This weekend will see the return of the Legenderry Street Food festival, with local businesses set to showcase their unique flavours to the foodies of Derry.
The festival was incredibly successful in 2019 and organisers say they are "delighted" to bring the festival back and make it bigger and better than ever, running from Friday July 15 until Sunday July 17.
The Legenderry Street Food Festival will set the stage for the Foyle Maritime Festival to take place and will welcome the Clipper Race with amazing local food and drinks.
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The festival will showcase some highlights of the Derry food and drink scene as well as having DJ sets bringing a fantastic atmosphere throughout the weekend.
Vendors will be serving up authentic international flavours using a host of freshly sourced ingredients, from wood-fired pizza to smoked slow barbecued meats all washed down with ice-cold local beers and spirits.
The range of street food available stretches the globe, with businesses including Doherty’s StreetFood Kitchen, Fairley’s Flavours – South African Street Food, Foyle Bubble Waffles, La Tia Juana – Latin American Street Food, Lo + Slo American Barbecue, Nonnas- Woodfired Pizza, Offing Coffee, Silver Bean Coffee, Pyke n Pommes – Burgers & Taco’s and The Dirty Souls – Texas Bbq Smokehouse + Soul Food Kitchen.
Local brewers will also showcase their drinks with The Walled City Brewery, Rough Brothers and Wild Atlantic Distillery all on offer.
On Friday, music will begin at 3.30PM with Peter Lynch, and Gary Curran taking over the DJ set from 7.00PM. On Saturday, Brendan Tracey will take the first music slot with DJ Gerard C taking over for the evening.
And for the finale on Sunday, Silver Fox will begin the festivities with Brendan Tracey returning for the final set.
Conjoining with the arrival of the clipper race yachts and preceding the Foyle Maritime Festival, the Legenderry Street Food festival is sure to bring a summer feeling to the riverfront of the city.
Mayor of Derry City and Strabane District, Councillor Sandra Duffy, said it was a great opportunity to celebrate the growing street food culture here. She said: "I'm delighted to see the return of the LegenDerry Street Food Festival, and the focus on some of the new and exciting businesses which are appearing at a variety of locations across the City and District.
"The LegenDerry Food brand has really grown and developed into a strong identity for our local restaurants and producers and an umbrella for so many exciting new and established businesses. Street Food is a relatively new trend so it's fantastic that we can boast such an array of delicious food offerings and it's a culture that will undoubtedly go from strength to strength.
"It's important that we provide platforms for those working in the food industry to showcase their ideas, and the Street Food Festival is the perfect opportunity to sample some of the alternative and exciting new cuisine being created by our street food aficionados."
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