Cider lovers and sausage fans have been invited to a festival celebrating top-notch food and drink. 

The Cock pub in Norwich Street, Dereham is planning to run its first-ever sausage and cider festival from June 23 to June 25.

The event - which is free to enter - will feature more than 25 different ciders, live music and an array of sausages, supplied by three local butchers.

Dereham Times: Steve Garner, at The Cock, in DerehamSteve Garner, at The Cock, in Dereham (Image: Archant)

Bands to feature - on an outdoor stage, weather permitting - will include the Rum Dogs and Big Black Cadilac. There will also be disco tunes and 'country hoedown'. 

There will also be a sausage-eating consent and a chance to meet owls and hawks owned by Alex Bolton, who works at the pub.   


Part of the action will take place in a large marquee at the back of the pub.

Steve Garner, pub landlord, said: “This is part of a series of events that we run and enjoy doing.

"We’re hoping to bring in punters from across the county to enjoy what we have on offer.”