Warwick gets ready to Rock at food and film festival

Warwick Rocks Food and Film Festival, funded by Warwickshire County Council’s Footfall scheme, will include large-scale screenings of Cool Runnings, Gladiator, Les Miserables, Mama Mia and The Princess Drive - as well as a celebration of 100 years of Bollywood - at venues around the town, including Warwick Castle, Warwick Racecourse and the Lord Leycester Hospital.

The event, which takes place from August 17 to 25 and is expecting to draw 50,000 people to the town, will also include street food prepared by businesses in the town, live culinary demonstrations, markets and family entertainment.

For the first time, people in Warwick will be able to experience a ‘drive-in’ cinema, while there will also be fancy dress events, competitions and screenings on what has been estimated to be the world’s largest mobile LED screen.

The festival is being put together by volunteers Paul Evans, John Martin, Jack Linstead, Lara Smith, Charlee Sully, Martin Gordon and Kris Walton, while support is being provided by businesses and organisations from around the town.

To find out more, visit the website, follow the hashtag #FoodFilmFest on Twitter, follow @warwickrocks or ‘like’ Warwick Rocks on Facebook

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