Festival Programme
The Food and Farming Festival will take place over the weekend of 4/5 September 2010. These dates will coincide with the Scottish Food Fortnight. Events are being organised and will take place on the Saturday in The Square, Huntly and on the Sunday at The Mart on the edge of the town.
The main events in the programme for these two days are listed below. A full programme will be available here in .pdf format as the preparations develop.
In addition to events on the day, there will be a number of other events taking place outside of the two main venues. Some of these will be over the weekend of the Festival, others will be on various dates over a few weeks. These will include :
- 'Into the Wild' dramatic performances by Dudendance
- Screenings of food related films
Further details of all the events can be found on our 'Events' page and entry forms can be downloaded from the 'Entries' page.
Saturday programme
| Event | Time | Venue |
| Farmers Market | 09:00 - 16:00 | The Square |
| Can't Cook/Won't Cook | Linden Centre | |
| Bike Food Trail | 14:00 - 16:00 | The Square |
| World Stovie Championship | Linden Centre | |
| To be confirmed : Rabbit skinning |
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Sunday programme
| Event | Time | |
| Opening in ring. Church service. Followed by Singing/Pipers | ||
| Stock judging demonstration & competitions | ||
| Quiz | ||
| Piggie Bank competition | ||
| Wood turning demonstration | ||
| Sheep dog demonstration by Geo Simpson | ||
| Spinning demonstration | ||
| Chocolate workshop | ||
| Butchering of pig demonstration | ||
| Sheep ‘dipping’ | ||
| Pigeon plucking/gutting competition | ||
| All competition results & prize giving | ||
| Doric songs/verse/grace/pipers etc | ||
| Tin Hut Supper at Gartly Village Hall |
- Trade Stands including RNCI, NHS stand & float
- Tractors - old to modern.
- Tractor & ATV rides
- Pony rides (RDA)
- Food in the cafe.
All day
Other events
'Into the Wild'
Saturday 4th September 4-5pm (last admission for walk 4.45pm)
Sunday 5th September 4-5pm (last admission for walk 4.45pm)
Dudendance Theatre: Into The Wild- magical woods walk.
Spot the curious wildlife and listen out for bygone stories on a performance promenade that winds through the Battlehill Woods and ends in afternoon tea. Into The Wild involves members of the Huntly community and three international collaborators working on a performance and film to celebrate Battlehill Woods.
Entrance and to pick up a route map meet at Battlehill Woods car park / quarry
All ages welcome- please come prepared for a walk in the woods - partly wheelchair accessible.
Further information: 01466 799 374
Follow the project on the blog: battlehill-intothewild.blogspot.com
Flicks in the Sticks... a selection of food-related films for the Hairst season.
The Pope's Toilet (cert 15) Thursday 19th August, 7.30pm.
A Uruguayan village becomes totally focussed on the mass production of spicy sausages to feed the faithful during a Papal visit, in this humorous South American drama. Subtitles.
A Private Function (cert 15) Thursday 16th September, 7.30pm.
Michael Palin and Maggie Smith star in this tale of a post-war Yorkshire community attempting to illicitly fatten a pig for the town banquet.
Julie & Julia (cert 12A) Thursday 30th September, 7.30pm.
Intertwined stories of a blogger who challenges herself to cook every recipe in a cook book, and the early career of the cookery writer who wrote the book. Starring Meryl Streep.
Couscous (cert 15) Thursday 21st October, 7.30pm.
A North African immigrant to France has ambitions to establish a restaurant as an inheritance for his large and disparate family. Subtitles.
All films screened at Huntly Ex-Servicemen's Club, Gordon St.
Free entry to all films for members of Huntly Film Community, £5 membership available at the door. Email huntlyfilm.community@yahoo.co.uk tel. 07825 518375
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