Street Food Circus has launched a new festive event which will transform the Carmarthen Showground Hall into a Festive Feastival, complete with a vintage roller disco rink, Santa’s grotto, Christmas circus and dancing reindeers.
A total of 12 street food traders will be offering seasonal specialities – including this year’s British Street Food Award Winner Pasta a Mano, Hills Brecon and Holy Chesus. Alongside the food, there will also be the SFC cocktail bar, mulled wine and mince pies.
Festive Feastival launches on the weekend of 13-15 December then returns from Friday 20th December through to Christmas Eve. A morning (11am-3pm) and afternoon (3pm-7pm) session will run on Saturdays, Sundays and Monday 23rd, with a morning session on Tuesday 24th.
Four special Christmas Party evening (6pm-10pm) sessions will run on Fridays (13th, 20th) and Saturdays (14th, 21st) with festive DJs, sing-a-long classics and even the occasional choir and brass band.
Putting a circus twist on the traditional festive ice rink, Festive Feastival will feature the Artful Dodgems vintage roller rink. A favourite of the summer festival circuit, the all-weather roller rink will be bringing the Christmas disco party under a huge mirror ball. Star of Street Food Circus festivals, high wire artist Chris Bullzini will be performing his one man show and the Kitsch & Sync theatre team will be entertaining with their dancing reindeers.
Santa and his elves will be making an appearance in a unique North Pole-inspired grotto yurt. Families can book to meet the bilingual Santa, create a special keepsake from the event and receive a gift.
Street Food Circus founder and ‘ringmaster’ Matt The Hat said:
“After a busy summer bringing the best of street food to events across Wales, let’s raise the roof at our brand new Festive Feastival. We’ll have all the energy and entertainment of our regular Street Food Circus events, but sprinkled with a touch of Christmas magic – and all in an indoor, weatherproof venue.
“We’re excited to bring this event to Carmarthen and look forward to welcoming people to our unique mix of vintage roller rink, festive tipples and the best street food Wales has to offer – whether that’s a day-time visit with the family or an evening Christmas Party session with friends of colleagues,” he said.
Tickets are on sale now from streetfoodcircus.co.uk at £8 for adults (plus booking fee), with free tickets for kids. Roller disco sessions are free, subject to capacity and there is an additional charge for Stanta’s Grotto which can be booked online in advance.
The full trader line-up, including some festive specials:
- Hills Burgers: Pulled turkey burger with cranberry ketchup, house gravy and two beef patties
- Holy Chesus: purveyors of the finest grilled cheese
- Pasta A Mano: Christmas cone – gorgonzola fondant with Brussels sprouts & crispy guanciale
- Keralan Karavan: Mary's Merry Curry Wrap – Punjabi paneer & Brussels sprouts with Bengali Panch Poran cranberry chutney, Gujarati Ghatiya and party Slaw with Mango Murrabba
- Happy Dumplings: homemade steam fried & steamed dumplings & Chinese bao buns
- Farmers Finest: Welsh Black Beef Brisket slow roast in mulled wine. Also giant pigs in blankets.
- El Cabron: Birria pozole roja – a traditional Mexican soup/stew often eaten for celebrations such as Christmas.
- Cracklin Cracklin: serving up meaty, juicy, deliciousness
- Soft Serve Bros: delicious ice cream served from a 1950s Chevy ice cream van.
- Shmoles: epic cheese-pulls – special festive Bacon and Cranberry Cheesecoin. Plus social media favourites, rainbow Cheesecoins.
- Ceylon & Beyond: Sri Lankan street food
- Big Apple Hotdogs: authentic American diner dogs using proper ingredients
- Church Of Churros: buckets of churros and spanish chocolate sauce
- Dough Thrower: award-winning wood-fired pizzeria
