Nantwich Food Festival invites new volunteers to find out more about the festival

Most local people now know that Nantwich Food Festival is organised and run completely by volunteers, so will want to hear that the festival organisers are now inviting anyone who may be interested in volunteering to find out more.

Festival Volunteer Co-ordinator, Ana Martins tells us that she has arranged a Welcome Evening for new Volunteers. This will take place on Tuesday 3rd June at the Wickstead Arms, Mill Street, Nantwich and will start at 6pm; light refreshments will be available and existing volunteers will be made most welcome.

Festival organisers and directors will be on hand to answer any queries you may have, but there is no obligation at all to sign up as a volunteer.

Ana says:

“The whole idea of this evening is to create a welcoming, social environment in the friendly Wickstead Arms, so that anyone who might be interested in volunteering for the Festival can hear more about what this could entail.

“We need almost 100 volunteers to cover all the work leading up to the festival and over the weekend itself - a veritable army of volunteers!

If you are new to Nantwich, this would be an ideal opportunity to develop a social network whilst contributing some time to a fantastic community event. You could volunteer for however much or little time you can manage, be that a couple of hours over the festival weekend or perhaps by taking on a more substantial role throughout the year.”

Tasks over the Festival weekend include directing exhibitors to their pitch to ensure that their unloading and setting out of goods is as streamlined as possible. Putting up signage and giving information and advice to visitors are other key roles as is helping to organise the many events that take place over the three-day festival.

The important work of ensuring that all public areas are welcoming, clean and tidy and that all exhibitor and public waste is recycled appropriately becomes more and more important as the Festival becomes increasingly sustainable. Ana tells us that she is still searching for someone to champion sustainability issues on behalf of the Festival.

Additional marquee managers will also be much-needed this year to help spread the workload and to ensure that everything runs smoothly in both of the 2 large food courts and the town centre area.

Information, support and training are all provided free of charge and experienced managers are always at hand, so new volunteers can be assured they would never be left without support.

Ana finishes by saying:

“We have volunteers of all ages - from teens to 80+ year olds, who come from all walks of life, so we can use whatever skills and experience you may have.

If you would like to hear more about how to join us as a volunteer and become part of the success that is Nantwich Food Festival, then just come along to the Welcome Evening at The Wickstead Arms on June 3rd; we would love to see you there”.

If you are interested in volunteering, but cannot make the Welcome Evening, or just want to hear more about volunteering roles please email Ana:

volunteers@nantwichfoodfestival.co.uk 

• Nantwich Food Festival 2025 takes place on Friday 29th, Saturday 30th and Sunday 31st August inclusive
• Since 2009, the festival has been run by not-for-profit Nantwich Food and Drink Ltd.
• Around 200 businesses have stalls located across Nantwich town centre during the weekend festival.
• The official Nantwich Food Festival website receives over 10,000 visits each year.
• The festival generates an estimated £2m each year for the local economy.
• Nantwich has one of the largest collections of historic buildings in Cheshire, with Elizabethan, Georgian and Victorian architecture throughout the town centre.
• There has been a market in Nantwich since 1720

• Around 100 unpaid, dedicated volunteers keep the festival running each year