New food and drink festival coming to Bristol - and it includes a pie-eating contest

There will be street food and live music

A new Bristol food and drink festival will showcase local beers, ciders and spirits as well as host pie-eating competitions.

The first Craft and Crust Festival will be at Bristol’s Document in Pennywell Road, St Jude’s, on November 23. 

The event will offer a variety of 25 craft beers, craft gin, farmhouse ciders and much more. To eat, there will a range of pies, pizzas and street food, as well as pie eating competitions.

As well as independent brands from around the UK, there will be food and drink from local businesses including breweries. There will also be live music from local bands and tribute acts.

Tom Cullen, marketing manager for festival, said: “We can’t wait to bring the Craft and Crust Festival to Bristol for the first time. It will help secure and develop great economic benefit to the city by encouraging more visitors and supporting local businesses.” 

Pre-sale tickets for the over-18s festival are now live here. 

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