page_title: Big Cheese Festival
section_title: Focus
hierarchical_section_title: Big Cheese Festival / Focus
caption_attribution_description: English: Interior of the Great Hall, Caerphilly Castle, south Wales
context_page_description: The Big Cheese Festival is an annual food festival held in July that was established in 2000 and is held in Caerphilly.
context_section_description: The festival focuses on food and drink with street food vendors, a lounge bar area, food halls and live cookery demonstrations by chefs. The food halls contain stalls from local and regional Welsh food and drink producers with an emphasis on Welsh cuisine. There is also a cheese market with cheese makers from Wales and the rest of the UK.   
  The festival has previously included a Big Cheese Race, a funfair, firework displays, music and other forms of entertainment, including talks, demonstrations, educational activities, and activities for children.  
  Medieval re-enactments are held in the castle grounds, these include battles and displays, and a programme of events is held in the castle's Great Hall. The aim is to portray the history, heritage and culture of Caerphilly.
caption: Great Hall, Caerphilly Castle
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