20/08/2026
🎉🌊🍴 THANK YOU, CARDIGAN! 🍴🌊🎉
WOW — what a day! ❤️
A huge THANK YOU to everyone who helped make the Cardigan River & Food Festival 2026 such an incredible success!
Our 26th Festival, held on 15 August, was certainly one to remember. 🎉
We were blessed with glorious weather — plenty of sunshine, smiles and temperatures that were just right! ☀️😊
And with well over 7,000 visitors joining us, it was a fantastic and incredibly busy day, not only for the Festival but for our wonderful town of Cardigan too. ❤️
With 80+ exhibitors, there was something for everyone — delicious Welsh food and drink, local produce, crafts and much more.
It was wonderful to see so many people enjoying the Festival and supporting local businesses.
❤️ A MASSIVE THANK YOU TO OUR EXHIBITORS & FOOD PRODUCERS!
There are simply too many to mention individually, but every single one of you helped make the Festival what it was.
You brought an amazing selection of Welsh food, drink, crafts and local produce to Cardigan, and we are incredibly grateful for your support.
A special thank you to our brilliant demonstrators:
🐟 Ludo Dieumegard, Head Chef at The Black Lion - Cardigan
🐟 Mandy Walters of Cardigan Bay Fish
Thank you both for sharing your knowledge, skills and enthusiasm with our visitors throughout the day. ❤️
🙌 THANK YOU TO OUR LOCAL SUPPLIERS & SUPPORTING ORGANISATIONS!
We are incredibly grateful to:
Richards Bros
Mark Jukes Containers
Lewlec / Lewlec Generators
Kangaloos
Cardibanners
Plan Bee Events
Litterpickers.com
Tivy security Ltd
XL Team
Cawdor Group
Cariad
Cyngor Tref Trefdraeth / Newport Town Council
Cardigan County Agricultural Show
Wots Cooking
LAS Recycling Ltd
Mike's Crafts
Fun At The Flair
Tivyside Advertiser
Welsh Country Magazine
West Wales Life&Style
Your support helped make the Festival possible — THANK YOU! ❤️
A huge thank you also to Ceredigion County Council for leasing us the car park, and to Mr & Mrs Evans of Briscwm for kindly allowing us to use their field for the Park & Ride.
And, of course, our sincere thanks to our funders:
❤️ Cyngor Tref Aberteifi / Cardigan Town Council
❤️ Ceredigion County Council
❤️ Food & Drink Wales
Thank you for your invaluable financial support.
🎶 THANK YOU TO OUR AMAZING PERFORMERS!
Our fabulous performers kept the atmosphere buzzing throughout the day!
A huge thank you to:
🎵 Kirilee entertainments
🎵 Dreams Dance School
🎵 Howni Sea Shanty Group
🎵 Backtrax Wales
🎵 Panache dance fitness with Sarah R
🎵 JBL Disco
Thank you for providing such fantastic entertainment and helping to create such a wonderful atmosphere! 🎶❤️
🏴❤️ We are especially proud that almost all of our exhibitors, entertainers and suppliers are Welsh-based businesses, helping to keep the money generated by the Festival circulating within Wales.
🎤 A SPECIAL THANK YOU
A special thank you to the Mayor of Cardigan, Cllr Olwen Davies, for officially opening the Festival and for judging the awards.
🙌 AND FINALLY… OUR AMAZING VOLUNTEERS!
The Festival simply could not happen without our incredible staff, volunteers and helpers.
A very special thank you to:
Brian, Dee, Diane, Lisa, Lowri, Mair, Martin, Natasha, Olwen, Peter, Shan and Sian.
You all worked tirelessly — often for very long hours — to make the day such a success.
And a MASSIVE thank you to James Lloyd, who gave so much of his time, energy and enthusiasm to help on site.
James, we couldn't have done it without you! ❤️
And to EVERY SINGLE volunteer and helper who gave their time — whether you helped behind the scenes, before the Festival, during the event or with the clear-up afterwards…
THANK YOU! ❤️
You are the people who make this Festival possible, and we genuinely couldn't do it without you.
🎉❤️ SO, FROM EVERYONE INVOLVED IN THE CARDIGAN RIVER & FOOD FESTIVAL…
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!
We hope you enjoyed the day as much as we did and loved discovering the fantastic food, drink, crafts, entertainment and businesses that make our region so special.
❤️ Please do give our wonderful exhibitors, performers, suppliers and supporters a follow and show them some love!
And yes…
🎊 WE'LL BE BACK IN 2027! 🎊
We can't wait to see you all again!
📅 Date to be announced soon.
❤️🌊🍴 THANK YOU, CARDIGAN! 🍴🌊❤️
