Taste Cumbria Cockermouth Food Festival

Running since 2010, this is Taste Cumbria's biggest event of the year and it shows — the historic streets fill with more local producers' stalls than ever, street food, chef demonstrations and live music across both days. It's a proper county showcase rather than a generic food-truck line-up: real Cumbrian cheese, meat, beer and baking, plus a Teenage Market slot supporting young traders.

Free to get in, dog-friendly streets, and easy to dip in and out of if you're travelling with kids in tow.