East Cambridgeshire District Council

When the pomp and ceremony of the Royal Wedding is over and the last toy eel has been thrown at the Eel Festival what is left to do on the Bank Holiday weekend?

Well visitors to Ely on Monday 2 May will be able to sample a great range of crafts and foods to taste and try at the New Bank Holiday Markets on Ely Market Square.

There will be exotic food to savour, musical entertainment throughout the day and a number of cookery demonstrations at the following times:

10.30am Flavours of rare breed meat

11.30am The Art of Cupcakes

12.30pm Fishy Nibbles

1.30pm Caribbean Cuisine

Tracey Harding, Team Leader Tourism and Town Centre Services, said: "We have a vibrant range of markets in Ely from the general traders on Thursday to craft and collectables on Saturdays as well as our famous Farmers Market once a fortnight. The Bank Holiday Markets aims to build on this success but we want to develop a unique identity for it after listening to feedback from traders and visitors.

"So this Bank Holiday Monday, there is going to a great range of food to taste and cookery demonstrations to enjoy. We want to make the Market into a food and craft festival where people can come to try new things - to reflect this we are looking at different ways of entertaining customers, for example we will have a steel band at our Market in May. So if the Royal Wedding and Eel Festival hasn't worn you out - pop along on enjoy our market."

For further information about the day, contact the East Cambridgeshire District Council on 01353 665555 or check out the website at www.eastcambs.gov.uk/tourism.

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For further information contact Tony Taylorson on 01223 699285.