The 44th Steel City Beer & Cider Festival, held a little earlier than usual over the second weekend of October, was a huge success with more than 6,000 discerning drinkers descending on the Kelham Island Museum over the four days. Between them, visitors drank their way through more than 15,000 pints of cask ale; 1,600 … Continue reading SCBF44 a roaring success
Just like every year, the 44th Steel City Beer & Cider Festival was organised and staffed entirely by volunteers who kindly donate their time to make it such a success. As well as the organising committee who started planning in earnest back in January, we had more than 160 volunteers who helped out on at … Continue reading What’s it like to volunteer?
Sheffield & District CAMRA are pleased to announce that the official charity of the 44th Steel City Beer and Cider Festival will be local charity, Roundabout. Roundabout is Sheffield’s youth housing charity, which celebrated its 40th anniversary last year. The charity provides shelter, support and life skills to young people aged 16-24 who are homeless … Continue reading Roundabout official charity of SCBF44
Do you want your pub or business name to be seen by thousands of people? If so, you should consider sponsoring a cask at this year’s 43rd Steel City Beer & Cider Festival, taking place from 18-21 October at the Kelham Island Museum. For just £50 (+ VAT) you can sponsor a cask of your … Continue reading SCBF43 cask sponsorship
AS PASSIONATE ABOUT BEER & CIDER AS US? HELP MAKE OUR FESTIVAL HAPPEN! Our Steel City Beer & Cider Festival is a popular annual celebration of traditional real ales, international craft beer and artisan cider accompanied by street food, live music and more – all set within the incredibly atmospheric Kelham Island Industrial Museum. It … Continue reading SCBF43 festival staffing
Four limited edition sets of 15 mint condition Beermats, advertising the 43rd Annual Steel City Beer Festival (SCBF43) are to be auctioned on eBay. On one side of each mat is the SCBF43 logo, with the reverse printed for the sponsor. The logo side, when arranged, gives a large image of the festival poster. The … Continue reading SCBF43 beer mats on eBay
Visitors to the recent Sheffield Beer Festival proved just as generous as they were thirsty, as a combination of cash collections, donations of unused beer tickets, and a contribution from Sheffield branch of the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) saw this year’s charity total reach £2,000. Press Officer Paul Crofts said “It’s a fantastic sum … Continue reading Beer Festival raises £2,000 for Sheffield Children’s Hospital
The organisers of the recent Steel City Beer & Cider Festival would like to thank the following for donating items to the festival tombola and to sell for the festival charity – The Sheffield Children’s Hospital:- Tom & Brigitte (Hillsborough Hotel), Steve Cook, Richard Butler, Chris (Shakespeares), Tom (Portland House), Pete Gardener, Josh (Blue Bee … Continue reading thanks…
New Keg Bar for Steel City Beer & Cider Festival This year’s festival will see an important addition to the beer offering. A keg bar is being installed for the first time at the festival to showcase CAMRA-approved cask-conditioned KeyKeg beers. Several local brewers have been producing keg beers that fall within CAMRA’s definition of … Continue reading Our 42nd annual Steel City Beer & Cider Festival – 19th to 22nd October
The annual Steel City Beer & Cider Festival is now only a few short months away, and we are on the lookout for more volunteers to help make the festival even better than before. If you have a day or two, (or more, or just half a day even) you could spare between 17th and … Continue reading Steel City Beer & Cider Festival – Volunteer Staff required!