Festival guide

Below is a guide to beer festivals in or near Sheffield that we are aware of over the coming months. While we believe the information is correct, we advise checking with the venue/organisers before making any special journeys.

CAMRA festival listings can also be found on the national CAMRA events page whilst commercially run festivals are featured at beer-festival-calendar.co.uk.

Nottingham Robin Hood (CAMRA)

Wed 8 – Sat 11 Oct

Held at Trent Bridge Cricket Ground featuring a list of around 500 cask ales and 100 ciders & perries plus food traders and more. Full details and advance tickets here.

Sheffield Steel City (CAMRA)

Wed 15 – Sat 18 Oct

Held at Kelham Island Museum featuring a huge range of beer across cask, keg, can and bottle plus cider & perry, food and live entertainment. Details here.

Gainsborough (CAMRA)

Thu 23 – Sat 25 Oct

Held at the Blues Club, this event is free to all. Live music on Friday and Saturday. Hot and cold food available. Commemorative glasses are £4, but are redeemable, as are all unused tokens. Details here. Regular Northern trains run from Sheffield to Gainsborough.

Rose & Crown (Chesterfield)

Thu 20 – Sun 23 Nov

The Rose & Crown in Brampton, Chesterfield CAMRA’s Pub of the Year, celebrate their 16th birthday with a beer festival featuring two bars filled with a variety of beer and cider along with food and music. Details on their Facebook page.

Sheaf View

Fri 21 – Sun 23 Nov

The Sheaf View in Heeley hold the winter edition of their regular programme of beer festivals. All the festivals involve the main pub bar being supplemented with extra beers spread across a pop up bar in the conservatory and the shed bar outside plus live music at times. The winter ales festival tends to see a few strong warming beers along with other interesting brews!

Chesterfield (CAMRA)

Fri 6 – Sat 7 Feb

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.

Bradford (CAMRA)

Thu 26 – Sat 28 Feb

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.

Burton on Trent (CAMRA)

Thu 19 – Sat 21 Mar

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.