Information about the Huntly Hairst Halloween and food festival:

The first Huntly Hairst Halloween Food Festival will be held between the 2 and 4 November 2007 at Huntly in Aberdeenshire. It aims to be a celebration of the North East of Scotland food and traditions and ties in with a bit of fun from Halloween. Family centred events will take place on the Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Celebrity guest will be food critic and journalist Nell Nelson who appears on STV in the television programme The Woman Who Ate Scotland as she cycles to Scottish restaurants, hotels and other places of food interest sampling the great cuisine from Scotland.

Events during the Huntly Hairst Halloween Food Festival include:

An Halloween Parade
Hog Roast
Children's Fancy Dress Competition
Neatest Neep Lantern
Party
Drive in film shows
Music
Dancing
Ceilidh
Food Demonstrations
Food shows including a Ready Steady Cook type event
Whisky Tasting
Food trail by bicycle
Huntly Farmers market with live animals for the children to see
Art Exhibition
Farm Visit to Wellheads Farm
Best Stovies In The World Competition

Events take place in local venues such as Castle Hotel, the Glendronach Distillery, Cooper Park, Huntly Castle, the Rose and Thistle Bistro, Brander Library, The Square, Gartly Hall, The Stewart's Hall

More information can be found at the official Huntly Hairst Halloween Food Festival website at http://www.huntly.net/hairst

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