Cider
Festivals, Apple Days and Wassailing
This
is a regularly updated list of events of interest
to cider and perry aficionados. Most are Cider
Festivals (and Beer Festivals
with cider offered), but there are various other
events also included such as wassailing
(January only, of course), Apple Days
and the like. If you know of anything we have missed,
please get in touch and let
us know!
March
2010
Thursday 25th to Saturday 27th March 2010 - Walsall
Beer Festival at Walsall Town
Hall, Leicester Street, Walsall WS1 1AA
Opening times:
Thu 5-11pm; Fri 11am-3pm, 5.30-11pm; Sat 11am-3pm
and 5.30-11pm.
Admission: £4.00 evening
sessions; £1.00 daytime sessions
Details: Over 90 real ales, plus ciders,
perries and country wines.
Food
available all sessions.OVer
130 real ales, ciders and perries,
food and entertainment. Volunteers required for
working at the festival. Please contact Ian Hughes
(email ian.hughes.1975@btinternet.com)
or see the website for further information.
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April
2010
Friday 2nd & Saturday 3rd April 2010 - 5th
Planet Thanet Easter Beer Festival
at Winter Gardens, Margate, Kent
Opening times:
Noon-10.30pm
Admission: Friday £3.00,
Saturday £2.00. Card carrying CAMRA members
free.
Details: Approx 200 real ales,
ciders and perries Expanded capacity for 2010. Food
court, including carvery. Live music both days.
Quiet room available. Accompanied, well-behaved
children welcome up to 8pm. Souvenir glasses £3
(refundable). Tombola, merchandise stall, etc.
Friday 2nd to Sunday 4th April 2010 - Barnsley
Beer Festival at Milton Hall, Elsecar,
West Yorkshire S74 8EZ
Opening times:
noon-10.30pm
Admission: £3.00 on
door, £1.00
CAMRA members.
Details: Over 40 real ales plus ciders.
Hot and cold food available. Free
soft drinks for designated drivers. Tombola, traditional
games and CAMRA shop.
Wednesday 7th to Saturday 10th April 2010 - 8th
Maldon Beer Festival at Town Hall,
Market Hill, Maldon, Essex
Opening times:
Wednesday 4pm-11pm, Thursday to Saturday 11am to
11pm.
Admission:
£2.50.
Details:
Over 50 real ales and ciders. Live
music on Saturday night. Food available all sessions.
Free soft drinks for designated drivers.
Thursday 8th to Sunday 10th April 2010 - 20th
Doncaster Beer Festival at The
Hub, Chappell Drive, Doncaster
DN1 2RF
Opening times:
Thursday 5.30pm entry CAMRA members (6pm rest) to
11pm; Friday and Saturday 11am-11pm.
Admission: £3.50 (£5.00
Friday after 6pm). CAMRA members
free entry all times, only returnable glass hire
fee payable.
Details: Over 90 Beers, Ciders
and Foreign Beers. Food available until 9.30pm.
Entertainment Friday & Saturday night.
Thursday 8th to Sunday 10th April 2010 - 5th
Bexley Beer Festival at Sidcup
Sports Club, Crescent Farm, Sydney Road,
Sidcup DA14 6RA
Opening times:
Thursday noon-11pm; Friday
11am-5pm; Saturday 11am-11pm
Admission: Thursday: daytime session
£2.00/CAMRA members free, evening session
£2.00/CAMRA members £1.00. Friday and
Saturday sessions £2.00/CAMRA members £1.00
Details: Over 60 Beers and Ciders.
Souvenir glasses, snacks and entertainment available.
Live entertainment Thursday& Friday evening.
Wednesday 14th to Saturday 17th April 2010 - 34th
Newcastle Beer Festival at Newcastle
University Students' Union, Kings Walk, Newcastle
Upon Tyne
Opening times:
Wednesday 6pm-10.30pm; Thursday & Friday noon-10.30pm;
Saturday noon-7pm.
Admission: Admission including
souvenir glass and programme £5.00. Free admission
to CAMRA members all times.
Details: Over 100 real ales plus a separate
real cider bar with over 100 ciders and
perries.
Thursday 15th to Saturday 17th April 2010 -
33rd Maltings Beerex at Farnham
Maltings, Bridge Square, Farnham,
Surrey GU9 7QR (01531 670544)
Opening times:
Thursday 6–11pm, Friday 6pm–11pm, Saturday
lunch 11am–3pm, Saturday 6pm–11pm.
Admission: £7.00; tickets
go on sale on Sunday 7th March; buy early to avoid
disappointment! For more information, please call
the box office on 01252 745444.
Details: Famous not only for its excellent
selection of real ales, ciders and perries,
but also it's fun-filled atmosphere.
Thursday 22nd April 2010 - St. George's
Day Cider Special at The
Bell Hotel, 2 High Street, Shepton
Mallet, Somerset BA4 5AN (01749 345393)
Opening
times: normal pub time; entertainment from
9pm
Admission: free
Details: A selection of local ciders on
offer. Somerset's
premier Wurzels tribute band The
Mangledwurzels
will
be providing the entertainment.
Friday 23rd to Saturday 24th April 2010 - Chippenham
Beer Festival at Olympiad Centre, Chippenham,
Wiltshire
Opening times:
Friday: 6pm-11pm; Saturday: 11am-3.30pm, 7pm-11pm.
Admission: Friday £5.00,
Saturday £4.00 evening / £3.50 afternoon.
Advance tickets only for evening sessions.
Concessions
at door for CAMRA members.
Details: Over 90 Real Ales, choice
of Ciders, Perries and Foreign Bottled
Beers. Live music all sessions. Price includes souvenir
glass and programme.
Saturday 24th & Sunday 25th April 2010 - Open
Day at Gwynt
Y Ddraig Cider, Llest Farm, Llantwit
Fardre, Pontypridd, Rhondda Cynon Taff CF38 2PW
Opening
times: 11.00am–9.00pm Sat; 11.00am-7.00pm
Sun
Admission:
Free entry; all welcome
Details: Once again Gwynt Y Ddraig will
open it's cider filled doors to the general public
for cider, food and fun. You probably know the drill
by now, cider bars, burgers, some stalls selling
spirits and traditional food in a farmers market
kind of style. Families welcome!
Thursday 29th April to Saturday 1st May 2010 - 12th
Kingdom Of Fife Beer Festival at Rothes
Halls, Glenrothes, Fife (01592 612121)
Opening times:
Thursday:
4pm-11pm, Friday: noon-midnight, Saturday: noon-11pm
Admission: £4.00 CAMRA members,
£5.00 non-members
Details: Over 40 beers, ciders,
perries, German Bottled Beers and Wines
available.
Soft drinks, food and snacks available
all sessions. Live music Friday & Saturday evenings.
Thursday 29th April to Saturday 1st May 2010 - Stourbridge
Beer Festival at Town Hall, Market
Street, Stourbridge, West Midlands DY8 1YE
Opening times:
Thursday:
7pm-11pm, Friday & Saturday: noon-11pm
Admission: £3.00; CAMRA Members
£1.00 (Thursday & Friday); £1.00;
CAMRA Members FREE (Saturday) - ALL free after 5pm
on Saturday!
Details: Over 80 real ales and ciders.
Hot and cold food available
all sessions.
Thursday 29th April to Saturday 1st May 2010 - 16th
Reading Beer & Cider Festival at
Kings Meadow, Napier Road, Reading, Berkshire
Opening times:
Thursday
4.30pm-11pm; Friday & Saturday 11am-11pm; Sunday
noon-9pm.
Admission: Thursday
£5.00, Friday & Saturday £8.00,
Sunday £5.00;
£2.00 to CAMRA/EBCU members all sessions.
Details: Over 550 Real Ales, over
150 ciders and perries, over 100 foreign
beers, and over 45 English Wines. Food available
all times. Quiet day Thursday; live music other
days in main tent. Quiet tent at available
all times. Sunday - Family Day with children's entertainment
and dray horses. Plenty of seating. Glass hire £2
all times (refundable).
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May
2010
Thursday 29th April to Saturday 1st May 2010 - 12th
Kingdom Of Fife Beer Festival at Rothes
Halls, Glenrothes, Fife (01592 612121)
Opening times:
Thursday:
4pm-11pm, Friday: noon-midnight, Saturday: noon-11pm
Admission: £4.00 CAMRA members,
£5.00 non-members
Details: Over 40 beers, ciders,
perries, German Bottled Beers and Wines
available.
Soft drinks, food and snacks available
all sessions. Live music Friday & Saturday evenings.
Thursday 29th April to Saturday 1st May 2010 - Stourbridge
Beer Festival at Town Hall, Market
Street, Stourbridge, West Midlands DY8 1YE
Opening times:
Thursday:
7pm-11pm, Friday & Saturday: noon-11pm
Admission: £3.00; CAMRA Members
£1.00 (Thursday & Friday); £1.00;
CAMRA Members FREE (Saturday) - ALL free after 5pm
on Saturday!
Details: Over 80 real ales and ciders.
Hot and cold food available
all sessions.
Thursday 29th April to Saturday 1st May 2010 - 16th
Reading Beer & Cider Festival at
Kings Meadow, Napier Road, Reading, Berkshire
Opening times:
Thursday
4.30pm-11pm; Friday & Saturday 11am-11pm; Sunday
noon-9pm.
Admission: Thursday
£5.00, Friday & Saturday £8.00,
Sunday £5.00;
£2.00 to CAMRA/EBCU members all sessions.
Details: Over 550 Real Ales, over
150 ciders and perries, over 100 foreign
beers, and over 45 English Wines. Food available
all times. Quiet day Thursday; live music other
days in main tent. Quiet tent at available
all times. Sunday - Family Day with children's entertainment
and dray horses. Plenty of seating. Glass hire £2
all times (refundable).
6-8
May (Thu-Sat) 10th Banbury Beer Festival
7-8 May (Fri-Sat) 16th Macclesfield
Beer Festival
7-8 May (Fri-Sat) Halifax Mayfest
13-15 May (Thu-Sat) 27th Rugby
Beer Festival
14-15 May (Fri-Sat) 8th Elysian
Beer Festival
14-15 May (Fri-Sat) 3rd Clitheroe Beer Festival
14-16
May (Fri-Sun) Yapton Beerex
20-22 May (Thu-Sat) Dewsbury &
Heavy Woollen Real Ale Festival
21-22 May (Fri-Sat) Barrow Hill
Rail Ale Festival
22-23 May (Sat-Sun) 2nd North Cotswold
Ale & Steam Weekend
24-29 May (Mon-Sat) 37th Cambridge
Beer Festival
27-29 May (Thu-Sat) Lincoln Beer
Festival
27-29 May (Thu-Sat) Northamptonshire
Beer Festival
28-30 May (Fri-Sun) 15th Newark
Beer Festival
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June
2010
3-5 Jun (Thu-Sat) 35th Wolverhampton Beer Festival
3-5 Jun (Thu-Sat) Aberdeen & NE Beer Festival
(24th Great Grampian)
3-5 Jun (Thu-Sat) 24th Stockport Beer & Cider
Festival
3-5 Jun (Thu-Sat) 14th Southampton Beer Festival
4-5 Jun (Fri-Sat) St Ives (Cornwall) Beer Festival
8-12 Jun (Tue-Sat) Thurrock Beer Festival
10-12 Jun (Thu-Sat) Great Welsh Beer & Cider
Festival
10-12 Jun (Thu-Sat) Harpenden Beer Festival
11-12 Jun (Fri-Sat) Kent & East Sussex Rail
Beer Festival
18-19 Jun (Fri-Sat) 4th Stratford-upon-Avon Beer
& Cider Festival
18-19 Jun (Fri-Sat) 14th South Downs Beer Festival
19-20 Jun (Sat-Sun) 3rd Beer in Gibberd Garden (Harlow)
25-26 Jun (Fri-Sat) 11th Kingston Beer Festival
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July
2010
3 Jul (Sat) 11th Devizes Beer Festival
15-17 Jul (Thu-Sat) 8th Bromsgrove Beer Festival
Friday 23rd & Saturday 24th July 2010 - 3rd
Bath Summer Cider Festival at Bath
Pavilion, North Parade, Bath, Somerset
BA2 4EU (01225 330304)
Opening
times: Friday
7.30pm-11.30pm;
Saturday 11.00am-4pm &
7.30pm-11.30pm
Admission: Tickets
on sale later in the year.
Details: On
offer will be over 100 ciders and perries including
award-winning ciders from Ben Crossman's, Rich's,
Thatchers, Broadoak and Heck's (Somerset), Weston's
and Gwatkin (Herefordshire), Gwynt Y Ddraig (Wales),
and
Mr. Whiteheads (Hampshire)
- as well as hog roast rolls
and cheese platters, and a range of soft drinks
for the drivers.
As well as the cider and perry, the Bristol Cider
Festival will offer the best in local entertainment.
Somerset's premier Wurzels tribute band The
Mangledwurzels
will
be playing a full show at all three sessions, providing
their own brand of Wurzels-flavoured, cider-fuelled
Scrumpy & Western madness to help you drink
up thy cider.
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August
2010
Friday 6th & Saturday 7th August 2010 - 3rd
Bristol Cider Festival at Brunel's
Old Station, The Clock Tower, Temple Meads, Bristol
BS1 6QH
Opening
times: Friday
7.30pm-11.30pm;
Saturday 11.00am-4pm &
7.30pm-11.30pm
Admission: Tickets
on sale later in the year.
Details: On
offer will be over 100 ciders and perries including
award-winning ciders from Ben Crossman's, Rich's,
Thatchers, Broadoak and Heck's (Somerset), Weston's
and Gwatkin (Herefordshire), Gwynt Y Ddraig (Wales),
and
Mr. Whiteheads (Hampshire)
- as well as hog roast rolls
and cheese platters, and a range of soft drinks
for the drivers.
As well as the cider and perry, the Bristol Cider
Festival will offer the best in local entertainment.
Somerset's premier Wurzels tribute band The
Mangledwurzels
will
be playing a full show at all three sessions, providing
their own brand of Wurzels-flavoured, cider-fuelled
Scrumpy & Western madness to help you drink
up thy cider.
Saturday 7th & Sunday 8th August 2010 - Open
Day at Gwynt
Y Ddraig Cider, Llest Farm, Llantwit
Fardre, Pontypridd, Rhondda Cynon Taff CF38 2PW
Opening
times: 11.00am–9.00pm Sat; 11.00am-7.00pm
Sun
Admission:
Free entry; all welcome
Details: Once again Gwynt Y Ddraig will
open it's cider filled doors to the general public
for cider, food and fun. You probably know the drill
by now, cider bars, burgers, some stalls selling
spirits and traditional food in a farmers market
kind of style. Families welcome! Somerset's
premier Wurzels tribute band The
Mangledwurzels
together
with Ross Kirk will be playing live music all afternoon
on the Sunday, providing their own brand of Wurzels-flavoured,
cider-fuelled Scrumpy & Western madness to help
you drink up thy cider.
Saturday 28th August 2010 - 1st Village
Cider Festival at The Red
Lion, High Street, Lacock, Chippenham,
Wiltshire SN15 2LQ (01249 730456)
Opening
times: normal pub time; entertainment from
8pm
Admission: Entry price to be confirmed.
Details: A selection of local ciders on
offer. Somerset's
premier Wurzels tribute band The
Mangledwurzels
will
be providing the entertainment.
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September
2010
Saturday 4th September 2010 - Charity
Beer & Cider Festival at The
Whitminster Inn, Bristol Road, Whitminster,
Gloucester, Gloucestershire GL2 7NY (01452 740234)
Opening times:
Normal
pub opening times.
Admission: tbc
Details: A Charity Beer & Cider Festival
in aid of Cotswold Air Ambulance with various bands
culminating with Somerset's
premier Wurzels tribute band The
Mangledwurzels
who should be on stage at about 8.45pm. More details
to follow as we get them.
9th to 11th September 2010 - Hull
Real Ale & Cider Festival
at Mortimer Suite, Hull City Hall,
Kingston-Upon-Hull
Opening times:
tbc
Admission: tbc
Details: tbc
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October
2010
21st and 24th October 2010 - 18th
Mansfield Beer & Cider Festival
at The
Intake Club, Kirkland Avenue, Mansfield,
Nottinghamshire NG18 5QP.
Opening times:
Thursday 5-11pm; Friday Noon-6pm, 6.30pm-11.30;
Saturday 11am-6pm, 6.30pm-11.30pm; Sunday Noon-2pm.
Admission: Card-carrying CAMRA
members free all times. Non-Members: Thursday £4.00;
Friday/Saturday: Daytime £4, Evenings £7;
Sunday Free. Tickets (Friday/Saturday evenings)
from Intake Club, Bold Forester, Greyhound, Mansfield
Woodhouse, or by post. Credit Card Line: 01623 471306.
Details: Over 100 Beers, Lagers, Ciders,
Perries and Fruit Wines from independent
and microbrewers. Full range of types and strengths
available including some new beers. Soft drinks,
Wine, Food and Snacks available at all sessions.
Evening entertainment.
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November
2010
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December
2010
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