A taste of Munich will arrive in London in October, with award-winning Bavarian brewer ABK Beer signing up as official supplier for this year’s London Bierfest and promising a spectacular programme of live performances, unlimited steins and traditional Bavarian cuisine. Taking place in east London’s iconic Old Billingsgate Market from 17-18 October, the two-day event…
The 29th Sussex Beer and Cider Festival takes place at Brighton Racecourse from 22-23 March 2019. With more than 150 real ales from across the UK featured, there will also be over 40 ciders and perries available, plus hot and cold food, including vegan options. This year there will be three sessions, Friday lunchtime from…
Cheshire Beer Festival returns to Chester Racecourse for a fifth time on 22-23 March, following a 16-month break that’s seen it move from a November slot in the calendar to March. For the first time the festival will be open all day on Friday and Saturday, so having paid for admission visitors will be free…
Brunel’s Old Station is the venue for the 22nd annual Bristol Beer Festival, which takes place from 21-23 March 2019. Run by the Bristol branch of CAMRA, there will be a carefully chosen selection of around 140 different real ales on sale over the course of the festival, as well as a good range of…
Featuring more than 75 beers, including a few special selections from local breweries, plus a range of ciders, perries and country wines, Coventry Beer Festival hits the city from 15-16 March this year. Taking place at Coventry Rugby Football Ground, at Butts Park Arena, just off junction seven of the city centre ring road it…
There’s a space-age theme to this year’s Leicester Beer Festival, which touches down from 13-16 March 2019 at the Haymarket Theatre, in the heart of the city centre. With Leicester being home to the National Space Centre museum and educational facility, this year’s festival commemorates the 50th anniversary of man’s first steps on the moon…
Some of the breweries and beers that appeared at the first Loughborough Beer Festival 43 years ago are still around today… but few of them would make it onto the lineup for a beer event in this day and age. Back then real ale was something of a rarity, but the industry has moved on…
It all kicked off as a one-day celebration of craft beer at the beginning of last year’s Sheffield Beer Week, but this year the Indie Beer Feast is back… but this time as a two-day event running from 8-9 March. With an emphasis on great quality, independent craft beer, both sessions at last year’s event…
Now in its 32nd consecutive year, Wigan Beer Festival takes place from Thursday, 28 February, to Saturday, 2 March, at Robin Park Sports and Tennis Centre, opposite the DW Stadium. The festival will feature more than 70 real ales from brewers such as Newcastle’s Almasty, Atom from Hull and Beatnikz Republic out of Manchester. There’s…
With events in London, Edinburgh and Bristol, beer festival-organisers We Are Beer have already established themselves on the UK circuit… but now they’re adding a fourth event in Birmingham in July. Since opening the doors to their first London Craft Beer Festival in 2013, the company has been celebrating the creativity, diversity and dynamism of…
