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Food Festival Director Faces Court Over Cancellation
5 Aug
Summary
- Festival cancellation occurred just weeks before its scheduled date.
- Director charged with multiple event management offences.
- Director to appear in court on September 2.
- Festival organiser Cocker Hoop Creative Ltd cancelled event.
- Cocker Hoop Creative Ltd took over festival in 2024.
Jon Arrowsmith, director of Cocker Hoop Creative Ltd, is facing court proceedings following the cancellation of the Yorkshire Dales Food and Drink Festival. The festival, scheduled for July 18-20, 2025, at Aireville Park in Skipton, was cancelled by Cocker Hoop Creative Ltd on July 4, 2025, just weeks before it was due to commence.
Arrowsmith has been charged with multiple offences related to licensing, advertising, and event management by North Yorkshire Council's trading standards team. He is scheduled to appear before York Magistrates' Court on September 2. Cocker Hoop Creative Ltd had taken over the festival operations in 2024 after the previous operator, B3 Events Ltd, went into liquidation.
