Yet again another good reason to visit Hull appears on the horizon; the Global Food Festival (22^nd – 24^th August).

As the hosts, the centre of Hull is set to be transformed for the giant food extravaganza, which judging by last year’s event, could pull in more than 100,000 extra visitors to the city.

The festivals website promises the line up will be “just as impressive” as last year too. They’ve organised cookery demonstrations on the big screen by Yorkshire-born celebrity chef, James Martin, and Celebrity chef and host of BBC2′s Ready Steady Cook, Ainsley Harriott, will be the taking to the main stage on the Saturday of the festival.

So, along with the success of Hull’s Business Week, which attracted the likes of Elle MacPherson, Gordon Ramsay and Sir Bob Geldof, Hull is proving yet again to be pulling out all the stops.

You can find out more about the festival here. Even if it’s not quite your cup of tea, the free samples alone should make the trip worthwhile…

Putting Hull on the map of headline acts

I’ve often heard people complain that Hull doesn’t attract the sort of headline music acts compared to the bigger cities, especially with the Birmingham NIA, Sheffield Arena and even Leeds Festival all drawing in the crowds.

They couldn’t be more wrong. Hull Arena constantly turns out quality bands and shows, and has had its fair share of headline acts; The Kaiser Chiefs, Faithless, Keane and Robbie Williams to name but a few. Now the Bridlington Spa has been refurbished, we’re also gearing up for the likes of the Sugababes (28^th Aug 08), The Kooks and Scouting for Girls (both November 2008).

No doubt these will all sell out. All we need now is something like Radio 1’s Big Weekend to choose Hull as their next venue and suddenly we’ll be on the map.

Don’t forget you can leave a comment to tell us all about it if you’re going to any of these events, or if you are visiting Hull and need somewhere to stay or eat, you can visit our directory, Cityvistor.