Events

Haymarket Theatre, 1 Garrick Walk LE1 3AF

Over 250 real ales, ciders and keykegs and a gin bar. Locale beers including from our main sponsor everards. Hot and cold food, concession stands and pub games.

Weds 26 Feb: 5pm – 11pm
Thursday 27 Feb: 11am – 11pm
Friday 28 Feb: 11am – 11pm
Saturday 29 Feb: 11am – 10pm

Admission CAMRA £2 /non-member £5

£15 package on the door pays for above entry a festival glass and £7 beer token (plus extra £3 for members)

https://leicester.camra.org.uk/2020/

Featuring beers from the glorious white rose county of Yorkshire, there will also be guest beers from other counties celebrating the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Britain. 250+ real ales, wines, ciders, perries, and food. This year for the first time there will be a gin bar as well as a craft keg bar and a Prosecco cocktail bar. 2 different entertainment areas feat rock, blues, pop, folk, brass band and more, entertainment, quiet bars and great fun. Bus service number X1 to and from the Festival from both Sheffield and Rotherham, running every 10-20 minutes. Admission: Thu 6pm-11pm CAMRA entry on door free, £8 for non-membs adv tckt & on door; Fri 6pm-11pm & Sat 12noon-11pm £5 for CAMRA membs inc non-returnable glass & programme, £10 for non-membs adv tckt & on door. Free re-entry to fest on Sat at any time with 2020 Fest Glass. Vols needed, use wbsite or write to Sarah at 5 Stafford Drive, Rotherham. S60 3DQ. Tckts frm various pubs in Rotherham & S Yorks (see wbsite) www.magnarealale.uk. Call 01709 360972 for further dtls.

60+ beers + cider + perry + gin.
Open Thursday 12noon to 11pm (Free entry), Friday and Saturday 12noon to 11pm (entry fee).
CAMRA & University Real Ale Society members free all sessions. Food available all sessions.
email loughborocamra@gmail.com or see www.loughboroughcamra.co.uk for further details.
Volunteers required to help at all sessions including set-up and take-down. Contact loughborocamrapubs@gmail.com

75 Real Ales & 20 Real Ciders & Perry. Keykeg bar. On site catering provided. Live music Fri & Sat from 8pm. FREE MINIBUS SHUTTLE from Rlwy Stn to Spa Theatre. Open: Thu to Sat 12noon-11pm. £5 admission incl refundable glass £1. Free entry to card carrying CAMRA membs at all times. Vols most welc. Celebrate Yorkshire Beard Day on Sat with family-fun events incl competitions for beards, real & fake, culminating in crowning of Yorkshire Beard of the Year. More info scarboroughbeerfestival.camra.org.uk Enquiries to Stewart Campbell: 07500 543199 / bfo@scarboroughbeerfestival.camra.org.uk

Robin Park Indoor Sports Centre, Loire Drive opposite DW Stadium Wigan.

90+ Real Ales plus large selection of Traditional cider and Perry plus Foreign and keykeg bar. NEW this Year GIN & Prosecco

VENUE is very large with ample seating available and no problems getting in.  Music all sessions except Friday afternoon which is quiet.  Courtesy bus runs from the town centre to venue throughout the festival.  Thursday 5.30pm-11pm FREE; Friday 12pm-6pm £1; 6pm-11pm £3; Sat 11.30am-9.30pm £2; CAMRA membs FREE THROUGHOUT.  www.beerfestival.wigancamra.org.uk or for more details.

Arnold House, Elsee Road, Rugby CV21 3BA (Town Centre, behind Merchant’s Inn Pub). 35+ real ales, ciders, and perries. Foreign beer bar, tombola, Sat auction.

Food all sessions. Fri 2pm till 11pm, Sat 12noon till 11pm. Live music Sat evening. £3.00 entry all sessions. £2.00 to card carrying Camra members. More details on https://rugby.camra.org.uk/

70 real ales, ciders, perries, bottled beers & food. Open Fri 11.30-4pm (£8), 6.30-11pm (£10); Sat 11.30-4pm (£10), 6.30-11pm (£10). Souvenir glass & programme inc in admission price. Discounted entry via beer tokens for card carrying CAMRA members. Fri Lunch – Tutored Tastings (extra £10 charge); Entertainment: Fri eve – Rough Cut, Sat Lunch – Plaitford Common, Sat Eve – The Skore. Tickets available – online via website (booking fee), by post (please inc SAE, contact details and cheque payable to ‘Southern Hampshire CAMRA Beer Festivals’) to Beer Festival Tickets, 29 Westman Road, Winchester, SO22 6DU; or via local outlets: Winchester – Albion, Black Boy, Hyde Tavern, Westgate, William Walker; Southampton – Guide Dog; Eastleigh – Steam Town Brew Co. Further info at www.winchesterbeerfestival.org.uk or email tickets@winchesterbeerfestival.org.uk or call 07587 242797.

Please note that the venue’s Ts and Cs of hire now include:
No under 18s will be allowed into the venue during the festival opening times.
No food or drink from outside to be consumed on the premises during the festival opening times.
No picnic chairs or tables to be permitted into the festival venue.

Approx 140 real ales & 40 ciders/perries. Food avail at all sess, tkt price incl admission, prog, commemorative glass & £5 worth of tokens. Card-carrying CAMRA membs also receive a voucher for a free half-pint of beer, cider or perry. Admission is by adv tkt only & tkts are strictly non-refundable. Tkts go on general sale online on 31 Jan. IMPORTANT: Check www.camrabristol.org.uk for details & updates including how CAMRA membs can register to buy tkts on 30 Jan. Telephone box office (additional charge for processing & postage) 0333 666 3366. Tkts for all sess cost £12.50 incl £5 of tokens: Thu 19 March eve 630-11pm, Fri 20 March lunchtime 1130am-4pm, Friday 20 March eve 630-11pm, Sat 21 March lunchtime 1130am-4pm, Sat 21 March eve 630-11pm.

The Voodoo Café Skinnergate Road Darlington DL3 7LX. Join us upstairs at this new venue in the town centre within easy walking distance from the train stn. 30 independent ales + ciders & perry. Fest open Thu 7pm-11pm; Fri & Sat, 12noon-1130pm. Entry to the fest is FREE to all on Thu eve. All other sess free for Darlington CAMRA membs & £1 for valid CAMRA card showing membs & £2, non-membs. Vols req’d, for all sess especially for setting up & dismantling. Sponsors req’d for the casks. Further info from Paul Appleton via email paul.appleton103@hotmail.co.uk

Approx 150 real ales, 60 ciders/perries + fruit wines & meads. Hot & cold food avail. Open: Thu 1-4pm trade invitees & CAMRA membs only, general public 4-11pm; Fri + Sat 12–11pm. Admission: £5 all sess, fest glass & prog: £3, cashless bars, £7 tokens avail on entry & £5 tokens thereafter from membs stand, card-carrying CAMRA membs can obtain free £5 beer token from membs stand. 18+ only. Advance tckts avail from villagaiety.com (Limited to 350 per day, thereafter pay at box office) vol’s welc – contact Julie Jones: staff@iombeerfestival.com

Guisborough Parish Hall, Bow Street, TS14 6BP (town centre near Market Cross, 2 mins bus stops). 30 cask conditioned ales feat South West England, + ciders, perries & wines. Hot food, snacks & soft drinks, tombola. Admission (incl free commemorative glass/tankard & programme) Fri & Sat 11am-4pm £3, 6-11pm £3 (CAMRA card carrying membs £1 refund on door). Eve entertainment on Sat eve. Tickets on sale 1 Feb from Guisborough Bookshop, Chaloner Street, Guisborough. A joint charity event organised by Rotary and Cleveland CAMRA. More Info www.clevelandcamra.org.uk or Paul Whitefoot paul@whitefoot.plus.com

90+ real ales, 20 ciders/perries. Open Fri 530-11pm; Sat lunch 11-4pm & Sat eve 7-11pm. Prices £10 for Fri & Sat lunchtime, £8 for Sat eve which include free festival glass + £3 beer tokens. £2 extra tokens for CAMRA membs at all sess. Tkts avail online from www.nwwiltscamra.org.uk, by person from Three Crowns, Chippenham or Prince of Wales, Chippenham or by post at Beer Fest Tickets, 110 Charter Road, Chippenham, Wiltshire, SN15 2RB. Pls enclose SAE + state sessions. Cheques payable to CAMRA NW Wiltshire. Entry to eve sess by adv tkt sale only. Vols always welc; email staffing@nwwiltscamra.org.uk or visit our webpage.

Coventry Rugby Football Ground, Butts Park Arena, Butts Road, CV1 3GE. Just off junction 7 of city centre ring road, 15-20 mins walk from Railway Station, or number 4, 6, 6A, 8, 8A,10 buses from city centre. Ample parking, coach parties welcome. 75+ Beers, Ciders, Perries and Country Wines. Open 12noon – 11pm Fri & 12noon – 10.30pm Sat. Entrance CARD-CARRYING CAMRA MEMBERS: FREE all sessions except from 6pm Fri
evening £2. Non-members £2, except from 6pm Fri evening £3. Entry pack in operation includes beer tokens and glass hire, both refundable. Food available at all sessions. More details – see website www.coventry.camra.org.uk or contact: contact@coventry.camra.org.uk

NEW DATES: 7-9th May

Under 10 mins from the train station and A6 bus routes (directions on web site). Over 150 cask beers – NB All available cask beers will be on at every public session plus ciders, perries and bottled conditioned beers from across Europe + ‘Bar Nouveau’ with up to ten cask beers which have never been seen before, including prize winning home brewer/professional brewer collaborations.

Great live entertainment in the large separate entertainment suite, hot and cold food at all sessions, Special Festival Ale, stalls, programme, souvenir T-shirts, refundable souvenir glasses and a marvellous atmosphere! Families very welcome in the stand (NB not a crèche) and disabled access available (unfortunately limited access to some bars for wheelchair users but alternative service will be provided if required). Seating and outside drinking available for all; so come down and enjoy the spring sunshine while you drink your beer and cider!

Special Trade and CAMRA Members preview session Thurs 7^th May from 3.30pm onwards. Open to the public Thurs 7^th May 5.30-11, Fri 8^th May Noon-11, Sat 9^th May Noon-11. Admission all sessions £3, except Fri from 5pm £5 – On-line Advance Tickets £1 discount for all sessions (+ small booking fee). CAMRA members get in FREE on Thursday and Friday until 5pm, Friday evening from 5pm £3 and all-day Saturday £1. Special discounted hotel rates have been negotiated for festival goers – check our web site for details.

Staff are very urgently required for this extremely friendly festival, including the setting up days on 4^th – 6^th May, trade session, open sessions and most especially on the knocking down day on 10^th May. Free staff beer/cider and food during set up, all sessions open to the public and at the knock down + subsidised late night taxis and accommodation for eligible staff. Free food and beer/cider at the volunteers’ post festival party. An extremely warm welcome and a real buzz are always guaranteed to every volunteer.

For more information re staffing and staff benefits visit www.stockportfestival.org.uk or contact Mike Wilson on 07973 303570 or Pete Farrand on 07710 878796 or email at volunteers@stockportfestival.org.uk. For all other matters contact Jim Flynn on 0161 432 1816/07917 596751/ organiser @ stockportfestival . org . uk or visit our web site at www.stockportfestival.org.uk or follow us at @skbeerfestival.

Christchurch Meadows, Reading, RG4 8DH, 5 mins walk from N exit of Reading Stn. 450+ beers, 140+ ciders, foreign beers, 50+key keg ales & UK wines. Adv tkts or ltd ed season ticket avail (+booking fee), incl four 1/2pt beer tokens (per sess for season tckt), see fest wbsite for dtls. All prices incl comp fest glass & programme while stocks last. Thu 430pm-11pm, £5 on the door, £14 in advance; Bank Hol Fri 11am-11pm, £11 otd, £20 adv; Sat 11am-430pm £10 otd, £19 adv; Sat 6-11pm £10 otd, £19 adv; Sun 12noon-530pm, £5 otd, £14 adv; Season ticket £70, adv only. Thu: pub quiz; Fri/Sat: live music; Sun: family day. Hot & cold food avail all sessions. Volunteers reqd please: staffing@reading beerfestival.org.uk For details see

www.readingbeerfestival.org.uk  Facebook: @readingbeer Twitter @readingbeerfest

Yapton & Ford Village Hall, Main Road, Yapton, West Sussex, BN18 0ET. 60+ real ales, 6 live KeyKeg ales incl 2 Pilsner style + ciders, perries + food. Open: Fri 6-11pm (£5) ; Sat 11am-9pm (£6), reduced entry (£3) after 5pm; Sun 12noon-3pm (free). Souvenir glass + prog incl in price. £2 beer tokens for card carrying CAMRA membs. Vintage open-top bus runs from Barnham Railway Stn to venue on Sat. Tkts avail early Feb, by post (SAE to WSC, 26 Barrack Lane, Bognor Regis, PO21 4DA, cheques to CAMRA Western Sussex Branch) or from various pubs around West Sussex. Further details at www.facebook.com/YaptonBeerex and @YaptonBeerex from early Feb.

Western lawns, King Edwards Parade, Eastbourne, BN21 4EH. 15min walk from rlwy stn, next to the Wish Tower on the seafront. 60 + Real Ales, 30+ Ciders &Perries + range of foreign bottled beers, wine & Cocktails. Live music entertainment on all sess. Set under two large linked Marquees at the Western Lawns on the seafront, with inside & outside seating area. Hot & cold food available. Open Fri 5-10pm, Sat 11-4pm, 5-10pm. Sun 1230pm-630pm. Fri £9 (CAMRA £8) Sat Day £9 (CAMRA £8) Sat Night £9 (CAMRA £8) Sun £7.50 (CAMRA £6.50) www.eastbournebeerfestival.co.uk or phone ticket office on 01323 410611. Non-ticket enquires to contact@southeastsussex.camra.org.uk