Saints go marching in for beer

There’s a brand new venue for this year’s Southampton Beer Festival… St Mary’s Stadium, home of Southampton Football Club. And there’ll be up to 90 high-quality cask ales and a range of up to 30 popular ciders and perries to tease the taste-buds from 23-24 June! This year’s festival features a new layout – with…

Taste of great ale in Glasgow

Nothing like an old fish market to get a bloke in the mood for a beer or two… so the ale should really be flowing at Glasgow Real Ale Festival (GRAF) next weekend. Organised and run by the Glasgow and West of Scotland branch of CAMRA, the Glasgow Real Ale Festival takes place at the…

Wildfire to rage at Wiston Lodge

Three days of riotous rock in the sumptuous grounds of Scotland’s Wiston Lodge… now that’s something to look forward to. And Wildfire Festival, which takes place from 23-25 June, promises a “who’s who” of the new generation of breakthrough UK rock bands. Headlining the two main stages on Saturday and Sunday night will be Toseland…

Skids and Sex Pissed Dolls

Mod, ska, indie, punk, northern soul and great DJs… there’s something for everyone at Stone Valley Festival. Taking place at Castle Park in Stanhope, Durham, from 23-24 June, SVF claims to generate a fantastic atmosphere that’s suitable for all ages. This year’s festival will have an even bigger marquee, brilliant sound and lighting on the…

Togfest in Milton Keynes

The beautiful grounds of Bradwell Abbey, Milton Keynes, will come alive to the sound of music from 23-24 June when Togfest 2017 gets underway. An all-music festival, Togfest 2017 features top live original music from the UK and beyond and this year includes Manchester rockers Kyngs, Southbank Crows from London, Dan Plews, Holm, The Reluctants,…

Glasnost… in the spirit of Glastonbury

Sad to be missing out on Glastonbury this year, well if you’re anywhere near Cardiff on the weekend of 23-25 June then you can still take in the party atmosphere as Glasnost hits The Moon club. And with Glastonbury tickets weighing in at upwards of £200 you’ll be saving heaps of money as The Moon…

A real taste of Thames ales

The theme for this year’s Braintree Real Ale Festival is “A Trip Along The Thames”, with beers sourced from along the path of the river from its source in the Cotswolds to its mouth near Southend. The event gets underway at the Bocking Arts Theatre (formally the Braintree Insitute) on Thursday, 15 June, and runs…

Yorkshire brewing’s magic three

Everyone knows that three’s the magic number… and when it comes to brewing in North Yorkshire there’s certainly some truth in that theory. Not that there aren’t many more great breweries in the area, but there are three in particular that offer a fantastic insight into what goes into the brewing process and creating Britain’s…

Fire Service group rallies to Eden Camp

Not that anyone should need an excuse to visit Eden Camp, North Yorkshire’s excellent wartime museum, but next weekend would be a good time to head to Malton as the theme attraction is holding its Fire Service Preservation Group Rally Weekend. Its annual rally for the Fire Service Preservation Group takes place on Saturday, 17…

Wales National Air Show takes to skies

Breathtaking aerobatic displays, state-of-the-art aircraft and vintage planes take to the skies over Swansea this summer when the free Wales National Air Show returns to the city from 1-2 July. More than 200,000 people packed the seafront last year to enjoy displays including the Red Arrows, a Eurofighter Typhoon, Chinook helicopters and aircraft from the…