our Gladiator teams making their entrance into the arena at this year’s 𝗥𝗼𝗺𝗮𝗻 & 𝗠𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗮𝗹 𝗙𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗹.

🏛️ 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗱𝗶𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝗹𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀?
⚔️ 𝗗𝗶𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗲𝗻𝗷𝗼𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗮 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗲𝗻𝗱?

💬 Let us know in the comments below!

❤️ A huge thank you to everyone who came along and helped make it such a fantastic event.

🍔🍻 𝗪𝗲 𝗵𝗼𝗽𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗲𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗙𝗼𝗼𝗱 & 𝗗𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝗙𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗹 𝗼𝗻 𝟮𝟳𝘁𝗵 & 𝟮𝟴𝘁𝗵 𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗲 𝗮𝘁 𝗟𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿 𝗖𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗹𝗲 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗸, 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿.

08/06/2026

⚔️ HERE’S A SHORT SNIPPET OF SOME OF THE FIGHTING YOU MAY HAVE MISSED OVER THE WEEKEND! ⚔️

It was fantastic to see so many people enjoying the battles, displays, living history camps and everything else that made this year’s Roman & Medieval Festival such a success.

📸 We’ll be sharing more videos and photos over the coming days, so keep an eye on the page.

❤️ Thank you for coming along and being part of what made it such a great weekend.

🍔🍻 We hope to see many of you again at the Colchester Food & Drink Festival on 27th & 28th June at Lower Castle Park, Colchester.

🎟️ **Tickets available now

08/06/2026

⚔️🏰 𝗪𝗢𝗪… 𝗝𝗨𝗦𝗧 𝗟𝗢𝗢𝗞 𝗔𝗧 𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗦𝗘 𝗖𝗢𝗦𝗧𝗨𝗠𝗘𝗦! 🏰⚔️

One of the things that makes the Roman & Medieval Festival so special is that so many of you don’t just attend… you become part of it.

From Romans and Vikings to knights, nobles, warriors, ladies and adventurers, the effort, creativity and enthusiasm on display this weekend was absolutely incredible.

A huge thank you to everyone who dressed up, posed for photos, joined in the fun and helped transform Lower Castle Park into a completely different world.

📸 Here are just a few of the fantastic costumes we spotted over the weekend!

And don’t worry—we’ll be back in the very same venue in just a few weeks for the 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗙𝗼𝗼𝗱 & 𝗗𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝗙𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗹, now celebrating its 𝟮𝟳𝘁𝗵 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿!

🍔🌮🍕🍺 Great food, fantastic drinks, live entertainment and another brilliant weekend in Lower Castle Park await.

Thank you once again for helping make this year’s Roman & Medieval Festival such a memorable event.

❤️ See you again very soon!



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