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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 the repeat events since then have been equally so.
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!
Covid-19
Please note that the number of CAMRA beer festivals are
limited, but the full list of those within 50 miles of our branch are listed below. Please check the individual websites
for details. Our research of Non-CAMRA festivals has been rather knocked out of kilter and those below are the ones we
know of but there may be many more that have restarted. 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
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Maidenhead
Beer & Cider Festival – 8th & 9th July 2022
NMCC Sports Bar, Summerleaze Park,
off Summerleaze Road, Maidenhead, Berks, SL6 8SP 12:00 – 23:00 Friday & Saturday, tickets
£4 in advance, £5 on door. Run by Slough,
Windsor & Maidenhead CAMRA
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Salisbury
Beerex XL (40th) 2022 – 8th & 9th July 2022
Salisbury Arts Centre, Bedwin Street,
Salisbury SP1 3UT Still in the planning stage so just the dates and times for now. Fri 18:30 – 23:00;
Sat 11:00 – 15:30 & 18:30 – 23:00. Run by Salisbury & South Wiltshire CAMRA in association with Salisbury Arts Centre & Rotary
COGS.
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23rd Devizes
Beer Festival – 23rd July 2022
The Wharf, Devizes, Wiltshire SN10 1EB One day only
11:30 – 22:00. Tickets £15 in advance only. Includes £5 beer tokens, plus more for CAMRA
members. Mainly an open air festival, with some under canvas, beside Kennet & Avon Canal; Over 100 real ales
plus cider and food also available. Family orientated, with live music. Run by Devizes CAMRA.
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Great British Beer Festival
– 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th & 6th August 2022
Olympia, London. 50,000 people expected at
the biggest real ale festival in the world – run by volunteers from all CAMRA branches. Over 1000 real
ales, craft beers, ciders and perries. Tickets on sale now.
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12th
Hampshire OctoberFest – 16th & 17th September 2022
Basingstoke Cricket & Sports
Ground, Fairfields Rd, Basingstoke RG21 3DR Friday 15:00 – 24:00; Saturday 12:00 – 24:00;
Tickets Friday & Saturday £18.45 in advance. Group discounts (6 tickets for the price of 5) available
until 31st July. North Hampshire CAMRA
organises the bar and beer part, others, including Destination Basingstoke, do the rest.
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Weymouth
Octoberfest – 7th & 8th October 2022
Weymouth Pavilion Ocean Room, The Esplanade,
Weymouth, Dorset, DT4 8ED Holding notice, details to be confirmed. These were the 2019 details: 11:00
– 16:00 & 18:00 – 23:30 both days. Tickets £10 each session, includes one pint ale or
cider. Run by West Dorset 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 08/07/2022
– Sun 10/07/2022 |
DonkeyTown Beer Festival
Pennington Sports & Social Club, 17 Lodge Road, Pennington, Hampshire, SO41 8HH
Just the dates for now, more information to follow. See the club's website for more details when available pennoclub.weebly.com
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• Sat 23/07/2022 |
Portchester Beer Festival
Portchester Community Centre, Westlands Grove, Portchester, PO16 9AD
Two sessions, 12:00 – 17:00 and 18:00 – 23:00. Around 30 beers and a few ciders & perries,
plus food & entertainment. £10 per session. Ticket details on www.ticketsource.co.uk/portchester-community-centre and there's a facebook event www.facebook.com/events/2346320012175805
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• Fri 29/07/2022
– Sat 30/07/2022 |
12th 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 bar with wines and soft drinks and this year a gin bar. Food all
sessions. Open Friday 18.00 – 22:00 and Saturday 12.00 – 16.00 and 18.00 – 22:00. Tickets
£10 for each session. There's a free pint for CAMRA members, so take your card. Tickets now on sale. See
guildfordbeerfestival.co.uk for full
details.
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• Sat 06/08/2022 |
14th Fleet Lions Beer Festival
The Harlington, 236 Fleet Road, Fleet, Hants, GU51 4BY
The 14th Fleet Lions Beer Festival. Around 40 Real Ales + Ciders (local & afar!) + hog roast, music etc.
Open lunchtime 11:00 – 15:00 & evening 17:30 – 21:30, tickets £16 including 4 beer
tokens. Just 15 minutes walk from the railway station. Full details on their website www.fleetlions.org.uk/beerfest. Tickets on
sale now www.fleetlions.org.uk/booking16
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• Sat 27/08/2022
– Mon 29/08/2022 |
Ale at Amberley
Amberley Museum & Heritage Centre, Amberley, Nr Arundel, West Sussex, BN18 9LT
We have just the dates for now, and the event seems to have been renamed 'Ale & Crafts'. Keep an eye on
the Amberley Museum website www.amberleymuseum.co.uk/whats-on
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• Sat 10/09/2022 |
Caversham Rock 'n' Ale
St Annes RC Primary School, Washington Road, Reading RG4 5AA
One evening only from 18:30 on the playing fields of St Anne’s School in Caversham (entrance may be on
South View Road). Details on their Facebook page – www.facebook.com/rocknale or their Facebook event – www.facebook.com/events/696626138133016
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• Sat 24/09/2022 |
Petersfield Oktoberfest 2022
Petersfield Festival Hall, Heath Road, Petersfield, Hampshire GU31 4EA
Petersfield's own Oktoberfest. Main seating is already sold out but spaces are available in the general area,
£26.35 a ticket. See their website for full details www.petersfieldfest.com/petersfieldoktoberfest
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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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