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As the summer music festival scene gets into full swing, organisers of a Scarborough Family Music Festival are anticipating that their fifth festival will be another sell out success. The Staxtonbury Family Music Festival takes place at Manor Farm, Staxton from Friday 5th to Sunday 7th July and will showcase over 70 bands and artists including headline acts Soul Rida , My Forever, Grand Urge, Friday Street and the top York band HUGE. Organiser Ray Roberts is urging people to book early; "We have sold out for the last four years, so please book early to avoid disappointment. We have...

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Three award winning Yorkshire businesses are collaborating to host a beer and cheese pairing evening. On 27th June, the Yorkshire Wolds Cookery School at Southburn, near Driffield will host a unique gastro event and sampling evening with its first Artisanal Beer and Cheese Pairing. The Cookery School's resident chef Ali Bilton has created an imaginative tasting menu that combines cheese from Thirsk's Shepherd's Purse with locally sourced ingredients that will be served with complementary beers from Wold Newton based microbrewery, Wold Top Brewery. Taking advantage of the demonstration area at the Cookery School, Ali Bilton will show the audience how...

A Yorkshire coast microbrewery is celebrating its success in a War of the Roses themed beer competition. Wold Newton based Wold Top Brewery's blonde beer Wold Gold beat stiff competition from Lancashire beer Bad to the Bone and Hurricane from Haworth Steam Brewery to win the accolade of Best Beer at the Wilsden Beer Festival near Bradford recently. Such was the success of the third Wilsden Village festival and its War of the Roses themed competition that featured 16 beers from Yorkshire and Lancashire, that over 1,200 pints were enjoyed and the beer had run out by 9.30pm! Wold Top...

The popular 'Yellow Book' garden, Hunmanby Grange is opening for charity again this year on 1st and 2nd of June and for the first time will feature Wolds produce from Manor Farm Beef, Yorkshire Rapeseed Oil, The Chilli Jam Man and Wolds Cottage Kitchen. The opening of the North Yorkshire garden coincides with the annual open day for the garden where award winning micro-brewery Wold Top Brewery is situated. For just £3.50 visitors will be able to tour the beautiful and interesting garden that Gill Mellor has created despite its exposure to the elements and a challenging soil. Gill will...