A Grinchy Dinner Date at Jurassic Grill

A Grinchy Dinner Date at Jurassic Grill

A Grinchy Dinner Date at Jurassic Grill this December!

Join Us for A Grinchy Dinner Date at Jurassic Grill every Thursday & Saturday during December!

Well excitement is brewing at Jurassic Grill here at Loch Lomond Shores….Mr Mean himself has decided to come and help out again this December, hosting a Grinchy dinner with Mr Mean, himself!

This was such a popular event last year that we decided to do EVERY Thursday and Saturday night throughout December. Arrive at 6.30pm to be seated and served your pre-ordered meal. Places must be booked online via the website: https://www.jurassicgrill.co.uk/book.html

Be prepared to get a pie in the face, silly stringed or covered in trash. Kids under 16 will receive a small gift with a naughty twist.

All details are on the website – Thursdays come at a 20% discount off-peak price. This will sell out quickly, so please book soon to guarantee your place.

For full information on what’s on, as well as festival news and updates, follow our Social Channels and keep checking here on our website.

Loch Lomond Food & Drink Festival is back this September!

Loch Lomond Food & Drink Festival is back this September!

Loch Lomond Food and Drink Festival - Sept '24

Loch Lomond Food & Drink Festival 2024

This year’s FREE Food and Drink Festival will take place on Saturday 7th and Sunday 8th September.

With Chef Demos, Cocktail and Mocktail Masterclasses, and Wild Food Walks.

This year’s FREE festival will be taking place on Saturday 7th and Sunday 8th September and, as well as our regular crowd favourites, will have a new addition – cocktail and mocktail masterclasses courtesy of Saint Judes in Glasgow, who will be bringing along their resident mixologist for classes, as well as providing their very own cocktail bar!

FREE cooking demos will be on each day, with Rohan Wadke hosting demos on Saturday and Sunday at 12pm, while Niall Murray will be hosting demos at 2pm each day.

Sunday Cooking Demos with Rohan Wadke
Cooking Demos with Niall Murray
Saint Judes Cocktail Masterclasses - Book Online

Shake It ‘Til You Make it!

Sat 7th & Sun 8th Sept: 11am, 1pm & 3pm

Our cocktail and mocktail masterclasses hosted by Glasgow’s Saint Judes will be on both days and hosted by their resident mixologist.

All masterclasses will be one hour long and the 11am one will feature mocktail-making and is open to anyone aged 6 and over, while the 1pm and 3pm sessions will be cocktails so they’re for over 18’s only!

Wild Food and Medicine Walks

Sat 7th and Sun 8th Sept: 11am, 12.30pm & 3.30pm

Rox Madeira will show festival goers a different way to connect with Scotland, learning plant folklore, history of plant use and current usage during her 45-minute sessions.

There are very limited places available so to avoid disappointment – get your tickets early!

Wild Food and Medicine Walks
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Loch Lomond Food & Drink Festival 2024

Loch Lomond Food & Drink Festival 2024

Saturday 7th and Sunday 8th Sept from 10am to 5pm

This FREE festival will be all things food and drink as well as some family fun. We’ll have cooking demos and workshops, lots of street food featuring food from all over the world, stalls featuring everything from fresh produce to fabulous gift ideas, as well as children’s rides and live entertainment.

Foodie Market

And, of course no food and drink festival would be complete without lots and lots of amazing vendors featuring all sorts of tasty treats including cakes from Three Sisters Bake, Silly Cookie and a full Gluten-free selection from Big Daft Cakes, and lots more to suit everyone’s sweet tooth! O’Donnell Moonshine will be back with their fabulous Mason Jars filled with delicious flavours for mixing your own cocktails at home. There’s Gins, and liqueurs and Necropolis Spirits Rum. For beer lovers there’s Wild Barn Brewery and there’s non-alcoholic options too, including the aptly-named Naesip drinks!

Street Food

We have plenty of street food options to enjoy on-the-go, with Mama Del’s Filipino Food, gourmet sausages and burgers from Continental Catering, plus Mexican tacos and burritos, Greek Gyros, Japanese and Thai options, not to mention Haggis Galore with all things haggis, including Nachos, bon bons, loaded fries and even haggis burgers!

Lomond Radio
Food & Drink Market Vendors
Food & Drink Street Food Vendors
Food & Drink Sweet Food Vendors

As well as all our amazing food and drink related activities, we also have Lomond Radio entertaining everyone all weekend long as well as a selection of very talented buskers around the site.

Family festival fun will also big this year, with children’s characters The Sanderson Sisters visiting us on Saturday while all weekend we’ll have children’s rides, stilt walkers and fun mascots added to our playpark, SEA LIFE centre, Treezone, Bird of Prey Centre and water sports, boat trips and boat hire so all the family can have a great day out!

Sait Jude's Festival Cocktail Bar

“We’re really looking forward to welcoming back our chefs, who always do such an amazing job in engaging with all our foodies and providing exciting recipes for them to go home and try themselves.

Also, to be welcoming Rox for her Wild Food and Medicine Walks and Saint Judes with their Mocktail and Cocktail Masterclasses, is great as we love bringing new things to the festival for our regulars and offer even more for first-time festival goers!”

Audrey Calder from Loch Lomond Shores

 

For full information on what’s on, as well as festival news and updates, follow our Social Channels and keep checking our Festivals website at – https://www.lochlomondfoodanddrinkfestival.co.uk/

Springfest 24 – What to expect this weekend!

Springfest 24 – What to expect this weekend!

SPRINGFEST 24 HAS BEEN POSTPONED UNTIL THE 18TH & 19TH OF MAY DUE TO ADVERSE WEATHER FORECAST THIS WEEKEND!

Postponed Springfest is back on 18th & 19th of May!

With all things foodie as well as a host of entertainment and things to do!

Read the full Press Release below…

This year’s Springfest24, is back this weekend – Sat 18th & Sun 19th of May!

Having been postponed in April due to high winds, we’re delighted to welcome the delayed festival back to Loch Lomond Shores on the 18th and 19thMay.

This year’s FREE Springfest is playing host to two great Scottish chefs – Niall Murray and Rohan Wadke, who will inspire visitors with their FREE cooking demonstrations. Along with Niall’s and Rohan’s demonstrations, there will also be whisky & gin tastings courtesy of Loch Lomond Whiskies, lots of amazing producers, street food from around the world as well as foraging workshops.

 

FREE Cooking Demos

Saturday Coking Demos with Niall Murray

Saturday Cooking Demos with Niall Murray – 12pm & 2pm

Niall, who started his career at The Savoy Hotel in London, will be using some of the great produce available at the festival in his FREE demos at 12pm and 2pm on Saturday, as well as hosting Q&A’s for interested audience members after each demo.

Sunday Cooking Demos with Rohan Wadke – 12pm & 2pm

Rohan, of Masterchef 2016 & talented Cameron House Chef, returns to Springfest and will be showcasing some Southeast Asian recipes with a local twist during his FREE demos at 12pm and 2pm on Sunday. He will also be hosting Q&A’s for interested audience members after each demo.

Sunday Cooking Demos with Rohan Wadke
Whisky & Gin Tasting Sessions

Whisky & Gin Tasting Sessions

Tickets for our popular whisky & gin-tasting sessions with Loch Lomond Whiskies and Ben Lomond Gin, are on sale and offer whisky and gin lovers the perfect opportunity to sample some stunning whisky and gin with expert guidance. 

Tickets for both sessions can be booked directly on Eventbrite – with all profits going to Clyde 1’s Cash For Kids Appeal. 

WIN a Limited Edition Loch Lomond Malt!

To Enter: Just book your slot at our Loch Lomond Whisky Tasting sessions this weekend and you will automatically be in with a chance to WIN a bottle of the prestigious Loch Lomond Open Course Collection 2024 Release worth £290!

This limited-edition, 24-year-old single malt is a collector’s dream, crafted to celebrate the 152nd Open Championship at Royal Troon.

Don’t miss this chance to taste exceptional whisky and win a truly special bottle!

Limited spots available, so book your session today! 

Loch Lomond Whiskies Giveaway

Terms & Conditions:

  • The competition is open to over 18’s only
  • Tickets must be purchased in advance via our Eventbrite booking system
  • You must be able to provide us with valid contact details so we can arrange delivery of your whisky if you win.
  • No cash alternatives.
Wild Food Foraging Workshops

Wild Food Foraging Workshops

New for this year’s festival is foraging workshops with Sharon Kerrigan of Wander & Wonder. On both Saturday and Sunday, expert Sharon will take attendees on a wander to explore wild foods available and discuss their identifying features and toxic lookalikes as well as their edible and medicinal properties.

Entertainment for all the family!

As well as all our amazing food and drink related activity, we also have Lomond Radio entertaining everyone all weekend long as well as a selection of very talented buskers around the site!

And, while we’re ‘food-tastic’ this festival, we haven’t forgotten families with children’s characters Rapunzel and Ariel visiting us on Sunday while all weekend we’ll have children’s rides, stilt walkers and fun mascots added to our playpark, SEA LIFE centre, Treezone, Bird of Prey Centre and water sports, boat trips and boat hire so everyone can have a great day out – whether they’re 5 or 95!

Entertainment for all the family

Audrey Calder from Loch Lomond Shores comments:

We were devastated to have to postpone the festival in April but we’re excited to welcome it back on the 18th and 19th of May, and hoping our regular festival goers, as well as new ones, come along and enjoy a great foodie day out.

For full information on what’s on as well as festival news and updates, follow our social media accounts and check our Festivals Website at:  www.lochlomondfoodanddrinkfestival.co.uk

Top Dog is back!

Top Dog is back!

Our popular Top Dog event – featuring all things dog friendly – is back on Saturday 4th May at Loch Lomond Shores

Top Dog is back!

Dog lovers invited to come and have a fun day out with their four-legged family members

Our popular Top Dog event – featuring all things dog-friendly – is back on Saturday 4th May at Loch Lomond Shores.

As well as lots of doggy products on sale at our market stalls – everything from doggy fashion to pupcakes – we’ll be hosting the fantastic companion dog show for you to enter your four-legged friend.  Choose from eleven categories, including puppy, veteran, sporting, non-sporting, most handsome dog, prettiest bitch, best condition, best mover, best rescue, best crossbreed, and an open category for all dogs.  The show will be judged by Deborah Flemming of Townhead Farm – a notable Crufts judge – and each winning entrant will get a winners rosette and donated dog prize.

Audrey Calder from Loch Lomond Shores is delighted to showcase the visitor attraction’s dog-friendly status:

This event is great fun and it’s a real treat to welcome such a range of gorgeous dogs to Loch Lomond Shores!

“Many of our stores including Sports Direct, Frasers, Catherine Kinloch and Hawkshead welcome well-behaved dogs in-store and Café Zest even has a dedicated dog-friendly area within their café so visitors can enjoy time indoors as well as outdoors with their pets.

For full details on what’s happening on the day, visit our FB, Twitter or Instagram feeds.

 

Spring Events Calendar at Loch Lomond Shores:

What's on at Loch Lomond Shores this Spring!
Our Photography Competition is back for 2024!

Our Photography Competition is back for 2024!

Calling all amateur photographers

The Loch Lomond Shores photography competition is back

Our popular photography competition is back and, you can enter up until 19th February with your favourite photograph taken at Loch Lomond Shores or, visit us again and take some new ones!

So, if you love taking photographs you’d like to enter for your chance to win a great prize, enter via our Photography Competition 2024 page to submit your photographs.

Full terms and conditions are available on the website as well as details for prizes for our adult category and child category (under 16 years old).

Once we have all entries, we’ll get our expert judges to select a short-list and winners for each category.

We hope you enter and have fun either taking photographs or choosing ones you’ve taken on previous visits.

Good luck!

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