Ramsbottom Chocolate and Cheese festival full details

The annual Chocolate and Cheese festival will be welcomed once again to Ramsbottom Civic Hall around the urn and church gardens in celebration of two dairy-based delights.

The event will be held on Sunday, March 29, from 11am to 4pm with a selection of food traders offering a wide variety of chocolate and cheese.

Alongside them will be a selection of local makers with more savoury and sweet options.

Ramsbottom Chocolate and Cheese Festival (Image: Danny Crompton)

In addition, the day boasts a calendar jam-packed with entertainment such as live music within the Civic Hall and a roaming magician who will perform in and around the town centre.

Organisers say the festival aims to bring people into the town for a relaxed day out while supporting independent businesses such as chocolatiers and cheesemongers.

The event is expected to attract visitors from across Greater Manchester and further afield and adds to the town’s growing programme of community events.

A spokesperson for the event said: “It’s about creating something simple that brings people into Ramsbottom and supports local traders.

Ramsbottom Chocolate and Cheese Festival (Image: Danny Crompton)

“There’ll be a good mix of food and a bit of entertainment across the day, so people can come down, have a wander and enjoy the town.”

Entrance will cost £1 per adult.

Last year’s event, held in April, proved to be a sweet success and attracted crowds of hundreds to the town.

Visitors came from as far as Leeds and Sheffield for the occasion, eager to try new and quirky flavour combinations of salty and sweet.

The crowd-pulling event began in 2009 as solely a chocolate festival.

It then evolved to incorporate other foods before its current focus on chocolate and cheese.

The pandemic saw it being put on hold for a couple of years before a very welcome return in 2023.