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.

Hosted at Northern Monk Refectory. Regular trains and coaches run Sheffield to Leeds.

pub festival featuring 30 real ales, 12 craft kegs and 10 real ciders. Friday and Saturday also features live music and street food.

Keighley & Craven CAMRA (Campaign for Real Ale) is delighted to present the 18^th  Skipton Beer Festival. The event will be held in the historic Town Hall, High Street, Skipton at the following times, with payment on the door: Thursday & Friday: 11am to 10pm, Saturday: 11am to 8pm. Entry £4 (free for members). The event will feature 10 real ales on handpumps, plus 50 on traditional gravity, a selection of real ale on KeyKeg, and a range of real cider and perry. The choices will reflect the local area, the wider county of Yorkshire, and a few carefully chosen gems from further afield. More details on their website.

the 44th Lincoln Beer Festival will again be held in the atmospheric Southside, formerly St Katherine’s Church, offering a range of real ale, cider & perry.

The regular bank holiday weekend beer & cider festival hosted at the Old Hall Hotel in Hope. This features a marquee taking over part of the car park with a festival bar, food stalls (in addition to the pub, restaurant and team room menus) and seating. There is also a programme of live music and DJs, in the beer tent during the afternoon and inside the pub in the evening. Buses 62, 173 and 272 go past the pub or it is a short walk from Hope railway station. For more information see their socials or website.

The event space at the farm shop, cafe and bar on Beltonville farm hosts a beer festival.

Celebating the pub’s 25th Birthday. Details TBA.

The Red Lion at Matlock Green (the Stagecoach X17 bus from Sheffield stops there on its way into the town centre), which is also home to Moot Ales microbrewery, host their annual beer festival in the pub’s beer garden. It features a range of real ales and other craft beers, cider & gin, street food and music. The festival is open from midday to 8pm both days with the pub itself open until 11pm.

A fantastic multi venue party across a number of pubs, clubs and breweries in and near Dronfield featuring beer, music and food! All usually offer free entry. The majority of venues are walkable from Dronfield railway station, the rest are on local Stagecoach bus routes (15/16/43/44).

Barnsley CAMRA are running two beer festivals this year with this being the additional one, which is being held at the Barnsley Civic on Eldon Street in the town centre, just around the corner from the bus/train interchange. Regular Northern trains run there from Sheffield along with Stagecoach buses 2 and X17. Open 4-9pm Thursday and midday to 9pm Friday and Saturday. Entry tickets cost £5 and include a souvenir glass.

The Stockport Beer Festival is returning for its fourth time at the Stockport Guildhall, a Grade II listed building on Wellington Road South, from June 18 to 20. The Guildhall is a versatile venue with multiple rooms. Regular EMR and Transpennine Express trains run between Sheffield and Stockport. Free entry for CAMRA members requires advance booking online.

Leicester Beer Festival returns to the Abbey Pumping Station Museum for the third year.  Featuring 50 beers and 12 ciders.The Museum will be open to the public during the day. Regular EMR trains run between Sheffield and Leicester.

This pub in Heeley hosts the summer edition of their regular beer festival, which features a pop up bar in the conservatory and further festival beers in the kiosk outside. Buses 10/10a, 20, 24/25, 43/44 and X17 go there.

The annual beer festival at the Wisewood Inn, home of Loxley Brewery. This sees a marquee out back with beer and entertainment alongside the patio and garden. Pub food available. Buses 52a and 61/62 go there.

Fundraising event featuring food, drink, music, stalls and animals! Buses 18/18a, 73 and 252 go there.

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 charity fundraiser event.

The pub’s annual event. To be confirmed.

The annual in house beer festival featuring brewery bars spread across their own venue and Sheffield Plate food hall’s function room. Advance tickets required.

Large tented festival.

The regular bank holiday weekend beer & cider festival hosted at the Old Hall Hotel in Hope. This features a marquee taking over part of the car park with a festival bar, food stalls (in addition to the pub, restaurant and team room menus) and seating. There is also a programme of live music and DJs, in the beer tent during the afternoon and inside the pub in the evening. Buses 173 and 272 go past the pub or it is a short walk from Hope railway station. For more information see their socials or website.

The event space at the farm shop, cafe and bar on Beltonville farm hosts a beer festival with live music. Advance tickets required and camping is available.

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.

Charity event, TBC

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The bars in these two adjacent rural pubs, located a 10-15 minute walk from Chinley station, are supplemented by pop up festival bars both in the Old Hall and its beer garden to offer a large range of cask ales along with food and music. An engine or two from Buxworth Steam Festival will also be dropping in too!

Regular pub beer festival

At Trent Bridge Cricket Ground

The Derby Heritage beer festival relocates for 2026 to Derby Market Hall and will offer over 100 cask ales, keg beers, ciders and perries.

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.

40+ ales, ciders and perries plus food and music at the Gainsborough Trinity Supporter’s (The Blues) Club.

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Direct trains run from Sheffield to Darlington

This pub in Heeley hosts the winter edition of their regular beer festival, which features a pop up bar in the conservatory and further festival beers in the kiosk outside. This event normally sees a number of strong and dark options!

Hackney, East London. TBC