Beer Festivals
We typically run two festivals each year, one in Hitchin and the other in Letchworth. In recent years both festival venues have come under threat of being “improved” by local councils – unfortunately most proposed improvements would render the facilities useless to us not just during the works but also in the future. We’re always interested in hearing about possible new venues for a festival, get in touch if you know of one! A venue must be of reasonable size (think Hitchin town hall and Letchworth’s Plinston) have good toilet facilities, preferably also a kitchen space, and ideally it should be disabled accessible! A festival venue also needs to be convenient to reach via public transport. We’re not only interested in Hitchin and Letchworth but being near a train station is quite desirable, stations in our region include: Knebworth, Stevenage, Hitchin, Letchworth, Baldock, and Ashwell & Morden. (However, Baldock already has its very successful Baldock Independant Beer Festival!)
Our usual festival calendar is:
- the Hitchin Beer and Cider Festival, in March
- the Letchworth Beer and Cider Festival, in September.
Naturally, other CAMRA branches, pubs, and independant groups run their own festivals throughout the year. We try to maintain lists of the bigger and the closer festivals in our own calendars, which you can view on the CAMRA Beer Festivals and Local Beer Festivals pages.
You may also want to check the Festivals category of this website to see what has been posted recently.
If you know of a local CAMRA or, especially, a pub beer fesitval that we’re missing please tell us about it (via email or just a comment on this page) so that we can let our members know. Support your local!
