Continental Food Fair

Last minute market planned

A Continental Market will be staged in Carlisle's city centre between this Thursday (27 September) and Sunday (30 September).

Arranged at short notice after Market Place Europe Ltd, the market organiser, had an event cancelled in Leicester, the popular open-air event will be welcomed back by Carlisle City Council this weekend.

Around 40 stalls will make up the market and will be trading between 10am and 4pm each day.

Carlisle City Council last welcomed the continental traders in August when they staged their annual Food Fair. Thousands of people visited the four-day event.

Alan Hartwell from Market Place Europe Ltd said:

When our plans changed at the last minute we immediately thought of coming to Carlisle instead. We have always been welcomed with open-arms when we've visited the city and all our traders are looking forward to pitching their stalls in the city centre this weekend.

The Continental Market, arranged by the Market Place Europe Ltd, will includes stalls from the far reaches of Europe. Goods will include charcuterie specialist meats from Corsica, freshly baked French Apple and Fruit sponges, a Spanish trader cooking authentic paella, and wine and beer merchants selling quality Bordeaux.

Green fingered shoppers will not be disappointed either, as the market will include the 'Flying Dutchman', Dick van de Wardt, one of the largest plant, flower and bulb specialists from Holland.