Three days of socially-distanced outdoor feasting at pop-up Northampton food festival this weekend

Outdoor street food pop-up festival Bite Street NN's collaboration with The Smoke Pit returns to Northampton this weekend.

Smoke Street will be taking over Duston Mill for three days of socially-distanced feasting from Friday to Sunday (August 28-30).

The inaugural event last month was such a success that organiser Crispin Slee decided to bring it back but with a different feel and menu each day.

"It's a great collaboration between the space we have at Duston Mill and the loyal following of The Smoke Pit," he said.

"Everybody who's running indoor restaurants has to be exceedingly careful at the moment and we are too but with the space afforded by al fresco dining, we can maintain a two-metre social distance.

"All of the tables are spaced four metres apart too so everything is covid-safe and we have covers if the weather isn't in our favour but numbers will still be limited."

Across all three days will be a range of street food and drinks vendors plus entertainment from Northampton's own Britain's Got Talent magician, Sean Heydon.

While fire-breather and burlesque dancer, Khandie Kisses, will be wowing the crowds on Friday and Saturday evening.

On Friday night, Northampton Saints and Masterchef finalist Christian Day will be flipping his own Wagyu beef burgers while a DJ will be keeping everyone entertained.

Saturday will see live acoustic music from Tom Dibb, Krissy Matthews and Barney Newman and Sunday will be family-themed with lunch provided Smoke Pit-style.

Crispin said: "It's going to be a good occasion for Northampton and we're hoping to put Duston Mill on the map as an events venue - it's going to be cool."

Smoke Street is open on Friday from 5-11pm, Saturday from 12-10pm and Sunday from 12-8pm. Tickets must be booked in advance here.