- Acquisition of assets and intellectual property (IP) revives festival after liquidation of previous event owner Events By B3 Ltd
- Yorkshire Dales Food & Drink Festival to return in 2025, showcasing the best of local and regional food, drink, and culinary talent
- Payments by traders due to attend the cancelled 2024 event will be honoured for 2025, with support to minimise the financial impact on creditors
- Ticket holders affected by the cancellation of the 2024 event will be offered a discount for the 2025 event
- Cocker Hoop Creative is the organiser behind the Lichfield Food Festival and other successful community events
The future of the annual Yorkshire Dales Food & Drink Festival has been secured by Cocker Hoop Creative.
The renowned food festival organiser behind the highly-acclaimed Lichfield Food Festival and other successful community events has stepped in to acquire the assets and IP of the much-loved Yorkshire Dales Food & Drink Festival after its previous owner, Events By B3 Ltd, entered liquidation last month.
Jonathan Amor and Richard Oddy, licensed Insolvency Practitioners with UK top ten accounting and advisory firm Azets, managed the Creditors Voluntary Liquidation (CVL) and have overseen the acquisition by Cocker Hoop Creative.
Cocker Hoop Creative has a strong track record of delivering exceptional food events, bringing event management expertise, a passion for all things food, and strong business acumen to the table.
The company’s plans to revive the Yorkshire Dales Food & Drink Festival include a new rebranded website, social media campaigns, and regular updates.
More information about how people can register to receive the latest information will be released in the coming weeks.
Jon Arrowsmith, Managing Director of Cocker Hoop Creative, said:
There are many similarities between the Yorkshire Dales Food & Drink Festival and the Lichfield Food Festival, and we will bring our experience, commitment to excellence and determination to make this event a success to benefit residents, visitors and local businesses.
We are thrilled to bring the Yorkshire Dales Food & Drink Festival onto the portfolio of Cocker Hoop Creative.
As a growing business, this was an opportunity we couldn’t refuse. We are keen to preserve the strong heritage of the festival while introducing new and exciting elements to make it even more exciting for visitors, traders and campers.
With the next event in 2025 we will continue to showcase the best of local and regional food, drink, and culinary talent. Visitors can look forward to a vibrant celebration of gastronomy, artisanal products, live entertainment from top UK bands, and interactive experiences against the backdrop of the picturesque Yorkshire Dales.
We know that good traders are the lifeblood of a food festival, and we are committed to supporting those traders that have unfortunately suffered financially as a result of the liquidation of Events By B3 Ltd.
For any traders that have already paid to attend this year, we will honour those payments for the next Yorkshire Dales Food & Drink Festival in 2025. We hope that this helps them to recover after their losses this year.
One of our goals is to reduce ticket prices and camping fees so that as many people as possible can attend the event.
With this in mind, ticket holders affected by the cancellation of the 2024 festival will be offered a discount for the 2025 event. We are looking forward to putting on a weekend in 2025 and beyond that everyone remembers.
Jonathan Amor, Partner and Head of Restructuring for Azets in Yorkshire, said:
The Yorkshire Dales Food & Drink Festival is the largest event of its kind in the UK and regarded for the contribution it makes to the local economy.
Our ambition was to achieve a positive outcome for creditors, traders, and visitors to the festival, who can now look forward to the event returning in 2025.
As the 2024 event has been cancelled, ticket holders can contact their bank and credit card providers to request a chargeback of the ticket price that they have paid.
