Organisers of a food festival on the Downs have been given permission to expand its capacity by 1,000 and put on a second weekend of concerts.
Feast On will now run for four days in July, followed by four evening concerts the next weekend.
The food festival launched in 2024. Last year local residents complained that the music was too loud, so now organisers have promised to limit noise levels and replace “excessively” large speakers with smaller ones.
Feast On hosts stalls run by some of Bristol’s best restaurants and street food traders, such as Cor, Bianchi, the Bank Tavern, Sky Kong Kong and Danny’s Burgers. A market also includes stalls from favourites including the Cheese Connection, Easton Chilli and Somerset Charcuterie. Cooking classes and wine tasting are planned, as well as axe throwing and live music.
This year the festival runs from July 23 to 26. Councillors at a licensing hearing at Bristol City Council voted to permit changes to the licence, increasing its maximum capacity from 4,999 people to 6,000, and permitting four extra nights of live music.
Feast Live from July 30 until August 2 features pop singer Becky Hill, a West End-style family show and a Haçienda Classical combining club culture with a 30-piece orchestra, DJs and singers. Thursday’s act has not yet been announced.