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 and David Litten of Hull CAMRA for regular updates. We shall be glad to add additional festivals or amend details click to advise us.
LATEST 2009 FESTIVAL DETAILS
Thursday 26-Saturday 28 November Commercial at Chapeltown Beer Festival 12.00 each day- 28 beers
Wednesday 9-Sunday 13 December Fourth Anniversary Beer Festival at the Rook & Gaskill, Lawrence Street, York 30 cask ales, 6 traditional ciders/perries, festival food starts 17.00 Wednesday, late opening Friday and Saturday until 01.00
Thursday 10-Saturday 12 December Beer Festival at Wakefield Labour Club, Thu from 19.00, Fri & Sat from 11.00
Thursday 10-Sunday 13 December Winter Beer Festival at Suddaby's, Wheelgate, Malton, over 30 real ales, live music, food available www.suddabys.co.uk
December: Bay Horse, Marygate festival - details to be finalised
Friday 5-Saturday 6 February 2010 Third Ilkley Beer Festival at the King's Hall, Station Road, Ilkley, LS29 8HB, tickets on sale from beginning of December at Market Town Taverns and by post
Friday 19-Saturday 20 February Boston Spa Beer Festival 2010 at Boston Spa Village Hall, Friday from 18.30 sponsora and pre-purchased ticket holders, Saturday from noon general public pay on the door www.bostonspabeerfestival.co.uk
Friday 19-Sunday 21 February Annual Beer Festival at the Macintosh Arms, Goole (provisional details)
Friday 9-Sunday 11 April 2010 (provisional date) Guiseley Factory Workers' Club Beer Festival
Spring Bank Holiday 2010 provisional date for Annual Beer Festival at the Jemmy Hirst, Rawcliffe
Saturday 26-Sunday 27 June Fourth International Ciderfest at the Stubbing Wharf, Hebden Bridge
These 2009 festivals may occur again at the same time of year:
Thursday 15-Sunday 18 October No Nonsense (7th Annual) Beer Festival at the Red Rooster, 123 Elland Road, Brookfoot HD6 2QR, between Brighouse and Elland, all beers cellar cooled and served through hand pumps, pie & peas available throughout the festival at a bargain price of £2.00 per portion
Thursday 15-Saturday 17 October Gainsborough Beer & Folk Festival in the Old Hall, Gainsborough, 35 beers mainly supplied from Lincolnshire brewers plus, ciders & perry. Facilities for campervans. caravans, tents & indoor camping available nearby. http://parishes.lincolnshire.gov.uk/Files/Parish/6/Oct_Fest__Beer__Folk_Poster.doc
Wednesday 21-Sunday 25 October Third Annual Beer festival at the Jolly Farmers Inn, Leavening near Malton YO17 9SA twenty real ales
Thursday 22-Saturday 24 October Autumn Beer Festival at the Coopers Tavern, Cross Street, Burton-on-Trent, 17.0-close Thu, noon-close Fri & Sat, up to 25+ real ales, ciders & perrys, entertainment and hot/cold food Fri & Sat
Thursday 22-Sunday 25 October Beer Festival 2009 Part 2 at The Swan, Crimble HD7 5BQ, free entry with optional £1donation for glass and programme, over 30 cask ales sourced locally and nationally, food available throughout, entertainment Friday night - Lunatic Fringe, Saturday Night - Music from the 60s, 70s 80s, just five minutes' walk from Slaithwaite Station
Thursday 22-Sunday 25 October Beer & Music Weekend at the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway over 120 ales on trains and in the bar at Oxenhope (open Thursday 17.00-23.00, Friday and Saturday 11.00-23.00, Sunday 11.00-18.00) and Old Spot Real Ale Bar at Keighley Station http://www.kwvr.co.uk/index.htm
Friday 23-Monday 26 October White Swan, Stokesley Beer Festival, approximately 15 different ales
Saturday 24 October 3rd Annual Apple Day at the Stubbing Wharf, Hebden Bridge - sample the variety of apple juices and craft ciders available on the day, and guests can press their own apples using the scale replica of a traditional apple press. The real enthusiasts can press some juice, attend the cidermaking course and have their own cider made for Christmas!
Sunday 25October -Thursday 5 November Hallowe'en Ale Festival at these Sheffield Pubs: Museum Orchard Square, Frog & Parrot Division Street, The Ball Crookes, Porter Brook Ecclesall Road, Broadfield Abbeydale Road and the Tut & Shive in Doncaster
Wednesday 28 October-Sunday 15 November Wetherspoons Real Ale Festival
Thursday 29 October-Sunday 1 November Beer Festival at the Black Bull, 35 Friargate, PrestonPR1 2AT (at junction of Friargate and Ring Way) with a number of local brewers on site over weekend, free entry, over 25 regional cask ales available over the festival
Thursday 29 October-Sunday 1 November The Waggon and Horses Beer Festival, 19 Lawrence Street Court, York, 01904 637478, twenty real ales on handpull
Friday 30-Saturday October 31 Wetherby Round Table's Great Yorkshire Beer Festival in aid of Martin House Hospice at Wetherby Sports Association Club House, Boston Road LS22 5HA www.thegreatyorkshirebeerfestival.co.uk/
Friday 30 October-Sunday 1 November Bangers & Beer festival at the Captain Cook Inn, Staithes, North Yorkshire 11.00-24.00 each day, 25 real ales all with a Hallowe'en or Guy Fawkes theme) 4 ciders, a perry and 25 different flavoured pork pies and sausages www.captaincookinn.co.uk
Monday 2-Monday 9 November Cider Festival at Champs Sports Bar, 315 Ecclesall Road, Sheffield S11 8NX www.champssportsbar.co.uk
Thursday 5-Sunday 8 November Third Anniversary Real Ale Festival at the Hop & Vine Basement Bar, 24 Albion Street, Hull, Thurs 11.00-23.00, Fri & Sat 11.00-24.00, Sun 12.00-23.00 info@hopandvinehull.co.uk
Friday 6-Sunday 8 November First Beer Festival at O'Donoghues, George Street, Wakefield - two special brews from H B Clark & Co, a brand new beer Grand Turk from East Coast, beer from Frog Island and a special selection brought up from the West Midlands which includes first beers from a brand new brewery. Sunday is a special charity day raising money for Wakefield Hospice.
Friday 6-Monday 9 November Winter Beer Festival at the Three Pigeons, Halifax, 20+beers, music, pie & peas
Friday 6-Sunday 8 November Broughton Festival of Beer at pubs
around Broughton-in-Furness, Cumbria Check www.broughtonfestivalofbeer.org.uk
for further details
Sunday 8 November Bubble Car Convention at the Judges Lodgings,9 Lendal, York with unique beers brewed just for the occasion www.judgeslodgings.com
Wednesday 28 October-Sunday 15 November Wetherspoons Real Ale Festival
Thursday 12-Tuesday 17 November Alverthorpe WMC Beer Festival featuring around a dozen real ales, mainly from Yorkshire, free entry with all ales at £1.88 a pint, 111 Flanshaw Lane, Alverthorpe, Wakefield WF2 9JG
Thursday 12-Saturday 14 November Beer Festival at the Harlequin, 108 Nursery St, Sheffield S3 8GG featuring over 40 new and rare beers from craft breweries across the UK www.theharlequinpub.co.uk
Thursday 12-Saturday 14 November festival at the Leggers Inn, 66 Mill St East, Dewsbury, WF12 9BD 01924 502846 (believed to be correct date)
Friday 13-Sunday15 November - New Charnwood Beer festival, Heckmondwike, 30 beers
Wednesday 18-Sunday 22 November Winter Beer Festival at the Star Inn, Folly Hall, Huddersfield www.thestarinn.info/
Friday 20-Saturday 21 November Ninth Otley Beer Festival at Otley Civic Centre, approx 60 real ales, £5 entry includes glass and £2.50 beer tokens www.otleybeerfestival.co.uk
Friday 20-Sunday 22 November Fox & Goose Hebden Bridge Winter Beer Festival open noon-midnight
Saturday 21-Sunday 22 November Beer Festival at the George & Dragon, Main Street, West Haddlesey, Selby, YO8 8QA 01757 228198 with a typical Keith Simpson beer range almost certainly including Great Heck as well as Brown Cow and what Keith picks up on his travels. Open both days from noon with food available from the kitchen hatch. Note that the pub's restaurant is fully booked on Saturday pm but not yet so on the Sunday (at the time of this posting, 14.35, 10/11/2009). Live Music which threatens to include Denzil from Great Heck at some stage! Also making an appearance is the Travelling Band.
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