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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 fourth festival will be another sell out success. The Staxtonbury Family Music Festival takes place at Manor Farm, Staxton from Friday 6th to Sunday 8th July and will showcase the finest groups including headline acts Grand Urge, Shamrockers, Blue Alibi, Soul Rida, Shamrockers plus local artists including Jessie Hutchinson from Staxton. Scarborough musicians Tom Townsend and Paul Tilley will also be hosting free music workshops in the Acoustics Marquee. There is free camping and plenty to do for all...

An award winning Yorkshire Coast brewery is celebrating after reaching the finals of Sainsbury's Great British Beer Hunt for the second consecutive year. Wold Newton based Wold Top Brewery entered its new beer Scarborough Fair IPA into the national competition that guarantees a listing with the supermarket for the ultimate winners and was delighted to beat stiff competition to become the only Yorkshire beer to make the final shortlist of 20 ales. Scarborough Fair IPA (6% ABV) is a golden amber ale that is triple hopped with a malty sweetness and will go on sale in Sainsbury's stores for its...

Award-winning Wold Top Brewery will be one of a number of rural Yorkshire businesses to support the first Open Farm Sunday at a Flixton luxury holiday location later this month. The Hunmanby based microbrewery will be showcasing its award winning beers at the nationwide Open Farm Sunday event at Humble Bee Farm on 17th June. Humble Bee Farm is hosting a combined Open Farm Sunday and Father's Day Celebration event that includes a Farmers' Market, a Feathered Friends Ramble with Steve Race between 9.30am to 11.30am and Wonders of Wildlife Nature Games with Richard Baines from 2.30 to 4.30pm. There...

An award-winning farm based East Yorkshire micro brewery is inviting coeliacs to visit its award winning brewery and TV featured garden next week (13th June). Wold Newton based Wold Top Brewery decided to host an Open Evening after experiencing unprecedented feedback following their attendance at Gluten Free Food and Drink Fairs. Brewery Director Gill Mellor said; "We have been brewing and refining the recipe and taste of Wold Top Against The Grain for a few years now and have been overwhelmed by customer feedback and award wins about today's great tasting beer that we decided to launch a second gluten...

An award-winning East Yorkshire micro brewery is supporting Beverley's major family music festival for the sixth consecutive year. Now in its 29th year, Beverley Folk Festival is celebrating its best line up to date with headline music and comedy acts including Joe Brown, Steeleye Span, Peatbog Faeries and Chumbawamba. As in prior years, Wold Newton based Wold Top Brewery will be providing both cask and bottled beer for the bars in the Wold Top Performance Marquee, including the specially brewed Folk Festival Ale, a light, easy drinking real ale with a hint of fruit (ABV 4.4%) and flagship brew Wold...