The winter edition of the regular beer festival held at this pub on Worksop railway station which sees the downstairs function room opened up with a pop up bar featuring around 20 real ales. The Northern Sheffield-Lincoln train goes there from Sheffield.

The annual CAMRA beer festival held at the Winding Wheel Theatre in Chesterfield town centre featuring three rooms of cask ale plus other craft beers, cider, spirits and food. The evening sessions also feature live music. Website. Regular buses and trains go there from Sheffield.

This festival is held at the Victoria Hall in Saltaire and features around 110 cask ales plus ciders and world beers. Advance tickets advisable. Website.

Organised by Peddlers Market at their warehouse venue, this festival features numerous bars hosted by the brewers themselves along with their own bar and a cask showcase. There will also be street food traders and music. Advance tickets advisable.

The 49th Loughborough Beer Festival takes place as usual at the Polish Club. Over 55 Real Ales, plus Real Cider, Perry and KeyKeg. More information on their website.

The independent craft beer festival held at Trafalgar Warehouse in Sheffield City Centre that kicks off Sheffield Beer Week, with the majority of bars hosted by brewers showcasing their beers. The festival is split over 3 separately ticketed sessions – Friday evening, Saturday afternoon and Saturday evening and advance booking is recommended as capacity is limited – see their website.

The long established annual beer & cider festival at Burton town hall featuring over 100 different cask ales plus cider, kegged craft beer, gin & wine bar and food. More details on their website.

The old Rotherham Real Ale & Music Festival makes a comeback at Magna! This is an independently organised charity fundraiser. Open Wednesday & Thursday evening from 6pm, all day Friday & Saturday. Advance tickets available online. The Tram Train service will (hopefully) be stopping at the new Magna tram stop by then (except on Saturday night) or bus X3 stops on the main road outside Magna. Discount entry is offered to CAMRA members.

A beer & music festival set in the fairly unique and atmospheric setting of a working railway roundhouse near Chesterfield. The bars feature a range of up to 400 beers plus cider, gin and more whilst outside there is a food court with a variety of street food traders. Live entertainment features every day and on Friday and Saturday afternoon train rides are included in the ticket. Shuttle buses operate from Chesterfield railway station or the local Stagecoach bus 90 serves the venue. More information and advance tickets at railalefestival.com.

The annual fundraiser for St Margaret Church in Swinton, near Rotherham. There is a railway station on the edge of Swinton or bus 221 (Rotherham-Doncaster) goes past the venue.

The annual beer festival organised to raise funds for the local Scout group which also features food, live music and a family fun day with bouncy castle and face painting for the kids. Bus 53/53a runs to Bolsover from Sheffield.

We’re back at Kelham Island Museum for our 50th Steel City Beer & Cider Festival featuring about 200 different cask ales plus other craft beers in keg, bottle and can along with traditional cider & perry, live music, games, street food traders and more.