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.

Stockport (CAMRA)

Thu 19 – Sat 21 Jun

Back at their new venue, the Guild Hall, the festival features over 250 beers, ciders and perries. More details at stockportfestival.org.uk

Loxley

Fri 20 – Sun 22 Jun

The annual beer & cider festival at the Wisewood Inn, which is home to Loxley Brewery. The event also features music and food with free entry. Buses 52a, 61 and 62 go there.

Sheaf View

Sat 21 Jun

Their birthday beer festival. These events usually involve a pop up bar in the back room and an outside kiosk bar featuring interesting beers in addition to the normal pub bar.

Red Lion, Litton

Sat 21 Jun

Their Wakes Week beer festival. Features a steam engine rally on the Saturday lunchtime.

Swinton

Thu 26 – Sat 28 Jun

A fundraiser for St Margaret’s Church where the festival is held in Swinton, near Rotherham. It is walkable from Swinton railway station or bus 221 (Rotherham-Doncaster) will get you there. The festival features a range of cask ales from across the area plus a small selection of keykeg beers, cider, soft drinks and food.

Leicester (CAMRA)

Thu 26 – Sat 28 Jun

A marquee filled with over 50 beers from independent brewers plus around a dozen ciders. The venue is Abbey Pumping Station. Regular trains run direct from Sheffield to Leicester.

Eckington

Sat 28 Jun

A number of venues in or near Eckington team up to provide a day of beer, food and music. A minibus shuttles regularly between venues. You can get to Eckington on Stagecoach bus 50/50a or TM Travel bus 252 whilst the Miners Arms in Hundall is served by Stagecoach bus 15.

Merchant Adventurers – York

Fri 4 – Sat 5 Jul

A charity fundraiser featuring over 30 breweries who together will be showcasing over 90 ales, beers and lagers. The venue is the 668-year-old Merchant Adventurers’ Hall where the Great Hall will transform into a Keg Beer Hall and the atmospheric Undercroft of the Hall becoming home to the 50-foot Cask Bar. Street food by Yuzu and El Chappo will be available in the garden with YO1 Radio providing the entertainment live from their stage. More information and tickets here.

Fishpond – Matlock Bath

Sat 5 – Sun 6 Jul

A pub beer & music festival with a range of over 15 real ales & ciders, live music and food. Bus X17 goes there from Sheffield and Chesterfield.

Wortley Mens Club

Fri 18 – Sun 20 Jul

This rural former working mens club & institute, which still runs a membership scheme but is open to all, hosts its annual beer festival featuring a tent packed full of ale and cider along with live entertainment and more. Bus 29 (Chapeltown to Penistone) goes there, as do buses 23 and 34 (Barnsley to Stocksbridge), all are infrequent services operated by South Pennine Community Transport.

Mallard (Worksop)

Thu 24 – Mon 28 Jul

The Mallard at Worksop railway station host the summer edition of their regular beer festival which sees the cellar bar opened up with lots of additional beers and ciders available along with snacks. Regular Northern trains on the Sheffield-Lincoln line stop at Worksop, which is about a half hour train ride from Sheffield.

Abbeydale Road

Thu 31 Jul – Sun 3 Aug

The 2025 edition of this annual initiative with a number of venues collaborating.

Great British Beer Festival – Summer edition (CAMRA)

Tue 5 – Sat 9 Aug

Held at the new venue of the Birmingham NEC, which is a 5 minute walk from Birmingham International station. More information and advance tickets is available online at greatbritishbeerfestival.co.uk.

Peterborough (CAMRA)

Tue 19 – Sat 23 Aug

A huge tented festival that takes place on the river embankment with lots of bars, entertainment and more inside whilst outside there are food traders and other attractions. Direct trains run from Sheffield to Peterborough operated by East Midlands Railway.

Seven Hills

Fri 22 – Sun 24 Aug

The annual beer festival at Sheffield Tigers RUFC up at Dore Moor. The festival bar, entertainment stage and food traders are all outside alongside the rugby pitch with additional facilities in the club house. Advance ticket packages are available that save money compared to buying your beer tokens and souvenir glass on the day. Buses 65, 271 and 272 pass the end of the drive or bus 81 is a short walk away.

Hope Valley Beer & Cider Festival

Fri 22 – Mon 25 Aug

Held at the Old Hall Hotel in Hope most bank holiday weekends, the festival features a marquee outside filled with a range of beers and ciders, many locally sourced from around Derbyshire, along with food and music. Buses 173, 271 and 272 pass the pub or Hope railway station is 10 minutes walk away.

Derby Heritage (CAMRA)

Wed 3 – Sat 6 Sep

At the Museum of Making

Tamworth (CAMRA)

Thu 4 – Sat 6 Sep

At the Assembly Rooms. 75 different ales to choose from including many new brews and festival specials along with cider and perry. The theme this year celebrates 50 years of Fawlty Towers.

Heeley Octoberfest

Sun 5 Oct

Held jointly between the Sheaf View and Brothers Arms, this features beer and music!

Nottingham Robin Hood (CAMRA)

Wed 8 – Sat 11 Oct

Held at Trent Bridge Cricket Ground. To be confirmed.

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.