May 16-20: beer and cider festival at The Inn at Kew Gardens, 292 Sandycombe Road, Kew, Surrey TW9 3NG. 12-16 beers and five ciders. Different events each day, including music, a barbecue, ebber and food matching and family day. Find out more at www.kewgardenshotel.com or call 020 8940 2220.
May 22-27: beer festival at The Dove Street Inn, 76 St Helen’s Street, Ipswich IP4 2LA. More than 60 beers, plus cider and a barbecue. More details at the pub website.
May 23: Celebration of seafood with chef and TV presenter Simon Rimmer at Robinsons Brewery visitor centre, Apsley Street, Stockport, Manchester SK1 1JJ. Tickets £50. For more information call 0161 612 4100 or e-mail events@frederic-robinson.co.uk
May 23-27: Second beer and cider festival at Strawberry Gardens, Poulton Road, Fleetwood FY7 6TF. More than 50 real ales, real ciders and continental beers. Live music. More details at the venue website.
May 23-29: May Festival at The Anchor Inn, Bradford Street, Digbeth, Birmingham B5 6ET. More than 50 beers.
May 23-June 2: Norwich City of Ale. Third annual running of this city-wide festival. More details to follow.
May 24: Ladies’ Beer Tasting Night at the Ketts Tavern, 29 Ketts Hill, Norwich, Norfolk. Host Dawn Hopkins, along with Palate 4 Hire’s Jenni Nicholls, welcomes Beer Beauty Marverine Cole for beer tasting, food matching and some laughs along the way. Tickets available through Eventbrite
May 24 and 25: Independent beer festival at Barney’s, Summerhall, Edinburgh. » SEE PREVIEW
May 24-26: beer festival at the Blue Dog Inn, Main Street, Sewstern, Leicestershire NG33 5RQ. 30 real ales plus cider. Free entry — camping available. Call 01476 860097 for details.
May 24-27: Fourth annual beer festival at The Norton community pub, 54 Latchingdon Road, Cold Norton, Essex CM3 6JB. More than 30 real ales and ciders, including some from four local brewers. Live music, food and Morris dancers. More info at the pub website or call 01621 826948.
May 24-27: beer festival at the Royal Standard, Gwinear, Cornwall. Ales and ciders plus live music every day. Find out more on the pub’s Facebook page.
May 31-June 1: Lichfield Summer Beer and Wine Festival at Lichfield Guildhall, Bore Street, Lichfield WS13 6LU. More than 30 rel ales, plus traditional ciders and wines. Food and live music. Open noon-11pm, £2 before 6pm, £3 thereafter.
May 31 and June 1: St Ives Beer Festival, The Guildhall, Street-an-Pol, St Ives, Cornwall. » SEE PREVIEW
May 23-June 2: Norwich City of Ale. Third annual running of this city-wide festival. More details to follow.
June 1: Pauntley Real Ale Festival — a small, local, charitable event which is held on the first Saturday each June at the village hall in Brand Green, North Gloucestershire. There are typically in the region of 12 real ales, three or four ciders, one or two perries and a variety of local wines, plus a hog roast/barbecue, and visitors are entertained throughout the afternoon and evening in a large marquee by up to six local bands. All proceeds are gifted to local good causes — £1,500 last year! Find out more at pauntleyrealalefestival.org
June 6-8: Great Welsh Beer and Cider Festival at the Cardiff Motorpoint Arena, Mary Ann Street, Cardiff CF10 2eQ. Full details on the festival website.
June 7-9: The Flying Pig Beer Festival presented by the Teme Valley Brewery at The Talbot, Knightwick, Worcestershire WR6 5PH. Rare and unusual beers. Open 11am-11pm Friday and Saturday, and 11am-6pm Sunday.
June 7-9: The 11th Welland Valley Beer Festival, Leicestershire. More than 250 beers served at a number of pubs, plus ciders, food and entertainment at most venues. More details at the festival website.
June 8: Real ale train at Llangollen Railway, The Station, Abbey Road, Llangollen LL20 8SN. 6.30-9.30pm, £15 per person. 30-mile vintage steam train trip with beer. Book online at www.llangollen-railway.co.uk
June 8 and 9: Grillstock at Albert Sqaure, Manchester, with Brooklyn Brewery pop-up dive bar. » SEE PREVIEW
June 8: Beer Academy food and beer matching course at the Drafthouse, Westbridge, Battersea, London SW11 3AG. Book via the Beer Academy website.
June 13-15: Tynedale Beer Festival at Tynedale RFC, Corbridge, Northumberland, run by Tynedale Lions and Tynedale RFC in aid of various charities. Full details at the festival website.
June 19-23: Beer Mutiny, organised by The Craft Beer Social Club at Arch 402, 37 Cremer Street, Shoreditch, London E2 8HD. » SEE PREVIEW
June 21-23: Kingskerswell Summer Moon Festival at the Parish Centre, Church End Road, Kingskerswell, Newton Abbot, Devon TQ12 5DS. 50 south west beers, ciders and wines. Sponsored by Hunter’s and Bays breweries. More details at the festival website.
June 22: Open day at Sixpenny Brewery, The Dairy Building, Manor Farm, Sixpenny Handley, Dorset SP5 5NU. The event will include a hog roast.
July 3-6: Ealing Beer Festival in Walpole Park, Ealing, London. Organised by the West Middlesex branch of CAMRA with 220 beers. Find out more on the Ealing Council website.
July 4-15: Summer beer festival at the Pig ‘n’ Falcon, New Street, St Neots PE19 1AE. More details on the pub website.
July 8: Beer Academy one-day foundation course at the Sheffield Tap, Sheffield, 9.30am-4.30pm. To find out more, e-mail enquiries@beeracademy.co.uk
July 12 and 13: Leven Real Ale Festival at the New Inn, Leven, East Yorkshire. More details at the festival website.
July 12-14: The seventh SIBA South East Beer Festival at Tonbridge Juddians Rugby Club, The Slade, Tonbridge, Kent TN9 1HR. More than 100 real ales, local ciders plus soft drinks and food at all sessions. Opening times: Friday, 5-11pm; Saturday, 11am-11pm; Sunday, 11am-5pm or until the beer runs out. Free admission, £3.20 per pint, souvenir glass £2 (free to CAMRA members on presentation of a valid membership card). More details at the festival website.
July 12-14: Welling Charity Beer Festival at Guy Earl of Warwick Park View Road, Welling, Kent DA16 1TT. 30 real ales , ciders and real lagers, plus food, live bands, entertainment, competitions, food, souvenirs, raffles and a children’s funfair nearby. All profits go back into the community, courtesy of Bexley Round Table. Open noon to late night. Entry £2 per adult plus £3 for a commemorative glass (drinkers only). Find out more at the festival website.
July 19 and 20: The annual Dobwalls Beer Festival at The Highwayman, Dobwalls, Cornwall PL14 6JD. A fine collection of Cornish ales and cider at this family orientated event. The Friday session will start at 6pm with Jessica and the Rabbits and 13 seconds providing the music. Saturday’s session will start at noon with a family fun day, barbecue and music from Samba Kernow and The Dastardlys. All proceeds in aid of the Cornwall Air Ambulance.
July 26 and 27: Inaugural Birmingham Beer Bash. » SEE PREVIEW
July 26-28: Market Bosworth Rail Ale Weekend, run in conjunction with the Battlefield Preserved Railway, based at Market Bosworth Station, Leicestershire, with beers in the goods shed and on the trains. More than 40 real ales, plus ciders, perries and fruit wines. Dr Busker will perform on Friday and Saturday evenings from 7pm (over 18s only, £3 at gate). Black Parrot Seaside folk group will perform on Saturday afternoon and the Anker Morris Men will dance on Sunday afternoon. This year there will be more steam and diesel locos, plus traction engines, road rollers and steam lorries, plus hot and cold food and children’s entertainment. Entry to site £3 per person (card carrying CAMRA members free admission daytime Saturday and Sunday, but not for Dr Busker). Camping and caravanning will again be allowed on site. More details at the festival website.
August 10: Fleet Lions’ Seven Sins Beer Festival The Harlington, 236 Fleet Road, Fleet, Hampshire GU51 4BY — 15 minutes from the railway station. At least 28 real ales (with a wicked theme, including some of the best local ones) plus local ciders, and barecue and some good (but not too loud) music. There’s an exclusive commemorative glass, too. Sessions run from 11am until 3pm, then from 5.30 until 9.30pm. Tickets £6 in advance, £7 on the door (subject to availability). Buy online at www.fleetlions.org.uk/beerfest or e-mail beerfest@fleetlions.org.uk. Enquiries: 01252 614778.
August 13-17: Great British Beer Festival, organised by CAMRA, at Olympia, London. More details to follow.
August 23-25: Alba Real Ale Festival, at the Royal Tay Yacht Club, 34 Dundee Road, Broughty Ferry, Dundee DD5 1LX. More than 40 beers from around Scotland. With live entertainment, plus barbecue food and snacks. Find out more at the festival website.
September 7: Beer Academy food and beer matching course at the Drafthouse, Westbridge, Battersea, London SW11 3AG. Book via the Beer Academy website.
September 27-October 6: Cask Ale Week 2013 . » Taste Challenge theme for Cask Ale Week
September 27-October 6: Cask Ale Week 2013. » Taste Challenge theme for Cask Ale Week
October 10-13: Independent Manchester Beer Convention (Indy Man Beer Con) at Victoria Baths, Hathersage Road, Chorlton-on-Medlock, Manchester M13 0FE. A showcase for the UK’s craft beer movement, following on from a successful inaugural event in 2013. More details at the IMBC website.
October 25: ‘Oktoberfest’ Wrexham Autumn Beer Festival at the Centenary Club, Glyndwr University Racecourse Stadium, Mold Road, Wrexham LL11 2AH. More than 30 beers from in and around Wrexham.
November 8-10: beer festival at the Mason’s Arms, Bodmin, Cornwall.
November 9: Beer Academy food and beer matching course at the Drafthouse, Westbridge, Battersea, London SW11 3AG. Book via the Beer Academy website.
The Beer Nut Boak and Bailey Pencil and Spoon
The North Leeds Charity Beer Festival takes place on Friday 27th & Saturday 28th April 2012 at St Aidan’s Community Hall, Roundhay Road, Leeds LS8 5QD.
David Hawkin
05.20.2013 |
hello we are having a beer & music festival on the friday 25th to Sunday 27th May and wondered if you could list us on your website please. i am more than happy to supply more information to you
many thanks
Dorian Higgins
05.20.2013 |
Hi Dorian,
Yes, please, send full details to darren@beertoday.co.uk
Cheers,
Darren
darren
05.20.2013 |
Dear Mister/ Misses,
We’re organizing Bierfestival Groningen Netherlands on the 12th and 13th of April this year.
We would like to post some information on your blog or agenda.
underneath you will find the information about our festival.
We would be very grateful when you could help us by promoting our festival.
With regards,
Rob Knippenborg
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Beer Festival Groningen Netherlands
The 3th edition of the Beer Festival Groningen will take place again in the ‘Martinikerk’ in Groningen. The festival did become one of the biggest beer festivals in the Benelux in just 2 years. This year visitors can taste over 125 special beers. There are beers from all over the world. All the beers will be chosen by the brewery itself or a representative of the brewery. This means that there is a lot of knowledge around about all the beers.
There will be given different kind of master classes by Melissa Cole (UK) and Giovanni Campari (I).Next to this various competitions will take place. There’s a competition for amateur brewers and this year there will also be a competition for professional brewery’s. The amateur brewers are challenged to make the best ‘Weizenbier’ and the breweries are challenged to develop a ‘Spring/ May Bokbeer’. On top of this there’s a competition of the best ‘beer and food- combination’.
The festival is split up in different sessions over 2 days:
Friday 12th of April: 19:00 hour till 23:00 hour
Saturday 13th of April: 13:00 hour till 17:00 hour
Saturday 13th of April: 19:00 hour till 23:00 hour
Tickets price is €13,- including 2 coins and a tasting glass. More information, entrance tickets and tickets for master classes are available on the website http://www.bierfestivalgroningen.nl/en/
Rob Knippenborg
05.20.2013 |