A special St David's Festival next month is to kick off a year-long series of monthly foodie fiestas as Denbigh seeks to become the events capital of North Wales.
It's an ambitious plan to rejuvenate and regenerate the town based on its wealth of high quality local produce and it seeks to build on the success of last year's series of festivals.
This saw the town come together to promote itself at home, through the Denbigh Plum Festival and the Christmas Festivities, and abroad when the Denbigh Twinning Association visited twin town Biebertal, in Germany.

The driving force behind this year's programme is Denbigh Business Growth Officer Sue Muse who said: "We've got such a lot going on this year and so much to celebrate here in Denbigh.
"We're starting with the St David's Day Festival on Saturday, February 27, when the town will be full of good food, good music and good times.
"Crown Square will be crammed with stalls selling everything from chocolate and Welsh cakes to leeks and lamb.
"It's a celebration of Wales and Welshness and the wealth of good things we have here."
The plan to promote food from Denbigh and the surrounding area is being backed by rural regeneration agency Cadwyn Clwyd as part of their Denbighshire Agri-Food Project and Project Officer Robert Price said: "This is a brilliant showcase for some fabulous local produce.
"This part of the Vale of Clwyd is very much the garden of Wales and all year there are good things to eat and enjoy and celebrate and we want people to appreciate that and to get involved in it."
The first of the year's festivals promises to kick off with a bang with displays of spectacular axework by Simon Belfield and the Clwyd Axemen whose skills will perfectly complement the woodland crafts of the Bodfari Charcoal Company.
There will also be music with the acclaimed Denbigh Stones performing live while themed St David's Day competitions are being organised for children from local schools and Sali Mali and Sam Tan - Fireman Sam - will both put in an appearance.
There will be a food and crafts market with a selection of some of the finest local foodstuffs on display including honey, bread and cakes, preserves, cheeses and meat while the air will be thick with the mouthwatering aroma of a hog roast laid on by local butcher John Williams, of Vale Street.
Sue Muse, who is also Secretary of the Denbigh Business Group, added: "Denbigh really does have a lot to offer and we will be making the most of that with story-teller and entertainer Ruth Moore-Williams in attendance on the day and guided tours involving the historic castle and the town walls.
"But what is wonderful is not just the way last year's events struck a real chord with people and encouraged them to attend but the way they got people involved.
"We now find people are coming to us and asking if they can come along and set up a stall, local craftspeople and food producers and even people who grow things at home.
"I am sure if you come along to these events there will be produce that has come out of the ground or off the bush that day and you can't get better or fresher than that.
"It's like a community market and while we are having a French market here for the Midsummer Festival all our events are like the sort of markets you gfind in France where as well as the regular stallholders you have people who have brought along their home-made jams and homegrown vegetables and the eggs their hens have laid that day.
"What counts too is that it is helping the town to thrive. A year or two ago we had lots of empty shops but now they're virtually all full and we have the sort of interesting, independent shops that make visiting the town a pleasure."
As well as the St David's Day Festival, already scheduled for this year in Denbigh are a Music and Food Festival on Saturday, May 22;

 the three-day Midsummer Festival on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, June 18, 19, and 20; the Open Heritage Weekend on the weekend of September 11 and 12:

followed by the Beer Festival on Saturday, September 18;

the Plum Festival on Saturday, October 30; 

a Fireworks Festival on Friday, November 5;

and the Christmas Festivities on Friday, November 26.
The Gwaenynog Country Show is on Saturday and Sunday, July 10 and 11,

while the Denbigh and Flint County Show is on Thursday, August 19,

and Denbigh Flower Show on Saturday, August 29.

There are also a host of events at Denbigh Castle as well; for further details go to www.visitdenbigh.co.uk or contact Sue Muse on 01745 813125 or e-mail This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
For further details about Cadwyn Clwyd's Denbighshire Agri-Food Project contact Robert Price on 01824 705802 or e-mail This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it