THE team behind a two-day food festival in Largs say the event was a "huge success" - and have admitted that it's left them hungry for more.
The festival, organised by Largs Events, brought big crowds to the seafront on the weekend of June 1 and 2.
The Largs Events team now have their sights set on four different festivals during 2025 - but long before that, they're looking ahead to their Dogs' Day Out show in July.
They are also examining the possibility of a classic car show on the esplanade, as well as another event still to be revealed.
A committee spokesperson said: “The Largs Events committee are absolutely delighted with the way the weekend went.
"We are very thankful to North Ayrshire Council for their support, which is always gratefully received, and a special thank you to everyone who attended and help make it such a success.
“We would also like to thank SHS Events for their collaboration.
"They are the same company who we work with in putting on the Saturday market at Gallowgate Square, and we will be working with them on future events.
“Our aim next year is to host festivals monthly in May, June, July and August of 2025, before the Viking Festival, which is run by another committee in the town at the end of August and early September.
"That, in total, means that there will be five festivals in the town next year.
“We are absolutely delighted at the huge numbers which attended over both days.
"We spoke to a lot of day trippers, as well as locals, and we didn’t receive any negative feedback. Everything we received was positive.
"There were a few things we learnt from hosting our first food festival to make it bigger and better for next year, and it is a learning process, but for our very first food and drink festival we are delighted with how it went.
“Largs Events pride ourselves on always providing a free event where we can, and that is our policy with SHS events, with the support of local people and businesses and sponsorship.
"All our events are free to charge to enter too, and we aim to be socially inclusive.
"Yes, there are activities you pay for when you get there, but there are also free events including the cooking demonstrations.”
Another success was the introducing of buskers who performed over the weekend and went down a storm.
The spokesperson added: “Largs was exceptionally busy and we think hosting events like this will increase the footfall for the town which will have economic spin-offs for all the other businesses.
"That has got to be a good thing for Largs, and people really enjoyed it.”
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