The tenth birthday bash of Loch Lomond Food and Drink Festival will transform the Shores into a big, bright festival with free events for adults and children, and nearly 100 food stalls.

The festival is set to take place over Saturday, September 5 and Sunday, September 6.

Thousands of food and drink lovers are expected to attend over the weekend checking out the fresh produce available for purchase.

Some of the delicious artisan producers that are set to attend with their uber cool and tasty street food and drink are Boy Meets Grill, serving ribeye steak sandwiches and venison cooked over charcoal; Erincroft Bakery serving up tasty cake pops and amazing breads; and for gin lovers Strathearn Distillery will be showcasing their exclusive range of Scottish inspired gins.

Clare Gemmell, Loch Lomond Shores general manager, said: “I am absolutely delighted that we are celebrating such a tremendous milestone this year with our tenth birthday, it is even more special that it falls within Scotland’s year of food and drink.

“We have a record breaking number of producers booked to attend the festival and the new additions of the beach bar and kids cooking workshops will be sure to keep everyone entertained throughout the weekend’.

She added: “Every year we have had more and more visitors and we have grown what we are doing with it.

“This year we have a whole host of activities over both days, which are all free.” Not only will stalls be on offer, but there will be free activities for children – including science food shows and exploding food shows - as well as cooking classes.

For adults, there will be cookery demonstrations from world renowned chefs such as Marlene Watson-Tara who is a vegan and macriobiotic chef, and Ian McCulloch.

Ms Gemmell also said there would be free herb walks for adults, to highlight what is available locally, and foraging and bush craft courses.

The food and drink festival started off by looking at events for the area, and choosing to highlight the significance of buying local.

Ms Gemmell said: “Food and drink is so important and we have such an abundance of it.

“Where it started, and definitely where we are now, there’s such an importance on buying local.

“That’s really important to people. They want to have the very best quality and this is very much about celebrating that.

“We are also giving the opportunity for local suppliers to showcase their produce.

“It’s been phenomenal. We have just under 100 different business, we’ve been nowhere near that before.

“It’s just kind of grown arms and legs.” For full details on what’s on during the weekend of the Loch Lomond Food and Drink Festival visit www.lochlomondfoodanddrinkfestival.co.uk