THE smell of delicious treats wafted across Cirencester's town centre this weekend while local performers provided the perfect backdrop for a successful food festival. 

Hundreds of hungry residents and visitors swarmed to the popular Cirencester Food & Lifestyle Festival in the town's buzzing Market Place on Saturday, May 18 and Sunday, May 19. 

Wilts and Gloucestershire Standard: Local performer singing to festival attendees Local performer singing to festival attendees (Image: Adrian McPherson)

The colourful array of food stalls set up for the event offered attendees a bounty of sweet and savoury snacks to indulge in.  

Wilts and Gloucestershire Standard: Delicious street food on offer at Cirencester Food and Lifestyle Festival 2024Delicious street food on offer at Cirencester Food and Lifestyle Festival 2024 (Image: Adrian McPherson)

Local photographer Adrian McPherson captured the moment when a man on stilts carrying a huge hotdog made his way through the Market Place.

Wilts and Gloucestershire Standard: A man on stilts holding a sausage sign outside the church A man on stilts holding a sausage sign outside the church (Image: Adrian McPherson)

He also snapped a picture of a chef riding a cockerel which brought smiles to many families in attendance. 

Wilts and Gloucestershire Standard: Man in a cockerel costume waving to the cameraMan in a cockerel costume waving to the camera (Image: Adrian McPherson)