A popular festive market has added new dates after being swamped with requests from customers and stallholders.
Having previously announced dates for their annual Festive Market, which will run from December 3 through to December 5, Yew Tree Barn in Low Newton, near Cartmell, have been swamped with requests from customers and stallholders to add extra dates in the run-up to Christmas.
Not wishing to disappoint, the team have given in to this unexpected wave of demand and decided to oblige by adding two additional weekends to their festive event calendar.
The extra festive market dates are:
December 10 (10am – 7pm), December 11 (10am – 4pm), December 12 (10am – 4pm)
December 17 (10am – 7pm), December 18 (10am – 4pm), December 19 (10am – 4pm)
The markets are open later on both Fridays to allow people can get into the swing of each weekend and soak up a proper winter market experience, with live music, street food, mulled wine and more.
Head chef Gerald van der Walt is also opening up his kitchen at Harry’s Café Bar to serve up a seasonally inspired menu on December 10, December 16 and December 17 – but you’ll need to book to avoid missing out.
Festive Yew Tree Menu
Cartmel Valley smoked salmon, blood orange, celeriac remoulade, rye croutons
Spiced pumpkin soup, prawn fritter, curried flavoured oil
Slow-cooked young jacket potatoes, black pudding, and creamed spinach
Butter roasted turkey breast, stuffing, bread sauce, cranberry sauce, gravy
Roasted winter squash, nut stuffing, cranberry, and veggie gravy
Slow-cooked lamb belly, anchovy purée, wilted kale, and roast garlic sauce
(All mains served with a side of roast potatoes, brussels sprouts with bacon lardons and roasted carrots with toasted almonds and star anise)
Traditional Christmas pudding, rum sauce
Warm Speculaas spiced cake, ginger custard, vanilla ice cream
Stichelton custard, verjuice jelly, poached pear, and almond crumb
Set three-course menu £35 – 7 for 7.30pm
Stalls will offer artisan-made gifts, cards, art, ceramics, toiletries, Christmas decorations, locally produced food and drink, as well as Yew Tree Barn’s extensive collection of antiques and collectables.
Organiser, Pamela Wilson, said: ‘’Demand for our Christmas Market stall pitches this year has been phenomenal, which is why we’ve decided to add extra weekend dates. This means we can now accommodate all of the stallholders who want pitches by rotating them across the various weekend, giving everyone the opportunity to have a place for at least one of the three weekends in the festive build-up, it also rings the changes for visitors to the markets to by providing a good mix of different local artists and makers.’’
