ENTERTAINMENT

Canadian edition of U.K.'s Big Feastival launches this August in Ontario

The Canadian Press Published Wednesday, March 1, 2017 1:48PM EST

Celebrity Chef Jamie Oliver is pictured during an event to promote Gusto, Bell Media's new food and lifestyle network in Toronto on Tuesday, October 4 , 2016. (Chris Young/The Canadian Press)

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TORONTO - A food and music festival conceived by British celebrity chef Jamie Oliver in the United Kingdom is coming to Canada this August.

The Big Feastival Canada will showcase music on one stage, Canadian chefs cooking live on another, and family entertainment elsewhere.

The inaugural event is slated to take place at Burl's Creek Event Grounds in Oro-Medonte, northeast of Barrie, Ont., from Aug. 18 to 20.

In the U.K., the Big Feastival is hosted annually at the Cotswolds family farm of Blur bassist Alex James, who has turned his hand to making award-winning cheeses.

The Canadian event will also focus on gourmet street food, pop-up restaurants and cook-offs.

Among the chefs taking part are Canadian TV personality and restaurateur Chuck Hughes, while Weezer and Ben Harper & the Innocent Criminals are the musical headliners.