Guildhall Square will be a hive of activity as the city welcomes butchers, bakers and artisan makers to its Slow Food Festival.
Thousands of people are expected to attend the free event this weekend.
The Slow Food Festival will be centred in Guildhall Square from 12noon until 6pm on Saturday, October 8th and Sunday, October 9th, supported by the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA), Northern Ireland Regional Food Programme with assistance from Slow Food NI.
The free family-friendly event will incorporate a Slow Food Harvest Fayre, Slow Food Street Food Zone, Family Fun Zone and fringe events including a Made in Derry Slow Food Walking Tour and cycling tours around the city, tours of Butterlope Social Farm at Plumbridge by shuttle bus and an eco-tourism experience at St Columba’s Heritage Centre, which will bring to life stories of our forgotten and local foraged foods focusing on seaweeds and other edible, sustainable wild foods, their traditions, myths and cures.
Jennifer O’Donnell, Council’s Rural Tourism Officer and organiser of the two-day Slow Food Festival told Q radio that's a celebration of local clean, fair food.
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