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Pub, Club and Other non-CAMRA Beer Festivals

These festivals are run by enthusiastic licensees or charities such as local Round Tables, but are very often supported by the local branches of CAMRA. For details of official CAMRA festivals, click here.

We do not always get to hear about such festivals until they've almost happened. The list below consists of festivals in and around our local area, i.e those that would be feasible for a day out by train bus or pushbike. Special thanks are due to Simon Chappell of Wakefield CAMRA, John Phillips and Paul Dixey of Heavy Woollen CAMRA and David Litten of Hull CAMRA for regular updates. We shall be glad to add additional festivals or amend details click to advise us. This no-frills formula means your festival can be posted within minutes of news being received! e. & o.e.

LATEST 2013 FESTIVAL DETAILS

Friday 24-Saturday 25 May Fifth Kirkburton Beer Festival at the Uniformed Groups a.k.a. Scout HQ, Hallas Road, Kirkburton HD8 0QQ, Friday 16:00-23:00, Saturday 11:00-23:00, Friday night – pie & pea supper and quiz, also raffle - win a trip up the Emley Moor Mast ! Saturday incorporating Village Gala from 14:00 - barbecue, live music, entertainment, stalls, chocolate workshops, art exhibition and much more, 25+ beers planned to suit all tastes, plus cider, wine, soft drinks, tea & coffee. £5 entry includes lucky programme, glass & beer tokens. Beer still only £2.00 a pint. Local buses 80/81/82/83/84 to Kirkburton run from Waterloo (on the Huddersfield-Wakefield 231/232 routes) beerlist

Thursday 23-Monday 27 May Imperial Brewery Beer Festival, Imperial Club & Brewery, Arcadia Hall, Cliff Street, Mexborough S64 9HU with12 guest beers, 5 Imperial Brewery beers, real cider and perry, craft bottled beers, home cooked food, starts Thu 16:30 https://twitter.com/ImperialBrewery

Thursday 23-Monday 27 May Second Beer & Cider Festival at the Strawberry Gardens, Poulton Road, Fleetwood FY7 6TF Map, 50+ real ales and continental beers across the festival, live music

Friday 24-Saturday 25 May Beer Fest, featuring exclusively beers from Hand Drawn Monkey Brewing Co at the HDM Beer Shop, 28 Wood Street, Huddersfield, HD1 1DU with lots of specials, new beers and experimental one offs from the pilot kit, free entry, open 11:00-midnight http://www.hdmbeershop.co.uk/ 

Friday 24-Sunday 26 May Beer Festival at the De Vere Village Hotel, Capitol Boulelvard West, just off the dual carriageway stretch of the A650 Tingley (Morley side) LS27 0TS, tel: 0871 222 4606 http://www.village-hotels.co.uk/hotels/leeds-south/welcome  featuring beers from Yorkshire breweries including  Partners, Ossett, Old Bear, Great Heck, Scarborough and The Brew Company. Buses  85, 117, 153 also walkable from 202/3,  and 427

Friday 24-Monday 27 May MMM Mini Mallinsons and Mild Festival at the Star Inn, 7 Albert Street, Folly Hall Huddersfield Friday from 17:00, Sat, Sun, Mon from 12:00

Saturday 25th May Stillingfleet Beer Festival at the Village Institute in association with Brown Cow Brewery with a range of 12 to 15 ales as well as a cider and perry, plus soft drinks, pork pies and sandwiches. proceeds will help improve the building. Entry £5, call 07713 145683 for tickets.

Saturday 25th May Wetherby Beer Festival http://www.wetherbylions.com/wp/fundraising/beer-festival/ at the St James’s Meeting Rooms in Wetherby

Saturday 25-Monday 27 May Bridge Beer and Pie Festival at the Bridge Inn. Low Lane, Horsforth LS18 4HN http://www.warmandfriendly.co.uk/index.html

Saturday 25-Sunday 26 May LS6 Beer Festival 2013 Left Bank Leeds, a new arts and events venue based in the unexpected and breathtaking surroundings of the former St Margaret of  Antioch church building on Cardigan Rd Leeds LS6 1LJ open from12:00each day with over 25 award winning beers and ciders from local and national breweries, plus a one-off festival beer, featuring speciality ales and Yorkshire favourites, to tempt connoisseurs and novices alike. Accompanied by street food, "pub entertainment" and rip-roaring live music. Local bus number 19/19A from Leeds city centre stops within a minute’s walk from the venue in either direction and buses 49, 50/50A and 56 stop within 10 minutes’ walk of the venue.

Friday 31 May-Sunday 2 June, 2013 Robin Hood Beer Festival at the Old Halfway House, 452 Leeds Road Wakefield WF3 3AB with12 local beers cooled and on hand-pull, full beer menu with tasting notes near to festival time www.oldhalfway.co.uk frequent bus 110 from Wakefield and Leeds

Friday 7-Saturday 8 June Third Collingham Real Ale Festival at the Scout Hut, Harewood Road, Collingham, Wetherby LS22 5B, at least 12 real ales, daytime bus 923  bus X98/9 festival website

Saturday 1-Sunday 2 June Mirfield Round Table Beer Festival at Mirfield Cricket Club, Memorial Park, Huddersfield Road, Mirfield, WF14 9NE, noon - 22:30 each day with around 20 real ales, lagers and ciders from breweries near and far, free entry but a commemorative glass can be purchased on the day if desired, bus 278 from Wakefield, Dewsbury and Halifax, also buses 203, 253 and 262 festival website

Saturday 8 June Three Valleys Festival at a number of pubs and a brewery in the Dronfield area, Barlow Brewery, Horns Inn at Holmesfield, Jolly Farmer, Three Tuns, Dronfield Arms, Coach & Horses and Miners Arms inter alia) with a free bus running noon-23:00 between the venues every half hour, serving Dronfield Station www.threevalleysfestival.org.uk

Thursday 13-Saturday 15 June First Retford Beer Festival at Retford Town Hall with 100 different beers, ciders, perries and wines www.retfordbeerfestival.com

Saturday 22-Sunday 23 June Beer Festival at the Ferryboat Inn on the banks of the Derwent at Thorganby, York YO19 6DD tel: 01904448224

Friday 28-Saturday 29 June beer festival at the Jemmy Hirst, Rawcliffe  (carrying on to the Sunday subject to stocks remaining). From West Yorkshire or Hull the X62 will take you to the edge of Goole where it's a short hop to Rawcliffe on the 88. There's a train back to West Yorkshire from Rawcliffe (with loo) just before 7pm (not Sun) 88 bus to/from Goole and Doncaster

Saturday 29 June  Clifford Beer Festival 2013 at Clifford Village Hall, Albion Street, Clifford LS23 6HY public transport

Thursday 18-Sunday 21 July Summer Beer Festival at Hawkshead Beer Hall, Mill Yard, Staveley, Cumbria LA8 9LR website

Friday 5-Saturday 6 July Annual Newmillerdam Scouts Beer Festival at the Scout HQ, Newmillerdam WF2 6QQ Friday from 18:00, Saturday from 11:00, food all the time, 20 cooled beers, souvenir glass, new extra marquee, bouncy castle and face painting Sat afternoon, Stagecoach bus 59 from Wakefield and Barnsley, N.B. many more buses i.e. 110, 96/7 (daytime only) leave the A61 at the traffic lights leading to Asda but venue is walkable continuing along Barnsley Road for the relatively fit. £2 entry, also this year for the first time some festival glasses will be available to buy.

Friday 5-Sunday 7 July Summer Beer Festival at the Abbey Inn, 99 Pollard Lane, Newlay, LS13 1EQ web page either walk through the woods from New Road Side alighting from bus 33 or 33A or walk in the direction of Bramley Falls Locks and up the canal, alighting from 508, 670/1 or 760

Saturday 6th July Thorganby Beer Festival at the Village Hall website

Saturday 6-Sunday 7 July Monkeyfest 7 at Armitage Bridge Monkey Club, Dean Brook Road, Armitage Bridge, HD4 7PB (map)

Friday 12-Saturday 13 July Leven Real Ale Festival at the New Inn, 44 South Street, Leven, Beverley HU17 5NZ website

Friday 19 July Red Shirt Night at Pontefract Race Course The last evening meeting of the season is the popular Red Shirt Night, this year with a beer festival with local breweries exhibiting their wares! Also a fantastic 80s cover band to keep folk dancing into the night! Don't forget the 6 exciting races as well! Gates open 16:30, first race 18:20. Admission from between £5 and £21 with under 18s and car parking free. Call 01977 781307 or visit www.pontefract-races.co.uk

Friday 19-Sunday 21 July Beer Festival at Worksop Rugby Club, Stubbing Lane , Worksop, Nottinghamshire, S80 1NF

Friday 19-Sunday 21 July Fifth Selby Cricket Club Beer & Food Festival, Sandhill Lane, Leeds Road Selby YO8 4JP, in association with Brown Cow Brewery, Fri from 18:30, Sat from 16:00, live music, bar food until 21:00 (times shown are based on last year's festival)

Saturday 27 July Fourth Bobtown Beer Bash at Roberttown Community Centre WF15 7LS entry £2.50 inc commemorative glass, 35+ real ales inc Festival specials and one-off brews, perry and cider, local bands, fresh food, open from noon, bus 220, 253

Saturday 27 July Selby Town Hall Beer & Music Festival, York Street, Selby YO8 4AJ, open 16:00-23:00 admission by ticket includes glass programme and first half, available from Selby Town Council, York St, Selby YO8 4AJ tel 01757 708449 or by post, cheques payable to Selby Town Council.  20 Yorkshire beers, real cider & perry, music, food  Advance booking strongly recommended. Tel: 01757 708449 Email: admin@selbytowncouncil.co.uk for this year's price and to verify opening hours as those given are based on 2012.

Thursday 1-Sunday 4 August Fourth Yarnbury Beer Festival, Yarnbury Rugby Club, Brownberrie Lane, Horsforth LS18 5HB, entry £5 to include glass, programme and £2.50 in drinks vouchers, over 60 beers and ciders, plus live bands, 10/15 mins. walk from Horsforth Station, or bus 97 stops outside, try http://www.yarnburybeerfestival.co.uk/

Friday 2-Sunday 4 August Beer Festival at the Cross Keys, 3 Whitegate, Siddal HX3 9AE bus 541/2

Friday 2-Sunday 4 August Wortley Men’s Club Yorkshire Beer Festival, the club's very first beer festival, to celebrate Yorkshire Day (3 Aug) Moneys raised for charities: Yorkshire Air Ambulance, and The Yorkshire Regiment Benevolent Fund. NB this is not Wortley, Leeds but Wortley Village, S35 7DB, Sheffield, Wortley Club being Barnsley CAMRA’s Club of the Year 2012 bus 23 from Barnsley

Friday 9-Saturday 10 August First Hornsea Real Ale Festival at the Floral Hall, Esplanade, Hornsea HU18 1NQ, times and tickets on website

Saturday 10 August Garforth Lions' Second Beer Festival at the Miners' Welfare Hall, 56 Main Street, Garforth LS25 1AA in aid of local charities open 11:00-23:00, trains from York, Selby & Leeds, buses from Castleford 163/166, Leeds 19/19A, 163/166, Wakefield 173/4/5 (daytime only) and 402/3 Selby (daytime only) Punters from Wakefield can get home in the evening via Leeds or Castleford. http://garforthlions.btck.co.uk/FundRaising/BeerFestival (information based on 2012)

Saturday 10-Sunday 11 August New Inn Roberttown Microfest, a fun celebration of microbrewery real ale with the New Inn (Heavy Woollen Pub of the Year 2013)'s own brews and beers from microbrewers across the country, food by Continental Cuisine, http://www.thenewinnroberttown.com/ buses 220/1, 229, 253

Saturday 17-Sunday 18 August expected dates for Keystones (beer and) Music Festival 2013 at The Keystones Scream, 4 Monkgate, York YO31 7PE open from noon, admission BOOK EARLY AS THIS EVENT IN 2012 WAS COMPLETELY SOLD OUT WELL IN ADVANCE

Friday 23-Sunday 25 August Galtres Festival 2013 at Crayke, York YO61 4TQ - between Mosswood Lane and Crayke Lane, a fun, family festival combining local beer, food and entertainment over an action-packed weekend in the Vale of York. While the adults get stuck into one of the 100 beers and ciders that are waiting to be tasted, the kids can attend a music workshop or sit in on a storytelling session. 

Friday 23-Monday 26 August Annual Bank Holiday Beer Festival at the Brewers Pride, Low Mill Road, Healey, Ossett WF5 8ND starting around 17:00 on the Friday and all day for the rest of the holiday weekend, live music Fri & Sat nights

Thursday 5-Sunday 8 September Leeds International Beer Festival at Leeds Town Hall, six sessions with admission between £4 and £6

Friday 13-Saturday 14 September Rotary Club of Wakefield's First Beer Festival at Newmillerdam Scout HQ, Fri 16:00-23:00, Sat noon-23:00, food, live music Sat bus 59

Thursday 19-Saturday 21 September Red Shed Beer Festival at Wakefield Labour Club, Vicarage Street, Wakefield WF1 1QX www.theredshed.org.uk

Friday 20-Saturday 21 September Shelley Beer Festival at Shelley Village Hall organised by the Huddersfield 68 Round Table and 41 Club, Friday from 18:00, Saturday all day bus 80/81 (from Huddersfield or Clayton West) last year there were 14 beers and a couple of ciders, entry was £5

Friday 20-Saturday 21 September Sitlington & District Round Table present their Wakefield Festival of Beer at The Space, Waldorf Way, Wakefield WF3 8DH, noon-23:00, 60+ ales, beers, ciders, perries, wines and brandies website

Friday 4-Saturday 5 October Third Addingham Beer Festival a celebration of real ale in Addingham, all in aid of local charities, over 30 ales and ciders from around the country plus great food and music, public sessions: Friday: 18:00-late, Saturday:  noon-16:00 and 18:00-late, website: www.addinghambeerfestival.co.uk

Friday 4-Saturday 5 October Beverley Real Ale Festival at St Mary's Church, 15 Molescroft vRoad, Beverley HU17 8AP, ticket details at festival website

Thursday 17-Sunday 27 October, Beer Festival at the Hare & Hounds, Holcombe, Brook near Bury http://hareandhoundsbury.com/

These 2013 festivals may occur again at the same time of year:

Friday 25-Saturday 26 May  Cider & Perry Festival at the Crown & Anchor, Front Street, Sowerby YO7 1JN tel 01845 522448 www.crownandanchorsowerby.co.uk

Friday 25-Saturday 26 May West Indian Cricket and Beer Festival, a two day celebration of cricket, beer, rum and music with marquee and cooking in the garden, steel band, Caribbean barbecue, 30 cask ales plus rum "mixology" in the bar, free entry

Friday 25-Sunday 27 May Outdoor Beer & Music Event at the Gardeners Arms, 383 Leeds Road, Lofthouse,  WF3 3QE, ten real ales and eight live bands, on A61 110 bus route

Friday 25-Monday 28 May Spring Beer Festival at the newly revitalised Old Post Office, Winding Road, Halifax opposite the bus station, showcasing a selection of milds

Saturday 26 May Mini Beer Festival and Fun Day at the Yorkshire Heart Vineyard and Brewery,  Pool Lane, Nun Monkton, York, North Yorkshire, YO26 8EL free camping/caravanning on site  www.yorkshireheart.com

Thursday 31 May Brewdog Tasting Night at the Bierhuis, 17 Towngate, Ossett WF5 9BL 01924 565121  www.bierhuis.co.uk starting at 19:00. Can be booked from the shop or phone 01924565121 or email bierhuis@live.co.uk

Thursday 31 May-Tuesday 5 June Jubilee Weekender, The Tramway Tavern, 192 Chatsworth Road, Chesterfield (Themed Guest Ales)

Thursday 31 May-Tuesday 5 June Right Royal Weekend at the Commercial, Station Road, Chapeltown, Sheffield S35 2XF, featuring 60+ real ales (including some "cracking scoops"), cider and perry, showcasing a varied selection of bitters, pale ales, stouts, porters and milds www.thecommie.co.uk

Friday 1-Sunday 3 June Kirkburton Diamond Jubilee Beer Festival at the Scout HQ, Hallas Road, Kirkburton HD8 0QQ, Friday 16:00-23:00, Saturday 11:00-23:00, Sunday 11:00-15:00, Friday night – pie & pea supper, raffle & quiz, Saturday barbecue, live music & entertainment, grand raffle, plus family day (games & activities for youngsters), Sunday - Events – to be confirmed, Up to 20 Beers planned to suit all tastes, plus cider, wine, soft drinks, tea & coffee. £5 entry includes lucky programme, glass & beer tokens. Beer still only £2.00 a pint. Local buses 80/81/82/83/84 to Kirkburton run from Waterloo (on the Huddersfield-Wakefield 231/232 routes)

Friday 1-Sunday 3 June Diamond Jubilee Beer Festival at the Reindeer Inn, 204 Old Road. Overton WF4 4RL sponsored by Cap House Brewery, starting Friday 16:00, bus 232 and a few daytime 128 (232 is mixed operators so MetroDay ticket may be a good idea) Pub is just uphill from National Mining Museum also open daily.

Friday 1-Sunday 3 June Trent Navigation Beer Cider & Blooze Festival at the Trent Navigation, Meadow Lane, NG2 3HS Nottingham (near the Trent Bridge ground) www.trentnavigation.com

Friday 1-Monday 4 June Real Ale & Cider Festival as part of the Gate to Southwell Folk Festival http://www.southwellfolkfestival.org.uk

Friday 1-Monday 4 June Jubilee Beer Festival at the Rosebud Inn, 22 Westfield Road, Carlton near Rothwell LS26 0SJ with a changing selection over the weekend of over 20-30 beers possibly running until the Tuesday if the beer does not run out, bus 444

Friday 1-Monday 4 June real ale beer festival at the Navigation Inn, Sowerby Bridge, HX6 3LF, over 20 real ales on over the weekend from up and down the country with full details at http://www.thenavigationpub.co.uk/  free admission

Friday 1-Monday 4 June  beer festival at the Fieldhead, 219 Quarmby Rd, Quarmby, Huddersfield HD3 4FB over the bank holiday weekend with 30 beers (12 at any one time) including 2 or 3 "Jubilee" specials supplementing the normal 4 on the bar.

Friday 1-Tuesday 5 June Annual Cider Festival at the Haven Arms, Havenside, Off Sherrif Highway, Hedon, East Riding of Yorkshire HU12 8HH, offering 15ciders on at all times (dry med and sweet, as well as some perries) also offering up to 10 cask beers at the same time, EYMS bus 78 getting of at Havenside on Sheriff's Highway or the 75/76/77 to Hedon and walk down Sheriff's Highway. Purchase of a £6 discount card gets the ciders at £1 off per pint over the 4 days.

Friday 1-Tuesday 5 June Beer Festival at the Calverley Arms, Calverley Lane, Calverley, Leeds, LS28 5QQ  open from noon, good food Tel: 01132557771

Saturday 2 June The Three Valleys Festival at many venues around Dronfield www.threevalleysfestival.org.uk or www.sheffieldcamra.org.uk/3Valleys.htm

Saturday 2 June Jubilee Blues Festival at the CADS complex, near Shalesmoor and Shakespeares real ale bar, admission fee charged (to pay for bands!)

Saturday 2 June Wetherby Lions Beer festival as part of Wetherby Diamond Jubilee Celebrations, noon- 21:00-ish

Saturday 2-Sunday 3 June First Brockholes Beer Festival in Brockholes Village Hall, Brockholes Lane HD9 7ED map featuring 25 beers and ciders, and Holmfirth Wine in aid of the British Legion & Help The Heroes

Saturday 2-Sunday 3 June wrong dates fed to us for Headingley fest.

Saturday 2-Tuesday 5 June Queen's Jubilee Weekend Beer Festival at Misterton Sports & Social Club in its new premises at West Moor Road, Walkeringham, Doncaster South Yorkshire DN10 4LR (technically in N.Lincs?)

Saturday 2-Tuesday 5 June Jubilee Weekend Mini Beer Festival at the Angel Inn, Dame Lane, Misson, near Bawtry, DN10 6EB, 8 cask beers plus bottles and cider, starting Saturday 12.00 noon, 01302 711761 http://www.angel-misson.co.uk/jubilee-weekend-beer-festival/

Saturday 2-Tuesday 5 June Jubilee Beer Festival at the Red Lion, Dewsbury Road, Ossett (advertised in O-to-K, magazine of Wakefield CAMRA) has had to be cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances.

Monday 4-Sunday 10 June Pork Pie, Real Ale and Cider Festival at Stanley's Brasserie opposite the Royal; Station Hotel in Hull, with over ten local real ales and ciders plus over twenty home-made pies and sausage rolls served 10:00-17:30 every day www.stanleysbrasserie.co.uk

Thursday 7-Saturday 9 June Summer Beer Festival at Shakespeares, 146-148 Gibraltar Street, West Bar, Sheffield, 40+ beersand ciders featuring new and rare beers from around the country www.shakespeares-sheffield.co.uk

Friday 8-Sunday 10 June Jemmy Hirst at the Rose & Crown, Rawcliffe Beer Festival from 17:00 Friday and from noon Saturday and Sunday (expect limited choice later in festival. On Fri & Sat the ghost train leaves Rawcliffe Station for West Yorkshire at 18:56

Friday 8-Sunday 10 June Summer Beer Festival at the Swan, 106 Main St, Addingham LS29 0NS, with 25 beers avai8lable over the weekend, on the 762 bus route from Ilkley and Keighley stations www.swan-addingham.co.uk

Friday 8-Sunday 10 June Beer & Music Fest at Bar Street, 85-87 Westgate End, Wakefield WF2 9RL

Thursday 14-Saturday 16 June The Chesterfield Arms Beer Festival, 40 Newbold Road-Chesterfield Tel 01246 236634

Friday 15-Sunday 17 June Beverley Festival 2012 in the shadow of Beverley Minster, three nights and two days music, dance, comedy, film, spoken word and Real Ale Bars www.beverleyfestival.com

Thursday 21-Sunday 24 June Tenth Annual Midsummer Beer & Cider Festival at the Kelham Island Tavern, Sheffield featuring 30+ new and rare beers, food 12:00-15:00 Mon-Sat www.kelhamislandtavern.co.uk

Thursday 21 June-Sunday 1 July Beer Festival at the Hare & Hounds, 400 Bolton Road West, Holcolmbe Brook, Bury BL0 9RY www.hareandhoundsbury.com  

Friday 22-Saturday 23 June Baildon Cricket Club Beer Festival at Baildon Cricket & Rugby Club, Jenny Lane, Baildon, Fri 19:00-23:00, Sat 12:30-24:00, food, free entry

Friday 22-Saturday 23 June Euro Beer and Lager Festival at the Crown & Anchor, Front Street, Sowerby YO7 1JN tel 01845 522448 www.crownandanchorsowerby.co.uk

Saturday 23 June "Battle of the Breweries" beer festival at The Slip Inn, York with 8 beers each from Roosters and Mallinsons

Saturday 23rd June 2012 South Cave Beer Festival at the Bull Field, 16:00-midnight

Monday 25 June-Sunday 1 July Second Moorhouses Beer Festival at The Broken Bridge, 5 Horsefair, Pontefract WF8 1PE near the Bus Station featuring 6 special ales, exclusively brewed for the Broken Bridge, named after areas of Pontefract, celebrating history and heritage, with a Meet The Brewer Session on Thursday 28

Thursday 28-Sunday 1 July Navigation Beer Festival three minutes from Mirfield Station, Thursday 16.00-23.00, Friday-Sunday all day -   beers from Devon,Cornwall and Somerset, 40 beers on at all times with hopefully several back up beers.

Friday 29-Saturday 30 June Marsh Liberal Club Beer Festival, 31 New Hey Road, Marsh, Huddersfield HD3 4AL, tel: 01484 420152 http://marshlib.co.uk

Friday 29-Sunday 30 June Fourteenth Anniversary Beer Festival at Tetley Dave's Shoulder of Mutton, 18 Methley Road, Castleford WF10 1LX, around a dozen beers furnished by Revolutions plus live music. It's also close to Dave and Margaret's wedding anniversary, so don't forget to congratulate Margaret!

Friday 29 June-Sunday 1 July Tenth Idle Beer Festival at the Hepworth & Idle Cricket Club, Westfield Lane, Idle, Fri 19:00-23:00 with local band, Sat 14:00-23:00, Sun 14:00-17:00, evening admission £1

Friday 29 June-Sunday 1 July Black Bull Beer Fest at the Black Bull (Heavy Woollen Pub of the Season), 37 Halifax Road, Liversedge WR15 6JR, 20+ guest ales and ciders, live music Sat eve and grub Sun p.m. direct bus from Wakefield 253/254 and many more from Dewsbury at www.wymetro.com

Saturday 30 June–Sunday 1 July Calls Landing Beer Festival at Calls Landing, 36-38 The Calls, Leeds, LS2 7EW as part of Leeds Waterfront Festival, fine ales through 15 handpumps, live music and food (tasty stews and oysters and also  a barbecue ) with one of the best views of the River Aire, festival beers from Fernandes, Great Heck, Ossett, Rat, Rudgate, Ilkley and Theakstons Sat 12:00-23:00,Sun12:00-22:00 www.stewandoyster.com

Thursday 5-Sunday 8th July. Beer Festival at The Village Hotel & Leisure Club, 186 Otley Road, Headingley, Leeds LS16 5PR, 25 cask ales, all cooled and dispensed through hand pumps, also 8 ciders available. Starts Thu 16:00, free entry and live music every night, most beers £3 pint.

Thursday 5-Sunday 8 July Old No.7 Summer Beer Festival, Market Hill, Barnsley, over 21 cask ales, keg craft ales, at least 10 ciders, plus a wide selection of of bottled beers from around the world, presentation of Barnsley CAMRA Pub of the Year award on the Friday night

Thursday 5-Sunday 8 July Sixth Annual Sunfest Beer Festival at the Rising Sun, 471 Fulwood Road, Sheffield S10 3QA, 100+ real ales available plus real cider and perry, free admission, refundable glass deposit, food throughout festival with hog roast Sat afternoon, bus route 120

Friday 6-Sunday 8 July Fourth Annual Independents Day Beer Festival, along the Sunset Strip, Southwell, Nottinghamshire being held at the following pubs: The Bramley Apple Inn, The Hearty Goodfellow and The Old Coach House, all pubs situated along Church Street and Easthorpe featuring over 70 different real ales and ciders. Local trains run from Nottingham to Fiskerton station and bus no.28 runs into Southwell.

Saturday 7-Sunday 8 July Sixth Annual Monkeyfest at Armitage Bridge Monkey Club, Dean Brook Rd, Armitage Bridge HD4 7PB over 60 beers plus many ciders many ciders, food and snacks available, supporting the Yorkshire Air Ambulance http://the-monkey-club.webs.com/directions.htm

Wednesday 11-Sunday 15 July Summer Beer festival at the Star Inn, Folly Hall, Huddersfield starting 17:00 Weds

Friday 13-Sunday 15 July Second Beer Festival at the Gait Inn, Millington, York with 30 real ales, cider and perrys, live band Fri & Sat eves, jazz Sun afternoon, bbq throughout

Saturday 14-Sunday 15 July Beer Festival at the recently opened specialist off-licence (which has a special on-licence for the event) Hand-Drawn Monkey, Wood Street, Huddersfield Sat from 10:00, Sun from noon

Friday 20 July Red Shirt Night  annual Charity Race Night at Pontefract Racecourse in aid of Jack Berry's Appeal for the Injured Jockeys Holiday Fund. Local breweries will be showcasing their beers throughout the night. You don't have to wear a red shirt but it would be entering into the spirit if you do!

Friday 20-Saturday 21 July Bird Brain Beer Festival at the Victoria Hotel, located alongside the river on Hook Road, Goole DN14 5JB, starting noon Friday with 6 Bird Brain beers in a full range of beer styles - from blonde to black: Shiny Bitter, Eagle Owl, Chiffchaff, Buffalo Weaver, Black Headed Heron and Golden Bittern plus guests

Friday 20-Saturday 21 July Fourth Selby Cricket Club Beer & Food Festival, Sandhill Lane, Leeds Road Selby YO8 4JP, Fri from 18:30, Sat from 16:00, live music, bar food until 21:00

Friday 20-Saturday 21 July Blondes and Blues at the Fulford Arms, 121 Fulford Road, York YO10 4EX featuring 12 of Britain's finest blonde beers on handpull + live music www.fulfordarms.co.uk

Friday 20-Sunday 22 July Beer Festival at the Little Bull, 72 New Road, Middlestown, Wakefield WF4 4NR, buses 232 (mixed operators so MetroDay ticket may be a good idea) and occasional 128 & 217, open all day on the Saturday and Sunday, live music

Friday 20-Sunday 22 July Tramlines at venues across Sheffield, including The Leadmill, Sheffield Cathedral and the O2 Academy www.tramlines.org.uk

Saturday 21 July at the 114th Bishop Wilton Show & Craft Fair www.bishopwiltonshow.com at least ten real ales on sale at the bar

Thursday 26-Sunday 29 July Yorkshire Festival of Ales at the Black Swan, Fearby near Masham, 30 Yorkshire ales, live music http://www.blackswan-masham.co.uk/

Friday 27-Sunday 29 July Summer of 58 Cider Festival at the Puzzle Hall, 21 Hollins Mill Lane, Sowerby Bridge HX6 2RF , featuring 58 Ciders and 10 Real Ales, starts Fri 13:00, live music each evening  http://www.puzzlehall.com/

Thursday 26-Sunday 29 July Third Annual Yarnbury Beer Festival, Yarnbury RFC, Brownberrie Lane, Horsforth, Leeds, LS18 5HB opening the doors on Thursday 17:00, and opening noon the other three days right through until 23:00 (or the beer sells out!). Thursday session will be the only session offering concession (1/2 price admission) to Yarnbury RFC members and card carrying CAMRA members, approximately 50 of the best real ales and ciders from around Yorkshire, ticket details at http://www.yarnburybeerfestival.co.uk/2012.html

Friday 27-Saturday 28 July Charity Beer & Music Festival at the House of the Trembling Madness, 52A Stonegate, York YO1 8AS, in areas not normally open to the public i.e. the belfry hall, gallery and courtyard, in aid of the NSPCC, around 26 cask ales including beers from The Kernel plus ciders from Galtres, Ampleforth, Gwynt-y-Ddraig and Cornish Orchards open Fri from 16:00, Sat from 13:00, food, live music, family fun website

Friday 27-Sunday 29 July Beer Festival at the Tiger Inn, Driffield, beers from Daleside, Bradfield, Elland, Little Valley, Great Newsome, Wold Top,York ,Marston Moor, Idle and Concertina, ciders from Skidbrook & Mr. Whitehead

Friday 27-Sunday 29 July Beer Festival at the Junction Brewpub, Baildon, near Shipley Station

Friday 27-Sunday 29 July Thurstyfest 4 at the Rose & Crown Thurstonland, 64 hand-pulled real ales and 6 ciders, hog roast and barbecue, 8 live bands including Tom Hingley from Inspiral Carpets, free bus from Huddersfield and from sister pub, The Crown Scissett, entry £2.50 to include glass and programme, passes available to include entry, glass, programme and unlimited drinks, one day £30, all 3 days £75, open Fri from 16:00, Sat & Sun from noon

Saturday 28 July Selby Town Hall Beer & Music Festival, York Street, Selby YO8 4AJ, open 16:00-23:00 admission by ticket £5 inc glass programme and first half, available from Selby Town Council, York St, Selby YO8 4AJ tel 01757 708449 or by post, cheques payable to Selby Town Council.  20 Yorkshire beers, real cider & perry, music, food  Advance booking strongly recommended. http://www.selbytowncouncil.gov.uk/~selbyt8/events1

Saturday 28 July Bobtown Beer Bash at Roberttown Community Centre, Church Road, Roberttown WF15 7LS, 35+ real ales including festival specials, perry and cider, food, live music open noon-22:00, bus route 229

Saturday 28-Sunday 29 July Hall Bower Beer Festival at Hall Bower Athletics Club, 53 Hall Bower, Newsome, Huddersfield HD4 6RR, last year's festival had 30+ hand-pulled real ales

Thursday 2-Sunday 5 August Whitby & District Lions Third Beer Festival at The Met, Whitby West Cliff open daily at noon with over 30 real ales, beers and ciders, locally produced food available throughout the festival, all money going to local charities, entry £5 inc. festival glass and programme

Friday 3-Saturday 11 August, the Rook & Gaskell tenth Birthday Party, 12 Lawrence Street, York, 18+ cask ales, 10 or more breweries new to the Rook, live music Sat & Sun, bbq Sun, open from 16:00 Mon-Wed, from noon Thu-Sun

Saturday 4 August  “G-BrewFest – 10 Years On” at Pool Bridge Farm, Wheldrake Lane, Crockey Hill, York, YO19 4SQ (http://www.poolbridge.co.uk/ ) in aid of the Guy Francis Bone Cancer Research Fund (http://www.gfbonecancer.org.uk/ ). 5 beers from Wold Top Brewery including the award winning Wold Gold; Wold Top and Anglers Reward also York Brewery Yorkshire Terrier, Rudgate Marathon ale (especially brewed for August) and Brown Cow Captain Oates Mild, ciders from Moorlands Farm Cyder, hog roast and live music including Glastonbury favourites “Grinny Grandad” plus Nicki Humberstone and Ish Herd. Event runs from 15:00-23:45. Tickets at £15 include a free choice of 6 beers and/or ciders plus a commemorative bottle of “My Guy” Special Ale and souvenir “My Guy” half pint glass. Advanced ticket purchase is strongly advised as places are limited.  Details and application can be made by telephoning 01904 799151 or e-mailing info@gfbonecancer.org.uk .

Friday 10-Sunday 12 August The Tarn Beer Festival, at The Tarn. Henshaw Lane. Yeadon. LS19 7RW, 30+ local beers, children’s entertainment, live music

Saturday 11 August Garforth Lions' First Beer Festival at the Miners' Welfare Hall, 56 Main Street, Garforth LS25 1AA in aid of local charities open 11:00-23:00, trains from York, Selby & Leeds, buses from Castleford 163/166, Leeds 19/19A, 163/166, Wakefield 173/4/5 (daytime only) and 402/3 Selby (daytime only) Punters from Wakefield can get home in the evening via Leeds or Castleford. http://garforthlions.btck.co.uk/FundRaising/BeerFestival

Friday 17-Saturday 18 August Hull Folk & Maritime Festival where the drinks area features a great selection of draught real ale from local micro-brewer The Yorkshire Brewing Company, as well as a choice of lagers, cider, wine and spirits...There's also a speciality Continental bar courtesy of FRUIT http://www.hullfolkfestival.com

Saturday 18-Sunday 19 August Keystones (beer and) Music Festival 2012 at The Keystones Scream, 4 Monkgate, York YO31 7PE open from noon, admission £5 - COMPLETELY SOLD OUT!

Sunday 19 August Music & Beer Fest at the Shears Inn, Halifax Road, Liversedge WF15 6NR 13:00-22:30, 10+ live acts, 11 ales, 2 ciders, hog roast

Tuesday 21-Monday 27 August Yorkshire Beer Festival at the Barnes Wallis, Station Road, Howden DN14 7LF, next to the station NOT in the town www.barneswallisinn.com

Thursday 23-Sunday 26 August Twelfth Annual Maritime Themed Beer & Seafood Festival at The Captain Cook Inn, 60 Staithes Lane, Staithes, Saltburn by the Sea, North Yorkshire, TS13 5AD kicking off 11:00 Fri, running to 24:00 Sun with 25 ales, ciders and perrys with a maritime theme

Friday 24-Satutday 25 August Ale and Music Weekend at the Taproom, Batley, Fri with bbq from 17:30, Sat 14:00-22:00 with hog roast

Thursday 23–Monday 27 August, Maritime-Themed Real Ale Festival at Milnsbridge Socialist Club, 42 Bankwell Road, Milnsbridge, Huddersfield HD3 4LU 01484 652730. 11:00-23:00 each day, free entry, seafood

Friday 24-Monday 27 August Great Brewers Beer & Music Festival at the Brewers Pride, Low Mill Road, Ossett WF5 8ND (at bottom of Healy Road just over a mile from town centre) featuring over 80 cask ales from numerous CAMRA award winning breweries plus at least 7 draught continental beers, 4 perry ciders and 4 ciders, all beers cellar conditioned and served chilled through handpulls

Friday 24-Monday 27 August First Woodstreet & Hillsborough Beer Festival at the Hillsborough Hotel, 54-58 Langsett Road, Hillsborough, Sheffield, S6 2UB with 20 beers including some new ones from Woodstreet Brewery

Friday 24-Sunday 26 August Nook Ale'ympics Summer Beer Festival at the Nook, Victoria Square, Holmfirth HD9 2DN with 50+ cellar cooled real ales, live music Fri, Sat & Sun nights plus barbecue and Ale'ympic pub games

Friday 24-Monday 27 August Second Beer Festival at Meltham Liberal Club, Wessenden Head Road, Meltham HD9 4ET, 10 local real ales, food, entertainment, Take bus to village centre and short walk.

Friday 24-Monday 27 August Beer & Cider Festival at the Three Merry Lads, 610 Redmires Road, Lodge Moor, Sheffield S10 4LJ, 30+ beers and a selection of ciders plus this year's Champion Beer Of Britain, summer fête theme raising money for St Luke's Hospice, barbecue, coconut shy, crockery smash, bash the rat, tombola and cake stall. Family Fun Day on the Bank Holiday Monday 12:00-18:00 also includes bouncy castle and a falconry display at 14:30 www.thethreemerrylads.co.uk camping available £8 a night inc full English breakfast and a pint!

Friday 24-Monday 27 August Beer & Cider Festival at the Craven Heifer,  Main Street, Ingleton LA6 3HG, up to 40 different cask ales over  weekend including Thwaites, Copper Dragon, Black Sheep, Okells, York, Wyre Piddle, Crossbay, Kirkby Lonsdale, Lancaster, Greene-King, Everards, Holts, live music Sun from 16:00. Open all day Sat, Sun & Mon

Friday 24 August-Sunday 2 September The Ten Day Beer Festival at The Ship Inn, Cliff Road, Sewerby, Bridlington YO15 1EW open from 11:00  www.shipinnsewerby.co.uk/

Saturday 25-Sunday 26 August Rodley Beer & Music Festival at The Barge and The Owl (LS13 1LB) pubs, Rodley, Leeds www.theowlatrodley.co.uk/rodley-beer-and-music-festival.html plenty of beer from Yorkshire and beyond, live bands, proceeds to charity

Saturday 25-Monday 27 August First Bay Horse Beer Festival at the Bay Horse, Oxenhope BD22 9LN, open from noon, 11 cask ales (3 on handpump) while stocks last, phone 01535 642209

August: Monday-Sunday, dates to be confirmed, Acorn Mini Festival at the Broken Bridge, Pontefract featuring seasonal and regular Acorn brews, with a Meet The Brewer Session planned for the Thursday

Thursday 30 August Meet the Brewer from Acorn at the Six Chimneys, Kirkgate, Wakefield starting around 18:00, probably as part of an Acorn week

Friday 31 August-Sunday 2 September Adel Beer Festival hosted by Adel War Memorial Association, Church Lane, Adel, Leeds, LS16 8DE, local beer plus food and entertainment, Fri & Sat from 18:00, Sun from noon adelbeerfestival.co.uk/

Saturday 1 September Beverley Races Beer Festival with 16 real ales from local breweries including Wold Top, Great Newsome, Wellington Brewery and Yorkshire Brewing Company plus Moorlands Farm Cyder; real ale will be £3.00 a pint and cider £3.50. Tickets are 2 for 1, book in advance £13 for the two or pay at the racecourse £16 for the two. CAMRA membership card must be shown when entering the turnstile. The Minster Bar entrance will be available for CAMRA member ticket holders only. Please ring 01482 867488 to book. The bar will be open from 11:00 on race day and all sales will be by cash only.

Saturday 1 September The Cornshed Charity Air & Bear Beer Festival at the Cornshed, Sexhow Park Farm, Hutton Rudby, North Yorkshire TS15 0ER 15:00-midnight http://thecornshed.co.uk/news-mainmenu-77/127-beer-festival

Thursday 6-Sunday 9 September Leeds International Beer Festival at Leeds Town Hall, The Headrow, Leeds, LS1 3AD, admission £6 www.leedsbeer.com/  Advance tickets required, see website for details.

Friday 7-Saturday 8 September York Round Table Beer Festival at York Brewery, Toft Green, York, open Fri from 17:00 (note sponsors only from 16:00), Sat from noon, selection of 25 award winning championship beers and ciders. Entry: £6 includes commemorative glass, 2 free drinks and programme/tasting notes.

Friday 7-Saturday 8 September Kilham Beer Festival at Kilham Playing Fields, Kilham near Driffield, approximately 6 miles North East of Driffield, clearly signposted from both the B1249 Scarborough Road and the A614 Bridlington Road heading North and East out of Driffield respectively: festival under cover with 30+ real ales, also real ciders (map) www.kilhamplayingfield.org/beerfestival/

Friday 7-Sunday 9 September Fifth Annual Uncle Jim's Olde England Beer, Cider & Music Festival at the Reindeer Inn, 204 Old Road, Overton WF4 4RL

Friday 7-Sunday 9 September (note: week earlier than originally planned) Third Annual Swan and Slip Inn Festival http://www.theslipinnyork.co.uk  Slip Inn, 20 Clementhorpe, York YO23 1AN, Swan 16 Bishopgate Street, York YO23 1JH

Friday 7-Sunday 9 September Freedom Real Ale & Cider Festival presented by the Yorkshire Brewing Company at Brewery Wharf, The Old Fruit Market, Humber Street, Hull HU1 1TU www.brewerywharf.com

Saturday 8 September Charity Beer Festival at Blacker Hall Farm, WR4 3DN raising funds for new equipment for a Urology Clinic in Colombo, Sri Lanka, around 20 Yorkshire real ales, strawberry and Prosecco tent, Blacker Hall meats barbecue, soft drinks for volunteer drivers and children, £5 advance tickets (+£1 handling/postage per transaction) from www.charitybeerfestival.co.uk to include entry, glass and beer token

Saturday 8 September Beer Festival at Cask Corner Dive Bar, Cleveland Street, Doncaster, 20 real ales, live music, guest appearance from the Wakefield CAMRA Tour of Destruction starring Great Heck brewer Denzil Vallance early-mid evening

Saturday 8-Sunday 9 September Art & Ales Festival at the Lawrence Batley Theatre, Huddersfield  In conjunction with the Sportsman, 10 beers and live music  

Friday 14-Saturday 15 September Saltaire Brewery Beer Festival, wide range of contemporary beers from across the UK, 15+ ciders and perrys, Fri 16:00-22:30 advance tickets from June Beer Club or brewery from 1 July with only 150 tickets on door for early birds, Sat 12:00-22:00 pay on door, £5 entry includes glass and first pint.

Friday 14-Sunday 16 September Inaugural Beer and Cider Festival at The Cricketers Arms, Deanhouse, Holmfirth, HD9 3U, around 20 beers and 8 ciders, featuring Nook Brewhouse ales, Pure North ciders and variety of other beers, local bus H5 from Holmfirth (daytime Fri & Sat only) or main bus routes from Huddersfield/Holmfirth to Netherthong and approx 10 mins walk (map)

Saturday 15 September Bramham Beer Festival at the Village Hall, Bramham www.bramhamvillage.org/beerfestival/ 20 Yorkshire beers

Thursday 20 September Fernandes' Re-Launch from 19:30

Thursday 20-Saturday 22 September Todmorden Cricket Club’s Twelfth Plus One Beer Festival, Pavilion Bar, Burnley Road, Todmorden OL14 7BS (West Yorkshire but play in the Lancashire League!) with 35 cask ales and 5 ciders, food all sessions open Thu from 17:00, Fri & Sat from noon

Thursday 20-Saturday 22 September Thirteenth Todmorden Cricket Club Beer Festival www.todmordencricketclub.co.uk

Thursday 20-Sunday 23 September Rat & Ratchet Beer Festival, Chapel Hill, Huddersfield, a selection of 50 old favourites and new beers available from 15:00 Thursday and from 12:00 until late Friday & Saturday

Friday 21–Saturday 22 September Second Rastrick Beer Festival, St Johns Community Hall, St John Street, Rastrick HD6 1HN, a few minutes' walk from Brighouse train station, 15.00-22.30 Fri, 11.30-22.30 Sat http://rastrickbeerfestival.co.uk/ 

Saturday 22-Sunday 23 September Holmfirth Food & Drink Festival http://www.holmfirthfoodanddrinkfestival.com/ Bus 435/6 from Wakefield

Thursday 27-Sunday 30 September at the Navigation Mirfield, two minutes from the train station. Once more the theme will be South-West England, mostly different breweries from last time. Festival opening mid-afternoon Thursday, normal hours thereafter. Accommodation available.

Friday 28-Saturday 29 September Cider Festival at The Junction, Baildon, 25 ciders from all over the country, open 12:00-24:00 each day, just across the canal from Shipley Station

Friday 28-Saturday 29 September Durker Roods Hotel Beer Festival, Bishopsway, Meltham HD9 4JA 16+ real local ales, great grub, magnificent location open 16:00 Fri www.durkerroodshotel.co.uk

Friday 28-Sunday 30 September Ria and Iain's First Beer Festival at the New Inn, Walton, live music throughout the weekend including a fantastic event for families on the Saturday working with Walton Arts Festival www.newinnwalton.co.uk/whats-on/2/1/ Arriva buses Tates Travel note: operators' day tickets not interchangeable but MetroDay ticket is .

Friday 28-Sunday 30 September Fall Into Autumn Beer Festival at the Jug Inn, Chapel Haddlesey, daytime bus service 150 from Wakefield/Pontefract/Selby

Friday 28-Sunday 30 September Septoberfest at the Red Rooster, Brookfoot, Brighouse with over 25 beers from around the country, Live Music Sunday from 15:30 - Band Of Oz. Buses: Wakefield-Brighouse using Arriva service 278  then  First Brighouse-Brookfoot using First service 571 or you can leghorn it! Note: operators' day tickets not interchangeable but MetroDay ticket is.

Friday 28 September-Sunday 7 October Second Black Boy Real Ale Festival at Ye Olde Black Boy, 150 High Street, Hull HU1 1PS with 6 extra hand pumps

Sunday 30 September Junction at Castleford, following the SPBW meeting at the pub on Sunday morning, the pub opens at 12:00 for a Celebratory Sunday (they're SPBW Yorkshire Pub of the Year!) from 12:00 with a vast array of beers from the wood on offer.

Friday 5-Sunday 7 October Sow Beer Fest at the Church Stile Inn, Sowerby New Road, Sowerby HX6 1JZ, Fri from 16:00, Sat/Sun from noon, beers £2.50 pint, food, live music, traditional games, walk up by Tesco from the train station or time it right for a 577 bus

Saturday 6 October Great Ouseburn Beer Festival at Great Ouseburn Village Hall, Lightmire Lane, Great Ouseburn, YO26 9RL (map) supporting Jennyruth workshops and Fogos (Friends of Great Ouseburn School) & Ouseburn Cricket Club. www.greatouseburnbeerfestival.co.uk/

Thursday 11-Sunday 14 October Real Ale & Cider Festival at the Woolpack, 20 Main Street, Esholt BD17 7QZ "Home of Emmerdale" in celebration of 40 years of Emmerdale, 30+ real ales and ciders, Thu 18:00-23:00,Fri/Sat 12:00-23:30, Sun 12:00-18:00, cast members from show on first night to open event, buses 649, 653, 737 and walk, 963 and walk

Friday 12-Saturday 13 October Fourth Annual Beer Festival at the Salts Sports Association Clubhouse, free entry Fri 16:00-23:00, Sat 12:00-23:00  www.saltssports.co.uk Pass Salts Mill at the bottom of the hill, continue over the canal bridge, and turn left. Go straight ahead taking the lane parallel to the canal.

Friday 12-Sunday 14 October Fifth Triangle Cricket Club Beer Festival, selection of local and regional beers, real ciders, food, open Fri 17:00-23:00 Sat/Sun 12:00-23:00 Grassy Bottoms, Triangle HX6 3NA www.trianglecc.hitscricket.com

Friday 12-Sunday 14 October Northern Beer Festival at the Exchange Arts Centre, Russell Street, Keighley BD21 2JZ, entry £5 per session includes glass and first ½, 30+ real ales, 3 days of live music, expected opening times (unverified) Fri from 19:00, Sat 12:00-17:00 and from 19:00, Sun 12:00-17:00 and from 19:00

Friday 12-Sunday 14 October Bailiffe Bridge Community Centre Charity Beer Festival at the centre, Victoria Road , Bailiffe Bridge, Brighouse HD6 4DF 18 Real Ales - all on hand pumps, £5 entry inc. free pint, programme and commemorative glass, all beers £2.70/pint, £1.35/half Fri 17:00-23:00, Saturday 12:00-23:00 Sun 12:00-17:00 buses 363, X6, 626, travel from the Wakefield area may be easier via Leeds!

Friday 28 September-Friday 26 October Autumn Ale Festival at the Three Horseshoes, 133 Bawtry Road, Wickersley, Rotherham, S66 2BW, a collection of great British ales, open Mon-Sat 11:00-24:00, Sun 11:30-24:00 buses 1, 2, 3, 10, 10A,19, 19A, 13, 87

Thursday 18-Saturday 20 October Annual Cider Festival at the cider award-winning Hop & Vine, 24 Albion Street, Hull HU1 3TG, open from 11:00 map website

Thursday 18-Sunday 21 October Beer festival at theVictoria Hotel, Hook Road, Goole DN14 5JB Thur from 16:00;  Fri/Sat/Sun from 12:00, 16 beers inc beers from Bird Brain, Acorn, Great Heck and Brew Company

Thursday 18-Sunday 21 October join Ossett Brewery at The Hop in Sheffield for Hops at The Hop!!!! a celebration of English hops. A mini beer festival featuring beers produced with new-season fresh (green) English hops Local and regional breweries including Ilkley, Green Jack, Sandstone, Tigertops, Big River, Marble, Fernandes, Rat, Irwell Works, Riverhead, Worth, Great Newsome, Bridestones, Hopstar, Brecon, Pied Bull, and Globe. The focal point of the event will be a talk and tasting session on Saturday 20 October. Ossett Head Brewer Paul Spencer will be joined by hop farmers Ali and Richard Capper of Stocks Farm, Worcestershire and Paul Corbett of hop merchants Charles Faram. Starting at 14:00, participants will learn about the English hop industry and how hops influence the flavour and aroma of beer. Samples of new season hops will be available to “rub and sniff” and a number of beers will be sampled to appreciate different hop varieties in a range of beer styles. Tickets for the talk and tasting session are priced at £5 and are available from The Hop in Sheffield or direct from Ossett Brewery. As many beers as possible will be available on the bar for this event. Entry to the beer festival is free. Open Daily 12:00-Midnight,  Live Music Friday-Saturday. Visit www.thehopsheffield.co.uk for more information

Thursday 18-Sunday 28 October Beer Festival at the Hare & Hounds, 400 Bolton Road West, Holcombe Brook, Bury BL0 9RY www.hareandhoundsbury.com

Friday 19-Sunday 21 October Oktoberfest at The Cricketers Arms, Cluntergate, Horbury great German beers, keg, cask and bottled, speciality cheese boards with a German twist and live Oom Pah Pah music again performing Fri 19:30, Sat 20:00, Sun 16:00 , open Fri & Sat 12:00-midnight Sun 12:00-23:00

Friday 19-Sunday 21 October Beer Festival in a marquee on the forecourt of Sheffield Cathedral providing a platform for more than 40 local ales with full music programme of a main stage and children’s activities – all part of the cathedral’s strategy to broaden the use of the church and its surroundings.

Friday 19-Saturday 20 October Beer Festival at the George & Dragon, Main Street, West HaddleseyYO8 8QA live bands, food. A Saturday afternoon visit is practical using Arriva Service 150 Wakefield-Pontefract-Selby and fifteen minutes' walk from Chapel Haddlesey Cross Roads

Friday 19-Saturday 20 October Beverley Real Ale Festival at St Mary's Church, 15 Molescroft Road, Beverley HU17 8AP website details include map, opening times and Friday night ticket purchase (Saturday entry free but glass £2.50)

Friday 19-Sunday 21 October Beer Festival at the Craven Arms, Appletreewick near Skipton BD23 6DA www.craven-cruckbarn.co.uk

Friday 19–Sunday 21 October Beer Festival at the Woodlands Hotel, Woodlands Drive, Silverdale, Carnforth, LA5 0RU open from 18:00 Fri, noon Sat & Sun

Saturday 20 October Barwick Beer Festival IV at Barwick in Elmet Village Hall, Chapel Lane, Barwick in Elmet, Leeds LS15 4EL, ten cask ales plus bottled beers and ciders, wines, soft drinks, hot dogs, burgers, limited edition 2012 collectors glass, musical entertainment, entry includes first drink, open from noon, all profits to Barwick-in-Elmet Maypole Trust http://www.barwickmaypole.co.uk/beerfest buses 64/64A from Leeds and rarer 174 from Wakefield/Woodlesford/Kippax/Garforth/Wetherby

Saturday 20-Sunday 21 October Beer Festival at the Fox & Hounds, Bennett Lane, Hanging Heaton WF17 6DB around 15 beers, and a singer booked for the Saturday evening 202 bus stops outside, or 20 min walk from the 278 alighting at Heath Cottage walking length of Bywell Rd, then 100 metres right along A653 and on to Bennett Lane

Saturday 20-Sunday 21 October Heslington Beer Festival, Lounge Bar, Roger Kirk centre, University of York (map) 40 beers including the Brass Castle / UoY Real Ale Soc collaboration "Burnout" Music & food Buy tickets online http://yorkunirealale.wordpress.com/

Sunday 21-Saturday 27 October at the Punchbowl, Stonegate, York (map), 1 local and national cask beers, some of which are exclusive for Nicholson's Pubs, free samples of food from their new dark nights menu. CAMRA Members members receive usual discount of 50p off a pint and 25p off a half.

Wednesday 24 October-Sunday 11 November Wetherspoon Beer Festival at the Six Chimneys Wakefield, Glass Blower Castleford, Broken Bridge Pontefract and other Spoons' outlets

Thursday 25-Saturday 27 October SIBA Great Northern Beer Festival at the Mercure Manchester Piccadilly Hotel, Portland St, Piccadilly Plaza
Manchester M1 4PH
http://www.siba.co.uk/gnbf/

Thursday 25-Sunday 28 October Corrie vs Eastenders Beer Festival (Greater Manchester vs Greater London) at the Old Cock, 11/13 Crossgate, Otley LS21 1AA, opposite bus stn

Thursday 25-Monday 29 October Keighley & Worth Valley Railway Beer & Music Festival, Oxenhope Station, BD22 9LD www.kwvr.co.uk

Friday 26-Sunday 28 October Beer Festival at the Swan, 106 Main Street  Addingham, Ilkley LS29 0NS, 25 beers available over the weekend

Friday 26-Sunday 28 October Moorhouses Hallowe'en Beer Festival, 4 Moorhouse Street,Burnley, BB11 5EN map Fri 17:00-23:00 Sat 12:00-23:00 (doors close 22:00 both eves) admission £3 ‘Mortals’ £2 if in witch/wizard fancy dress, 20 Halloween themed ales, including 11 Moorhouses. Entertainment Female vocalist, Becki Fishwick, both eves 19:30-20:15 and again 21:00-21:45, Magician, Tony Ward Sat 15:00-16:00. Food being served Chilli £4.50, Pumpkin Soup £2.50 Free Brewery Tours Available Friday and Saturday Contact details: Moorhouse’s Brewery (Burnley) Ltd. Moorhouse street, Accrington Road, BB11 5ZN tel 01282 422 864 | Email: pagan.calverley@moorhouses.co.uk trains

Friday 28 September-Friday 26 October Autumn Ale Festival at the Three Horseshoes, 133 Bawtry Road, Wickersley, Rotherham, S66 2BW, a collection of great British ales, open Mon-Sat 11:00-24:00, Sun 11:30-24:00 buses 1, 2, 3, 10, 10A,19, 19A, 13, 87

Thursday 18-Saturday 20 October Annual Cider Festival at the cider award-winning Hop & Vine, 24 Albion Street, Hull HU1 3TG, open from 11:00 map website

Thursday 18-Sunday 21 October Beer festival at theVictoria Hotel, Hook Road, Goole DN14 5JB Thur from 16:00;  Fri/Sat/Sun from 12:00, 16 beers inc beers from Bird Brain, Acorn, Great Heck and Brew Company

Thursday 18-Sunday 21 October join Ossett Brewery at The Hop in Sheffield for Hops at The Hop!!!! a celebration of English hops. A mini beer festival featuring beers produced with new-season fresh (green) English hops Local and regional breweries including Ilkley, Green Jack, Sandstone, Tigertops, Big River, Marble, Fernandes, Rat, Irwell Works, Riverhead, Worth, Great Newsome, Bridestones, Hopstar, Brecon, Pied Bull, and Globe. The focal point of the event will be a talk and tasting session on Saturday 20 October. Ossett Head Brewer Paul Spencer will be joined by hop farmers Ali and Richard Capper of Stocks Farm, Worcestershire and Paul Corbett of hop merchants Charles Faram. Starting at 14:00, participants will learn about the English hop industry and how hops influence the flavour and aroma of beer. Samples of new season hops will be available to “rub and sniff” and a number of beers will be sampled to appreciate different hop varieties in a range of beer styles. Tickets for the talk and tasting session are priced at £5 and are available from The Hop in Sheffield or direct from Ossett Brewery. As many beers as possible will be available on the bar for this event. Entry to the beer festival is free. Open Daily 12:00-Midnight,  Live Music Friday-Saturday. Visit www.thehopsheffield.co.uk for more information

Thursday 18-Sunday 28 October Beer Festival at the Hare & Hounds, 400 Bolton Road West, Holcombe Brook, Bury BL0 9RY www.hareandhoundsbury.com

Friday 19-Sunday 21 October Oktoberfest at The Cricketers Arms, Cluntergate, Horbury great German beers, keg, cask and bottled, speciality cheese boards with a German twist and live Oom Pah Pah music again performing Fri 19:30, Sat 20:00, Sun 16:00 , open Fri & Sat 12:00-midnight Sun 12:00-23:00

Friday 19-Sunday 21 October Beer Festival in a marquee on the forecourt of Sheffield Cathedral providing a platform for more than 40 local ales with full music programme of a main stage and children’s activities – all part of the cathedral’s strategy to broaden the use of the church and its surroundings.

Friday 19-Saturday 20 October Beer Festival at the George & Dragon, Main Street, West HaddleseyYO8 8QA live bands, food. A Saturday afternoon visit is practical using Arriva Service 150 Wakefield-Pontefract-Selby and fifteen minutes' walk from Chapel Haddlesey Cross Roads

Friday 19-Saturday 20 October Beverley Real Ale Festival at St Mary's Church, 15 Molescroft Road, Beverley HU17 8AP website details include map, opening times and Friday night ticket purchase (Saturday entry free but glass £2.50)

Friday 19-Sunday 21 October Beer Festival at the Craven Arms, Appletreewick near Skipton BD23 6DA www.craven-cruckbarn.co.uk

Friday 19–Sunday 21 October Beer Festival at the Woodlands Hotel, Woodlands Drive, Silverdale, Carnforth, LA5 0RU open from 18:00 Fri, noon Sat & Sun

Saturday 20 October Barwick Beer Festival IV at Barwick in Elmet Village Hall, Chapel Lane, Barwick in Elmet, Leeds LS15 4EL, ten cask ales plus bottled beers and ciders, wines, soft drinks, hot dogs, burgers, limited edition 2012 collectors glass, musical entertainment, entry includes first drink, open from noon, all profits to Barwick-in-Elmet Maypole Trust http://www.barwickmaypole.co.uk/beerfest buses 64/64A from Leeds and rarer 174 from Wakefield/Woodlesford/Kippax/Garforth/Wetherby

Saturday 20-Sunday 21 October Beer Festival at the Fox & Hounds, Bennett Lane, Hanging Heaton WF17 6DB around 15 beers, and a singer booked for the Saturday evening 202 bus stops outside, or 20 min walk from the 278 alighting at Heath Cottage walking length of Bywell Rd, then 100 metres right along A653 and on to Bennett Lane

Saturday 20-Sunday 21 October Heslington Beer Festival, Lounge Bar, Roger Kirk centre, University of York (map) 40 beers including the Brass Castle / UoY Real Ale Soc collaboration "Burnout" Music & food Buy tickets online http://yorkunirealale.wordpress.com/

Sunday 21-Saturday 27 October at the Punchbowl, Stonegate, York (map), 1 local and national cask beers, some of which are exclusive for Nicholson's Pubs, free samples of food from their new dark nights menu. CAMRA Members members receive usual discount of 50p off a pint and 25p off a half.

Wednesday 24 October-Sunday 11 November Wetherspoon Beer Festival at the Six Chimneys Wakefield, Glass Blower Castleford, Broken Bridge Pontefract and other Spoons' outlets

Thursday 25-Saturday 27 October SIBA Great Northern Beer Festival at the Mercure Manchester Piccadilly Hotel, Portland St, Piccadilly Plaza
Manchester M1 4PH
http://www.siba.co.uk/gnbf/

Thursday 25-Sunday 28 October Corrie vs Eastenders Beer Festival (Greater Manchester vs Greater London) at the Old Cock, 11/13 Crossgate, Otley LS21 1AA, opposite bus stn

Thursday 25-Monday 29 October Keighley & Worth Valley Railway Beer & Music Festival, Oxenhope Station, BD22 9LD www.kwvr.co.uk

Friday 26-Sunday 28 October Beer Festival at the Swan, 106 Main Street  Addingham, Ilkley LS29 0NS, 25 beers available over the weekend

Friday 26-Sunday 28 October Moorhouses Hallowe'en Beer Festival, 4 Moorhouse Street,Burnley, BB11 5EN map Fri 17:00-23:00 Sat 12:00-23:00 (doors close 22:00 both eves) admission £3 ‘Mortals’ £2 if in witch/wizard fancy dress, 20 Halloween themed ales, including 11 Moorhouses. Entertainment Female vocalist, Becki Fishwick, both eves 19:30-20:15 and again 21:00-21:45, Magician, Tony Ward Sat 15:00-16:00. Food being served Chilli £4.50, Pumpkin Soup £2.50 Free Brewery Tours Available Friday and Saturday Contact details: Moorhouse’s Brewery (Burnley) Ltd. Moorhouse street, Accrington Road, BB11 5ZN tel 01282 422 864 | Email: pagan.calverley@moorhouses.co.uk trains

Monday 29-Sunday 4 November Beer Festival at the Malt Shovel, "a friendly country pub on a busy High Street", 219 Ashby High Street, Scunthorpe, South Humberside DN16 2JP map, around 30 beers on 9 pumps during the festival, open 10:00-23:00 Mon-Thu, 10:00-24:00 Fri/Sat

Wednesday 31 October-Wednesday 7 November Hallowe'en Beer Festival at the Green Dragon,  51 Saturday Market, Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire HU17 8AA, 26 real ales with a Hallowe'en theme, 9 beers on the bar at any one time ( 2 on gravity )

Thursday 1-Sunday 4 November Seventh Hallowe'en & Guy Fawkes Beer & Banger Festival at the Captain Cook Inn, 60 Staithes Lane, Staithes, Saltburn by the Sea, North Yorkshire, TS13 5AD, twenty real ales, ciders and perrys sourced from micro breweries with a Hallowe'en or Guy Fawkes theme and accompanied by 10 different flavoured sausages and jacket potatoes with 10 different toppings. Bar open 11:00-midnight each day, free entry  www.captaincookinn.co.uk

Saturday 3-Sunday 4 November Beer Festival at the Ackhorne, St Martins Lane and Red Lion, Merchantgate, York (map), Battle of the Breweries: Hop Studio, Brass Castle, Urban Brewery, Rudgate, Revolutions and Treboom: 6 ales on in each pub with customers asked to vote on their favourites. Winner announced on the Sunday at 20:30 at the Red Lion, great beers and prizes!

Thursday 7-Sunday 11 November Ale Festival at the Blue Bell, Main Road, Sproatley, Hull, HU11 4PA   01482 813331 selection of 12 beers being served over the 4 days – around 6 at any one time. There will be a draw on the Sunday for 8 x 1 gallons of beer to be won.  Anyone can enter by completing a form when they visit the pub by letting Samm and Jon know how they heard about the event. EYMS buses, daytime only 220/221, 277 -no problem as the pub is open from noon daily!

Friday 9-Sunday 11 November Sale Winter Ales Festival, Masonic Hall, Tatton Road, Sale, Manchester M33 7EE

Friday 9-Sunday 11 November Beer Festival at the Kings Arms, 9 Bolton Road, Silsden, Keighley BD20 0YJ, 17 beers available all weekend, open from noon

Saturday 10 November (TBC) East Keswick Beer Festival at East Keswick Village Hall LS17 9DA noon till 22:00 with around 22 real ales, live entertainment and pub food bus services 99 Leeds-Wetherby and 923 Tadcaster-Otley, entry includes souvenir glass, programme and drinks token

Thursday 15-Saturday 17 November Mini-Fest at Alverthorpe WMC, Flanshaw Lane, Alverthorpe, Wakefield WF2 9JG usual club hours buses 104,114,115 also 112 from Wakefield or Dewsbury/Batley stops at end of road

Thursday 15-Saturday 17 November Colne Valley Lions' annual Moonraker Beer Festival at Slaithwaite Conservative Club, 19 Britannia Road, Slaithwaite HD7 5HF. 2011 offered 32 hand-pulled cask conditioned real ales plus traditional food available. Proceeds in 2011 were for Colne Valley Museum and local Lions Charities, open Thu & Fri from 18:00, Sat from noon

Thursday 15-Sunday 18 November another Beer & Music Festival at Shakespeare’s, Sheffield 

Thursday 15-Sunday 18 November annual Themed Beer Festival at the University Arms, Sheffield  featuring beers from breweries located within 20 miles of the coast, food available, band on final night

Friday 16-Saturday 17 November Twelfth Otley Beer Festival featuring real ales from Yorkshire microbrewers at Otley Rugby Club, Cross Green, Otley LS21 1HE, open 12:00-23:00 approx 60 real ales, real cider, real perry, global beers, soft drinks, food and live music,. £5 entry includes glass, programme and £2.50 in beer tokens, organised for Otley Parish Church to raise funds for local charities, nearest station Menston www.otleybeerfestival.co.uk

Saturday 17-Sunday 18 November Sandal Rugby Club Beer Festival, supported by Ossett Brewery, including a first team home match and an international on the Saturday (admission charge probably necessary until matches are over) and junior rugby on the Sunday; food all weekend

Wednesday 21-Sunday 25 November Star Folly Hall Winter Festival 7 Albert St, HD1 3PJ open Wed, Thu 17:00-23:00; Fri, Sat noon-23:00 , 60+ beers all on handpumps

Thursday 22-Saturday 24 November Cricketers Arms Horbury on tour again in a marquee on the Bull Ring, at the four day Wakefield Christmas Festival serving fine ales, mulled wine & cider, and much more at the Festival. To embrace the theme of the festival they'll be taking on a Victorian pub name 'Queens Head Ale House', Thu-Sat 12:00-19:00, Sun 12:00-16:00, The four day Christmas festival is brought to you by Wakefield Council, in the city centre. Celebrate a traditional family Christmas by day but watch out for the darker side of Victorian life that comes out to play at night.

Friday 23rd-Sunday 25 November Beer Fest 2012 at the New Inn and Cropton Brewery http://www.croptonbrewery.com/page.asp?id=beerfest

26th November to the 2nd December Cider Festival at the HDM Beer Shop, Huddersfield, minimum 15 ciders plus mulled cider, cider products & events, prizes, giveaways and massive discounts, details www.hdmbeershop.co.uk

Thursday 29 November-Sunday 2 December Winter Ales Festival at the Old No.7, Market Hill, Barnsley, S70 2PX, usual pub hours

Thursday 29 November-Sunday 2 December First Beer Festival at the Leopard, Doncaster with ten special beers

Thursday 6-Sunday 9 December New Breweries Beer Festival at the Imperial Club, Arcadia Hall, Cliff Street, Mexborough, South Yorkshire, S64 9HU with up to 25 beers from recently set-up breweries, Thu/Fri from 16:00, Sat/Sun noon-00:30, food all sessions, live music each evening, families welcome (NB these times are from last year's festival)

Thursday 13-Sunday 16 December Seventeenth Winter Beer festival at Suddabys, Wheelgate, Malton 28 beers on festival bar, 6 on main bar, live music Thu/Fri/Sat http://www.suddabys.co.uk

Friday 14-Sunday 16 December "Xmas Festivale" at the Phoenix Inn, 75 George Street, York YO1 9PT www.thephoenixinnyork.co.uk  

Thursday 27-Sunday 30 December Christmas Beer Festival at the Captain Cook Inn, Staithes bar probably open 11:00-midnight each day web

Thursday 27-Monday 31 December Old Oak Inn Beer Festival, 176 Main St, Horsley Woodhouse, Ilkeston, Derbyshire DE7 6AW a tied house of the Leadmill Brewery

Monday 7-Saturday 12 January Winter Beer Festival at The Ball, 171-173 Crookes  Sheffield S10 1UD, 12+ local cask ales open 11-23:00 daily 0114 2661211

Friday 11-Sunday 13 January Brew-denell Beer and Ale Festival at The Brudenell Social Club, 33 Queens Road, Headingley, Leeds LS6 1NY, 20-30 beers from some of the best small independent brewers inc Magic Rock. Kirkstall, The Kernel, Revolutions, Phoenix, Marble and more plus unique imported beers from around the world. Admission £3 in advance from Brudenell, WeGetTickets, Jumbo and Crash, £4 on door (come & go as you please ticket includes glass) http://www.brudenellsocialclub.co.uk/Event/Details/782

Thursday 24-Sunday 27 January Navigation, Mirfield Beer Festival, 30+ ales (English vs. Scottish theme) very near Mirfield Station

Friday 25-Saturday 26 January first festival of the new year for Denby Dale Lions at Saint John the Baptist Church in Penistone, open from 19:00-23:00 each evening with 16-18 beers

Thursday 31 January-Saturday 2 February Twenty Fourth Bent and Bongs Beer Bash, Formby Hall, High Street, Atherton, Manchester M46 9EY, 70 Real Ales + cider + draught foreign lagers www.bentnbongs.com

Friday 1-Sunday 3 February The Mallard Winter Beer Festival, Platform 1 Worksop Railway Station, Worksop S81 7AG up to 14 real ales, some new, unusual & old favourites, doors open 11:00 daily, snacks available at all sessions.

Wednesday 6-Sunday 10 February The Lord Darcy Local Ale Festival, 618 Harrogate Road, Alwoodley, Leeds LS17 8EH, ten ales from within ten miles, Wednesday 6th Meet the Brewer session with Richard from Leeds Brewery and on Friday 8th Simon Bolderson from Ridgeside, both from 19:30

Thursday 7–Saturday 9 February Annual Beer Festival at the White Cross, Bradley Road, Bradley HD2 1XD (map), Thu/Fri from 18:00, Sat from 12:00 a short walk uphill from Cooper Bridge where the 278 bus will drop you http://www.wymetro.com/NR/rdonlyres/1D96F717-5139-4A24-8B18-EFB3EED538A3/0/278bustimetable.pdf

Thursday 7-Sunday 10 February Beer Festival at the Corner Pin, 145 St Sepulchregate West, Doncaster DN1 3AH open 11:00-23:00 Thu-Sat,12:00-22.30 Sun tel: 01302 340670. Donny CAMRA will be there in force on the Saturday from 19:30.

Thursday 7-Sunday 10 February Champion Beer of Nottinghamshire, Canalhouse Bar, 48-52 Canal Street, Nottingham

Thursday 14-Sunday 17 February First Dukeries Beer Festival at the Anchor Inn, 60 Eastgate, Worksop S80 1RF, 20+ real ales from Dukeries Brewery and others, also ciders pub website

Friday 15-Saturday 16 February 2013 Boston Spa Beer Festival at Boston Spa Village Hall, 199 High Street, Boston Spa,West Yorkshire, LS23 6AA, Fri from 18:30, Sat from noon (advance tickets recommended) www.bostonspabeerfestival.co.uk/  buses 173, 174, 175, 770, 923

Friday 15-Saturday 16 February Ramsbottom Beer Festival 2013 at Ramsbottom Civic Hall, 45 real ales on handpump plus continental beers, ciders, food and live music, open noon-midnight, entry £2.50 www.rammybeerfestival.co.uk , all proceeds in aid of RNLI, frequent buses from Bury Interchange

Thursday 21-Saturday 23 February Marsden Beer Festival at Marsden Mechanics Hall, Peel Street, Marsden, Huddersfield, HD7 6BW, Thu 18:00-23:00, Fri 18:00-midnight, Sat 13:00-midnight, free entry, approx 20 real ales many  brewed especially for the festival and a few traditional ciders also, no loud music Thur or Fri evening - live music Sat eve, food available throughout. The Friday evening will be a meet the brewer night with several brewers present.

Friday 22-Sunday 24 February Beer Festival at the Old Hall Inn, near Chinley, Derbyshire, over 70 beers & ciders, music and stews http://www.old-hall-inn.co.uk/events.php

Thursday 28 February-Saturday 2 March Harrogate & District Round Table's 23rd Annual Charity Beer Festival, Crown Hotel, Crown Place, Harrogate, HG1 2RZ around 30 beers plus cider & lager bar, (advance tickets advised) http://www.harrogatebeer.co.uk/

Friday 1-Saturday 2 March Horsforth Beer & Cider Festival at St. Margaret's Hall, Church Lane, Horsforth LS18 5LQ opening 12:00-23:00 Fri, then Sat from 12:00 with last entry 19:00 continuing until beer runs out. Entry £5 includes glass, programme and first drink. About 60 beers and 20 ciders/perries/fruit drinks/wines http://www.horsforthbeerfestival.co.uk

Friday 1-Sunday 3 March, Sheffield Showcase at Sheffield Hop, a South Yorkshire extravaganza with a festival bar, featuring beers from Sheffield's own breweries, meet the brewers on Saturday afternoon and a number of collaborative and one-off brews plus music from Sheffield bands, including 'Thieving Lloyd Cole'. Free Entry.

Thursday 7-Sunday 10 March Beer Festival at the Drop Inn, 12 Elland Lane,Elland HX5 9DU,  around 20 real ales, live music Fri, Sat, Sun, food Fri & Sat bus 278 from Wakefield

Saturday 9-Sunday 10 March Sandal Rugby Union Football Club Beer Festival, at the ground on Milnthorpe Green, Standbridge Lane WF2 7DY, including a first team home match on the Saturday against Billingham (admission charge probably necessary until matches are over) and the Minis Festival showcasing some of the region's best junior rugby players on the Sunday afternoon; food all weekend, buses 96, 97, 110, 443, 444

Wednesday 13-Saturday 16 March Star Beer Festival at the Star Inn, Folly Hall, Huddersfield HD1 3PJ  (map) Wed & Thu 17:00 - midnight; Fri & Sat noon-midnight     

Thursday 14-Saturday 16 March SIBA Beer X Festival of Beer at Ponds Forge, Sheffield website

Thursday 14-Sunday 17 March Fifth Beer Festival at Shakespeares, 146-8 Gibraltar Street, West Bar, Sheffield S3 8UB open 11:30-23:30, thirty beers available during the course of the festival www.shakespeares-sheffield.co.uk

Thursday 14-Sunday 17 March New Barrack Tavern Beer Festival

Friday 15-Saturday 16 March annual Denby Dale Beer Festival in the Pie Hall, 297 Wakefield Road, Denby Dale HD8 8RX open 19:00-23:00 on Friday and 12:30-23:00 on Saturday bus service 436 from Wakefield

Friday 15-Saturday 16 March first ever beer festival at East Riddlesden Hall (National Trust), Bradford Road, Riddlesden, Nr Keighley, BD20 5EL in their historic Airedale barn, open from noon, entry £5 advance or £6 on the door, 30 real ales and ciders + hog roast, more information from Emma Cunliffe 07786 127043 or emma.cunliffe@nationaltrust.org.uk buses 662, 708, 727, 728, 729, 760 many of which pass Keighley Station.

Friday 15-Sunday 17 March Spring Beer Festival at the Hawkshead Beer Hall, Mill Yard, Staveley, Cumbria LA8 9LR website

Saturday 16-Sunday 17 March Second St Patrick's Weekend Beer Festival at Bishopthorpe Sports & Social Club, 12 Main Street, Bishopthorpe, York, YO23 2RBSaturday 14:00-midnight, Sun noon-23:00 or when beer runs out, free entry

Thursday 21-Sunday 24 March Holmfirth Spring Beer Festival at The Nook, Holmfirth, featuring a Battle of the Roses, 40+ real ales and ciders from across Lancashire and Yorkshire, live music and barbecue Friday, Saturday and Sunday http://thenookbrewhouse.co.uk/events/beer-festivals/ bus 435/6 from Wakefield, bus 25 from Penistone and frequent services from Huddersfield

Thursday 21-Sunday 24 March Festivale at The Old Ship Inn, 34, Bethel Street, Brighouse HD6 1JN, open pub hours, noon-23:00, 24 cask beers and 3 or 4 ciders and perrys, note: website available previously is no longer active, so checking www.aswiftone.com nearer the festival date may be advisable, admission by programme (£1)

Friday 22-Sunday 24 March Beer Festival at Fernandes Brewery Tap, Avison Yard, Wakefield WF1 1UA including a limited edition Belgian style fruit beer using fresh locally grown forced rhubarb

Saturday 23 March Third Bardsey Beerfest, 12:00-23:00 Bardsey Village Hall, Woodacre Lane LS17 9DQ

Thursday 28-Saturday 30 March Beer Festival at the Junction, top of Carlton Street, Castleford WF10 1EE, majoring, as you would expect, on beers from the wood!

Thursday 28-Sunday 31 March Spring Beer Festival at Springhead Brewery, Main Street, Laneham, Retford, Notts DN22 0NA www.springhead.co.uk bus from Retford

Thursday 28 March-Monday 1 April Easter Beer Festival at the Old No.7, Market Hill, Barnsley, celebrating Acorn Brewery's tenth year, over thirty cask ales and lagers, ten ciders/perries plus a worldwide selection of bottled beers, also a cider tasting on the Saturday, located a short walk from the bus/train station up the arcade website

Thursday 28 March-Monday 1 April Beer Festival at the Old Cock, 11-13 Crossgate, Otley, West Yorkshire, LS21 1AA www.theoldcockotley.co.uk/ featuring Newcastle Coal vs Sheffield Steel, 30 different real ales in 13 handpumps over 5 days, also the "Cheryl Cole Steak & Newcastle Brown Ale Pie vs thee "Jessica Ennis2 Champion Sausage in a Roll with fried onions, nearest railway station Menston, buses 33, 33A, 967, X52, X53, X84

Friday 29-Saturday 30 March Three Counties Real Ale Festival presented by the Beehive,16 Union Street, Harthill, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S26 7YH and Harthill Village Brewery Friday from 18:00, Saturday from 14:00 to celebrate the launch of Harthill's own brewery with real ales from the "Hart" and local brewers in surrounding counties, good food and live entertainment tickets (including glass and first drink £5 with 50p going to local Harthill charities) Beehive website bus 29/29A from Rotherham and X14 from Sheffield see http://www.travelsouthyorkshire.com/timetablefinder.aspx

Friday 29-Saturday 30 March Easter Blues and Beer Festival presented by Saxbob in the Great Hall at CADS, Snow Lane, Shalesmoor, Sheffield S3 7AL www.cadsonline.co.uk

Friday 29-Sunday 31 March Emley Brass Band Easter Real Ale Festival at the Emley Bandroom , 9 Beaumont Street, Emley, HD8 9RN, Fri & Sat 14:00-23:30, Sun 14:00 until dry! Ten hand-pulled real ales, two real ciders, wine and food bus 231 (check Easter Services at www.wymetro.com )

Friday 29 March-Monday 1 April First Real Ale Festival at The Crown, 183 Wakefield Road, Scissett  HD8 9JL, up to 14 beers plus a collection of ciders, perry and wines, locally sourced food and a musical extravaganza over the weekend, family fun day on the Monday, raising funds for the Royal Legion   bus service 435/6 from Wakefield

Sunday 24 March-Saturday 6 April Spring Beerfest at the Thatched House, Ball Street, Poulton-le-Fylde, Lancashire, FY6 7BG map

Wednesday 3-Sunday 21 April Spring Beer Festival at your local Wetherspoons

Friday 5-Saturday 6 April Rothwell Beer Festival 2013 at Rothwell Parish Hall (behind Morrisons), 44 real ales, bottled beers, cider, perry, food and music, entry inc souvenir glass, programme and first ½ pint, Fri 18:00-22:30, Sat 12:00-22:00 www.rothwellbeerfestival.co.uk bus 444 from Wakefield or Leeds, bus 9 from Leeds

Friday 5-Sunday 7 April Annual Beer Festival at the Jug Inn, Chapel Haddlesey YO8 8QQ, bus 150 from Wakefield, Pontefract & Selby, at least 14 beers, open from noon, entertainment at weekend, buses 150 from Wakefield, Pontefract & Selby (daytime Friday & Saturday only) and 405/407/X45 (inc Suns)

Friday 5-Sunday 7 April Rat Inn-fest at the Rat & Ratchet, 40 Chapel Hill, Huddersfield HD1 3EB, open from noon

Friday 5-Sunday 7 April First Morley Beer Festival at Morley Cricket Club, Scatcherd Lane, Morley LS27 0JJ web page Fri 19:00-23:00 with vocalist Chris Barr, food, Sat noon-17:00 funfair music and craft stalls, 19:00-late food & live music from the Erics, Sun noon-17:00 festival finale, buses 425, 427 to Morley Fountain Street and 10 mins walk, bus 51, 55, X55, 64/64A from Leeds, also buses 220/1/2/3 from Leeds, Huddersfield, Leeds and Woollen District, trains

Thursday 18-Sunday 21 April (a week later than originally announced and continuing until the Sunday for local cricket Derby: Walsden v. Littleborough) Walsden Beer Festival at Walsden Cricket and Bowling Club, Scott Street, Walsden, Todmorden, Lancs (well postally) OL14 7TF , open from 17:00 Thu, and from noon until late Fri, Sat & Sun trains

Thursday 11-Saturday 13 April Seventh Beer Festival at Guiseley Factory Workers Club, 6 Town Street, Guiseley LS20 9DT, Thur 19:00-23:00, Fri & Sat noon-23:00, 26 real ales from Yorkshire and the South-West + 2 ciders and 2 perries, free entry before 17:00 and on the Thursday (£1 for souvenir glass), entry after 17:00 Fri and Sat £3 including souvenir glass plus free half for club and CAMRA members, ten minutes' walk from GuiseleyStation

Thursday 11-Sunday 22 April Beer Festival at the Hare & Hounds, Holcombe Brook near Bury http://hareandhoundsbury.com/

Saturday 13-Sunday 14 April Spring Beer Festival at the Abbey Inn, 99 Pollard Lane, Newlay, LS13 1EQ web page either walk through the woods from New Road Side alighting from bus 33 or 33A or walk in the direction of Bramley Falls Locks and up the canal, alighting from 508, 670/1 or 760

Thursday 18-Tuesday 23 April Eleventh St George's English Heritage Beer and Beef Festival at the Captain Cook Inn, 60 Staithes Lane, Staithes, North Yorkshire TS13 5AD with 30 bitters, stouts, porters, pale ales, milds, ciders and perries that have an English Heritage or St. George theme, plus traditional English beef dishes to accompany the ales on offer, bar open 11:00-midnight

Friday 19-Saturday 20 April Annual St George's Beer Festival at the George & Dragon, Main Street, West Haddlesey YO8 8QA, starts Friday 17:00 , Saturday starts 14:00, food and live music eves http://www.thegandd.co.uk/ Fri from 17:00, Sat from 14:00 daytime bus 150 from Selby or Wakefield & Pontefract to Chapel Haddlesey

Friday 19-Sunday 21 April, The New Inn Cropton Beer Fest at The Great Yorkshire Brewery, Cropton near Pickering, YO18 8HH, as usual in marquee at the inn over a weekend, bringing together over 80 real ales, beers and ciders sourced from microbreweries throughout the UK, visitors to the festival can camp or bring their caravan along and sleep within the brewery grounds

Friday 19-Sunday 21 April Best of British Beer Festival at the Blacksmiths Arms, Church St, Everton, Doncaster DN10 5BQ, ten real ales http://blacksmithsarms-everton.com

Saturday 20 April Thorner Beer Festival at Thorner Victory Hall open from noon, bus 770 from Leeds/Wetherby/Harrogate www.thornervictoryhall.co.uk/event-diary/thorner-beer-festival/

Bank Holiday Monday 6 May Ripon Cathedral Beer Festival 11:30-17:00 in Cathedral grounds, admission £3 inc prize draw ticket,  children free, award-winning beers in glasses sponsored by Wolseley, from local breweries such as Hambleton Ales, Copper Dragon, Daleside, Dark Horse, Black Sheep, Roosters, Timothy Taylor, and many more, good food, wide range of music, including acoustic and electric sets from talented local performers, and children’s activities inc bouncy castle and face painting,  entrance on the corner of High St Agnesgate bus 36 from Leeds/Harrogate  cathedral web page

Friday 26-Saturday 27 April Fourth Anniversary Beer Fest at the Sportsman, 1 St Johns Road, Huddersfield HD1 5AY (downhill from station under the viaduct), 20 one-off birthday beers, starting Fri 19:30 (live vinyl DJ) , TC Funky Nuts band Sat eve, ending Sun 16:00 (Sun lunches as usual) www.undertheviaduct.com 

Friday 26-Saturday 27 April Second Annual North Leeds Charity Beer Festival, Community Hall of St Aidan's Church, Roundhay Road, Leeds LS8 5QD,Fri 18:00-23:00, Sat 12:00-23:00, buses 12, 13, 13A - from Leeds City Centre, 18 Yorkshire real ales pitched against 18 Scottish offerings, live music, quiet area for those who prefer to drink their beer in peace, food all times. Festival Entry £2, Free entry for CAMRA and SPBW members on production of a valid membership card, Festival Pack - £4 includes includes commemorative beer glass, programme and 2 beer tokens http://www.northleedscharitybeerfestival.co.uk

Friday 26th - Sunday 28th April, New Inn Spring Beer Festival, New Inn, Walton, Wakefield. 12pm until late all days. 14 beers plus regular cask ales. Buses 194,195 & 196 www.newinnwalton.co.uk

Friday 26-Sunday 28 April Inaugural Beer Festival at Woodies Ale House, 104 Otley Road, Far Headingley, Leeds LS16 5JG with twenty beers from within twenty miles, Frequent buses to Weetwood Lane including nos. 1, 6, 28 and 97, note: the X84 does not set down here

Friday 26-Sunday 28 April Beer and Cider Festival at the White Lion, Towngate, Heptonstall, uphill from Hebden Bridge HX7 7NB (not White Lion Hotel which is down in the town) open all day from noon, about 25 beers and 6 ciders expected to be on  local bus service E

Friday 3-Sat 4 May Twelfth Baildon Beer Festival at the Moravian Church Hall  Westgate Baildon,  Fri 18:00-23:00, Sat noon-23:00, 18 real ales and 2 real ciders.

Friday 3-Sunday 5 May Third Drighlington Beer Festival at the Spotted Cow, 122 Whitehall Road, Drighlington, BD11 1LJ featuring 50 real ales  from as far north as Tryst brewery in Scotland as well as many local and national  brewers alongside 15 real ciders www.drighlingtonbeerfestival.co.uk buses 209, 254/5

Friday 3-Monday 6 May Mini Cider & Pie Festival Parcel, Office Bar, Hebden Bridge Station with 10 ciders to match 10 pies including the hottest pie in Calderdale: take the cider challenge to win a prize, open Fri 16:00-21:00, Sat-Mon noon-21:00 (cider challenge is to match the ciders to the tasting notes provided) pies are a mix of local pork pies from the Porkery www.facebook.com/theporkery, https://twitter.com/theporkery  and vegetarian pies from Jacks in Mytholmroyd including their special jalapeño chilli pepper, ciders will be a good selection from around England and the odd French cider too

Saturday 4 May Beer and Music Festival at the Shears Inn, Halifax Road, Hightown, Liversedge WF15 6NR, (just along the road from the Black Bull) picture 10 ales all hand-pulled from the cellar, 2 real ciders, music outside all day, hog roast, umbrellas planned, buses 220, 252, 253, 254

Saturday 4 May South Pennine Boat Club's Pirate Rally with real ale bar (9 real ales to be available) and boat trips, Halfpenny Bridge, Eood Lane, Mirfield WF14 0ED, behind the Pear Tree Inn, free entry www.southpennineboatclub.co.uk

Friday 10-Sunday 12 May Three Pigeons Beer Festival, 1 Sun Fold, South Parade, Halifax HX1 2LX with 30+ real ales and ciders, free entry with live music Fri and Sat nights

Friday 10-Sunday 12 May Beer Festival at the Wheatsheaf, Church Street, Armthorpe Doncaster DN3 3AE bus 81/2 pub tel:01302 831255

Thursday 16-Saturday 18 May Ninth Forever Bury Festival at Bury FC Social Club, Gigg Lane, Bury, BL9 9HU 11.30am to 11.15pm each day. 54 real ales from around the country all at just £2 a pint, also a Cider Bar and Bottle Bar. Hot food and plenty of parking space for coaches and cars. website

Friday 17-Saturday 18 May Barrow Hill Roundhouse "Rail Ale" Festival. in its 12th year, bigger than ever, with over 200 different real ales, as well as an impressive range of ciders, perries, bottled beers and fruit wines, hot food and sandwiches throughout the event not forgetting the steam train rides and live music! Tickets on sale now(advance £6.50, on gate £8) free bus from Chesterfield http://www.barrowhill.org/links/railale.pdf

Friday 17-Sunday 19 May DYB-DYB Beer Festival 2013 at 1st Pontefract Scout Centre, Knottingley Road, Pontefract, entry tickets £5 to include souvenir glass and drink, many local beers as before and additionally the Scout Group will be using the brewing facilities of two local microbreweries to make two special event beers: DYB-DYB Beer brewed by Scout Leaders and New Reef Knot Beer brewed by 18 to 25 year olds under the watchful eyes of another local micro brewery, Saturday evening: Live band (Same as last year as requested) free mini bus pick up from Pontefract Monkhill Railway Station & Pontefract Bus Station on Saturday only. For more info and tickets contact 07984 930490.

 

 

 

 

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