Free event Family friendly
About
It’s back! The Rhubarb Festival’s legendary food and drink market returns for three delicious days from 20-22 February 2026.
Tantalise your taste buds with a selection of fantastic food and drink from over 50 traders, with local and regional delights to suit every palate (and most of them with a rhubarb twist!).
If you’ve got a sweet tooth, you’ll be in your element. The market’s got handmade chocolates from the North Chocolate, a selection of sweets from Forever Fudge and indulgent cakes and bakes from Livs Bakes n Cakes and so much more.
Jams and preserves anyone? You’re spoilt for choice, with traders like A Sticky Situation and Cherry Tree Yorkshire bringing jams and preserves from all over to Wakefield.
There’s a whole host of tipples on offer. Let Rhucello tempt you with their selection of heavenly liqueurs. Then there’s an array of spirits from Hawkin’s Distillery and Forged Spirits, and beer from (where else?) Bier Huis.
Meat-eaters can get their teeth round an assortment of pies, pasties and rolls from H Hoffmann & Sons and Farmer Copleys and a gourmet range of British game from Sizzlers Prime Meats.
And if you’re going plant-based, never fear La Focaccia and Breeosh are all serving up scrumptious vegan and vegetarian goodies.
It simply wouldn’t be Rhubarb Fest without E Oldroyds & Sons, so drop by their chalet and pick up some pies, crumbles, jams, chutneys… and (of course) some fresh forced rhubarb, to take home and whip up your very own rhubarb creations (perhaps you can pick up some inspiration from our chefs demos…).
Market Opening Times
Friday 20 February | 10am-5pm
Saturday 21 February | 10am-5pm
Sunday 22 February | 10am-4pm
Traders
Northgate
Grasmere Gingerbread / Cakes by Michelle / Rhucello / Farmer Copleys / H Hofmann and Sons Ltd / Cryer & Stott Cheesemongers / Brown and Blond / Blueberry Hill Preserves / Nell’s Natural Raw Food Ltd / Johnson’s Toffees / Breeosh: The Scandinavian Bakery / Spice Heroes / Deborah Bakes /E Oldroyd & Sons Ltd, / Forged Spirits Ltd / The Rustic Candle Co / Cridlings Limited / DW Metal / The Twisted Curry Co Ltd / Pudding and Pie Northwest Limited / Garden Libations
Cathedral Precinct
Bier Huis / Allums Butcher’s Ltd / Concrete & Cacti / Hawkin’s Distillery Limited / Racey Cakes / Great British Cheese Co / Little Box Kitchen / Blacker Hall Farm Shop / Casa Mia / MKS Food Distribution / Really Indian Ltd / Moody Mare Patisserie / Kent Cider Co / A Sticky Situation / La Focaccia Ltd / The Sawley Kitchen / Gwatkin Cider / Forever Fudge / Sians India Express / The Knife Sharpener Guy
Teall Street
The Yorkshire Candle Company / Sizzler’s Prime Meats / SA Sauces Ltd / Liv’s Bakes n Cakes / North Chocolates / JemmaRuth Designs / Signature Scones / Sommer Apertif
WX Wakefield Exchange
Cherry Tree Yorkshire / Yorkshire Chocolatier / Guerrilla Chicken Ltd / Juiced the Tip / Jeni’s Brownies / Bonnie Yau’s Food Products Ltd / AB Gold Rum
The Rhubarb Festival is taking place in Wakefield City Centre from 20-22 February 2026. Find out more: expwake.co/RhubarbFest
10:00 - 16:00 
