Beer Festivals

Southern Hampshire CAMRA has been running Southampton Beer Festival in its current format since 1997. The first 20 events were at Southampton Guildhall and in 2017 Southampton Beer Festival moved to St Mary's Stadium.

In 2010 we added to this by organising an Autumn Festival, in Woolston, appropriately called Woolston Beer Festival. We repeated this the next year and it has become annual event.

In 2011 we held Winchester Real Ale and Cider Festival at the end of March, returning a CAMRA beer festival to Winchester Guildhall after a gap of 28 years. This was another big success and remained so up until 2020 when it was the last CAMRA beer festival before the Covid lockdown. Since then we have been unable to return to the Guildhall but 2024 is looking good for a new venue 7th & 8th June, more details soon.

All the staff at our beer festivals are volunteers. Many members of Southern Hampshire CAMRA also volunteer their time to work at the Great British Beer Festival each year.

Some of our aims in running beer festivals are:

To serve customers quality cask conditioned real ale.
To promote real ale to the local community, therefore increasing its popularity.
To promote membership of CAMRA, the Campaign for Real Ale.

If you'd like us to email you and let you know when we're holding beer festivals then join our "beerfests" mailing list and we'll keep you informed!

Listing policy

For CAMRA beer festivals we list those within 50 miles of our branch area. Please check the individual websites for details. We to research non-CAMRA festivals as best we can and list those within 25 miles of our branch area. Inevitably we will miss a few, some aren't well publicized, so if you know of more please drop us an email and let us know. In any case you should check with the venue for any last minute changes before attending.

CAMRA Beer Festivals

34th Ealing Beer Festival – 9th, 10th, 11th & 12th July 2025
Walpole Park, Ealing W5 5BS
12:00 – 22:30 Wednesday to Friday, 12:00 – 20:00 Saturday. Featuring over 330 cask beers, ciders, perries, and craft keg beers. Tickets £10 per day, £8 for CAMRA members. Multiday tickets £20, £16 for CAMRA members. All details will be on the website. Run by West London CAMRA.
Basingstoke Beer Festival – 5th, 6th & 7th September 2025
Basingstoke Sports & Social Club, May's Bounty Cricket Ground, Fairfields Road, Basingstoke, RG21 3DR
Free entrance. 12:00 – 23:00 Friday & Saturday, 12:00 – 16:00 Sunday. Over 40 real ales, craft beers & ciders. Food available until 9pm. Entertainment Saturday evening. Run by CAMRA North Hampshire Branch.
16th Ascot Racecourse Beer Festival – 3rd & 4th October 2025
Ascot Racecourse, Ascot, Berkshire SL5 7JX
Organised by CAMRA Berkshire South-East, in conjunction with Ascot Racecourse. Just the dates for now.
Weymouth Octoberfest – 3rd & 4th October 2025
Weymouth Pavilion Ocean Room, The Esplanade, Weymouth, Dorset, DT4 8ED
Just the dates for now. This is what we said last year: 11:00 – 16:00 & 18:30 – 23:30 both days. Tickets £12 each session, including one pint ale or cider, and on sale from 1st August. Entrance by advance ticket only. Run by West Dorset CAMRA.
Woolston Beer Festival – 31st October & 1st November 2025
Pear Tree Church Hall, Woolston, Southampton SO19 2HA
Just the dates for now but expect up to 30 cask beers, ciders, craft beer, bottled/canned beers. & food. Open Fri 11:30 – 16:00 & 18:00 – 22:30; Sat 11:30 – 16:00 & 18:00 – 22:30. Tickets TBA. Entertainment both evenings. All details will be on woolstonbeerfestival.camra.org.uk. Run by Southern Hampshire CAMRA.

For CAMRA festivals over the whole of the UK see the main CAMRA website

Non-CAMRA Beer Festivals

Many beer festivals take place in our branch area, or nearby, that are not CAMRA beer festivals. Despite being unable to endorse these events, we believe that any beer festival that sells quality cask-conditioned real ales should be supported (see you there!). The information given here is purely for the benefit of readers, and is accurate to the best of our knowledge.
To get your beer festival listed here send an email to beerfestivals@shantscamra.org.uk

• Fri 11/07/2025 – Sat 12/07/2025	Shanty Town Beer & Music Festival Staggeringly Good Brewery, Unit 10 St George's Ind Estate, Southsea PO4 8SS Craft beer – keg & cask, live music, street food, artisan cider. Three sessions: Friday 18:00 – 23:00; Saturday 12:00 – 17:00 and 18:00 – 23:00. Tickets £17.84 per session. See www.staggeringlygood.com/event/shanty-town-2025-beer-music-festival for all details.
• Fri 18/07/2025 – Sun 20/07/2025	Crossways Inn Beer Festival 2024 Crossways Inn, Churt Road, Churt, Surrey GU10 2JS Not too many details but likely to be from 11:00 on the Friday to 22:00 on Sunday. The pub's website is www.thecrosswaysinn.co.uk but you'll need Facebook to anything about the beer festival – www.facebook.com/events/593298666660099.
• Sat 19/07/2025	Isle of Wight Steam Railway Real Ale Train The Railway Station, Havenstreet, Isle of Wight PO33 4DS Real Ale available at Wootton, Havenstreet and Ashley stations. Normal all day train fares apply (£25 advance, £27.40 on the gate). Special evening trains and a complimentary pint for those joining after 16:00. See iwsteamrailway.co.uk/event/real-ale-train for all details.
• Wed 23/07/2025 – Sun 27/07/2025	Wheatsheaf Summer Beer & Sausage Festival Wheatsheaf, 1 East St., Titchfield, PO14 4AD Annual Beer & Sausage Festival. 30 ales plus ciders, and several varieties of sausage plus other pub food. We've heard about the advert, but nothing on their website or social media yet. Here's the WhatPub link instead – camra.org.uk/pubs/wheatsheaf-titchfield-190952 – you can find all the pub's details there, and Facebook is www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100057147772888
• Fri 25/07/2025 – Sat 26/07/2025	Portchester Charity Beer Festival 2025 Portchester Community Centre, Westlands Grove, Portchester, PO16 9AD 18:00 – 23:00 Friday and 12:00 – 17:00 Saturday. Beer, cider & food. Live music on the Friday, Saturday is a quiet session. Tickets £10 per day or £15 for both days. Bring your own pint glass. Keep an eye on www.portchestercommunitycentre.co.uk for updates. There's also a Facebook event – www.facebook.com/events/1743466316197845
• Fri 25/07/2025 – Sun 27/07/2025	The Star Coffee & Ale House Summer Cider & Sausage Festival 40 High Street, Ryde PO33 2HT Cider and Sausage Festival 'All day' Friday & Saturday and from 13:30 on Sunday. Cider, Sausages and more fun, including live music and games. See their website for details www.ryde.cafe/events or their Facebook event www.facebook.com/events/1121451599791969
• Fri 01/08/2025 – Sun 03/08/2025	New Forest Nondescripts Club Beer Festival 1 Church Lane, Lyndhurst SO43 7EW Just the dates for now. This was last year's notice: Doors open 18:00 Friday, 12:00 Saturday & Sunday. 12 real ales, food, 5 live bands. Free entrance and open to non-members. See www.lyndhurstnondescripts.com/whats-on-1 for details. Their Facebook is www.facebook.com/nondies.lyndhurst
• Sat 02/08/2025	17th Fleet Lions Beer Festival The Harlington, 236 Fleet Road, Fleet, Hants, GU51 4BY The 17th Fleet Lions Beer Festival. two sessions 11:00 – 15:00 and 17:30 – 21:30. Around 40 Real Ales & Ciders (local & afar!) + hog roast, music etc. Tickets, £16 per session, are now on sale. See www.fleetlions.org.uk/beerfest for all details. Note: You must bring your own glass with legal measure markings – ticket price has been reduced to reflect this. Strictly adults only.
• Sat 09/08/2025	Barley Mow Beer & Music Festival The Barley Mow, The Hurst, Winchfield RG27 8DE From 12:00 until late. A selection of local craft beers and ciders. Live music, food. See www.barleymowwinchfield.co.uk/events/beer-music-festival and their Facebook event www.facebook.com/events/571690899264488
• Sat 16/08/2025	Triple fff Open Day Unit 3, Magpie Works, Station Approach, Four Marks GU34 5HN Annual open day at Triple fff Brewery from 12:00 to 20:30. Advance tickets £10, and that includes a pint; no on door sales. The brewery's website is triplefff.com but the event is only on Facebook www.facebook.com/events/1360050285081601 and that has the ticket sales link.
• Sat 23/08/2025 – Mon 25/08/2025	Wokingham Festival Cantley Event Field, Twyford Road, Wokingham 11:00 – 22:30 Saturday & Sunday; 11:00 - 20:00 Monday. A festival with a variety of events but including a beer tent run by the Tywford (Berks) Beer Festival (TBF) people and offering around 40 beers and 12 ciders. Tickets £24 a day or £60 for the whole event if bought in advance before 21:00 on Thursday 21st August, otherwise £29 & £72.50. See www.wokinghamfestival.co.uk for all details
• Fri 29/08/2025 – Sat 30/08/2025	Yateley Cask & Cork Festival Sean Devereux Park, Chandlers Lane, Yateley GU46 7SZ Three sessions, Friday 18:00 – 23:00, Saturday 11:00 – 16:00 & 18:00 – 23:00. Early Bird tickets £10 (date unspecified) ordinary advance tickets £12 (recommended) or £14 on the door if there are any left. Under 18s tickets free (advance) or £3 (on the door) for the Saturday lunchtime session only. Expect more than 30 local beers and ciders, 20+ wines & proseccos, plus an array of soft drinks and food stalls. Three live acts each session. See caskandcork.co.uk for all details.
• Sat 13/09/2025	Curdridge Beer Festival & Family Fun Day Curdridge Reading Room, Reading Room Lane, Curdridge (nr Botley), Hampshire SO32 2HE Annual local beer and cider festival. Just the date for now. Keep an eye on their website - www.curdridgereadingroom.co.uk
• Fri 19/09/2025 – Sat 20/09/2025	15th Guildford Beer Festival Guildford Cricket Club, The Sports Ground, Woodbridge Road, Guildford, Surrey, GU1 4RP More than 100 cask ales, sourced from independent and micro breweries in Surrey, Hampshire, Sussex and Berkshire. Also ciders and a separate bars with wines and soft drinks and gin. Food all sessions. Open Friday 18.00 – 22:00 and Saturday 12.00 – 16.00 and 18.00 – 22:00. Tickets £15 per session. Tickets now on sale. See guildfordbeerfestival.co.uk for full details.
• Sat 27/09/2025	New Forest Nondescripts Club Oktoberfest 1 Church Lane, Lyndhurst SO43 7EW Just the dates for now. Keep an eye on www.lyndhurstnondescripts.com/whats-on-1 for updates.

If you know of any more non-CAMRA beer festivals in our branch area then please email the details to us.

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