Upcoming beer festivals 2016/17

Commercial, Chapeltown

Thu 24 – Sun 27 Nov

One of the regular beer festivals at the ‘Commie’ which sees a few extra handpumps added to the bar and a list of beers not previously featured at the pub cycled through over the weekend. A simple bar food menu is available including home made pies. Bus 265 (Sheffield-Barnsley) passes the front door of the pub, Chapeltown station and various other bus routes are 5 minutes walk away.

A Firkin Beer Festival, part 3 – Picture House Social

Thu 24 – Sun 27 Nov

Its back, a stillage full of interesting beers on both cask and keg in the games room of Picture House Social underneath the old Abbeydale Cinema and with entertainment Friday and Saturday night. Beers from the UK, Europe and USA. Opening times Thursday from 5:00 P.M til 12:00 a.m, Friday from 4:00 P.M til 3am, Saturday from 12:00 P.M til 3am and Sunday from 12.00 P.M til Late. Free entry. Buses 75,76,86,96,97,98 and 218 stop outside.

Peddlers Market

Fri 2 – Sat 3 Dec

The usual monthly event open Friday evening and Saturday afternoon/evening featuring a variety of street food traders, craft stalls, art, music and a number of bars with a range of real ales and craft beers available. The featured breweries change each month. The Peddlers Venue is at 92 Burton Road, Neepsend, on bus routes 7/8 or a short walk from Shalesmoor tram stop. Sheffield Brewery which is just across the road also open on the same evenings for their Beer Club tap session. Both events offer free entry.

Rotherham Magna Real Ale & Music Festival

2-4 March 2017

This big charity event featuring around 250 real ales on handpump plus cider and perry, wine, food and live music in an old steel works is back for 2017 after a year off. Watch this space!

SIBA – Beer Alive!

Thu 16 – Sat 18 Mar

This is the new name for the Siba BeerX Festival of beer at Ice Sheffield. More information nearer the time. Ice Sheffield is near the Arena tram stop.

Three Valleys

Sat 3 Jun

This popular annual event spread across a number of pubs and clubs in the Dronfield area with a free bus service from Dronfield station is back again. More details closer to the time.

Thanks for the info AndyC

The Rotherham Real Ale and Music Festival is on at Magna, now.

SIBA – Beer Alive!

Thu 16 – Sat 18 Mar

This is the new name for the Siba BeerX Festival of beer held in a marquee alongside Ice Sheffield and Don Valley Bowl, which are next to the Arena tram stop. Beer Alive will have a huge bar with its pumps, taps and fridges working through a list of around 300 award winning beers (note not all on at the same time) along with street food, entertainment and more. Entry tickets are £7.70 and available in advance from beerx.org or the City Hall box office.

Cavendish Cancer Care fundraiser Beer Festival

Sat 18 Mar

A small one day fundraiser organised by students with live music and a beer list curated by Exit 33 Brewing at the DINA venue, a former City Centre pub on Cambridge Street, just down from the Tap & Tankard and Benjamin Huntsman. There will be around 15 different beers to try and the event is open from 2pm to 11pm. Standard admission is £6 including a glass or VIP admission which also includes food and a designated seating area is £12. DINA is a few minute walk from City Hall tram stop or the bus stops on Pinstone Street.

Chesterfield Mayor’s Appeal Beer Festival

Fri 7 – Sat 8 Apr

This is a new festival held in Chesterfield Market’s Assembly Room to raise money for charity. Entry tickets are £5 either in advance or on the door. The format is the same as Chesterfield CAMRA’s Market Festival held in October with a range of 35 beers and 6 ciders on the bar and a food stall selling cheese sandwiches, pork pies and ploughmans platters provided by ‘Cheese Factor’ whose shop is in the market downstairs. The festival is open for three sessions – Friday 5:30pm to 11pm and Saturday 11am to 4pm then 6pm to 11pm. The venue is a few minutes walk from the main town centre bus stops (routes 43/44/50/50a/X17 go from Sheffield) and is about a 10 minute walk from Chesterfield rail station.

Peddlers Market

Fri 7 – Sat 8 Apr

The usual monthly event open Friday evening and Saturday afternoon/evening featuring a variety of street food traders, craft stalls, art, music and a number of bars with a range of real ales and craft beers available. The featured breweries change each month. The Peddlers Venue is at 92 Burton Road, Neepsend, on bus routes 7/8 or a short walk from Shalesmoor tram stop. Sheffield Brewery which is just across the road also open on the same evenings for their Beer Club tap session. Both events offer free entry. http://www.peddlermarket.co.uk/

Hope Valley (Old Hall Hotel)

Thu 13 – Mon 17 Apr

The Old Hall’s programme of bank holiday Hope Valley Beer Festivals is back for 2017, usual format with a tent on the car park with a range of real ales and ciders, souvenier glasses, music and food. The pub is about 10 minutes walk from Hope Station or the Sheffield-Castleton buses (271/272/273/274) pass right outside.

Doncaster Brewery

Thu 13 – Mon 17 Apr

The brewery tap puts on one of their regular beer festivals over the Easter weekend.

Arkwright Arms

Fri 14 – Mon 17 Apr

The Arkwright’s Easter beer and cider festival featuring a selection of at least 30 real ales, 10 ciders and 3 perries. The beer list will be a mixture of first timers and old favourites, the cider list will be the usual Arkwright range with a few newbies thrown in for good measure! The pub will also be serving food over the weekend. The pub is at Sutton-Cum-Duckmanton and served by regular buses from Chesterfield.

Elsecar Heritage railway (Barnsley CAMRA)

Fri 28 Apr – Mon 1 May

Barnsley CAMRA are back for their 6th year with a beer and cider tent, music stage and food stalls in the railway yard over the bank holiday weekend. Entry to the festival is free (you just need to pay a deposit on a glass on arrival) and it is open from 11am to 10pm Friday to Sunday and 11am to 7pm on the Monday. The railway will be operating train rides during the daytime, buy a ticket from the shop on the station platform in the normal way. The heritage railway is about a 10 minute walk from Northern Rail’s Elsecar station, on the Sheffield-Barnsley-Leeds line. For more about this festival see http://www.barnsleycamra.org.uk.

University of Sheffield Student Union Beer & Cider Festival

Fri 28 – Sun 30 Apr

Over 100 real ales on the festival stillage in the Raynor Lounge plus beers in the Interval Cafe Bar and Bar One as normal along with a cider tent and music tent in the Union Gardens – plus craft keg beers, pop up artisan gin bar and food. Friday is open 2pm to midnight and is pie day, Saturday is open from 2pm and is BBQ day, Sunday is Cider & Pig day from midday with a replenished cider tent remaining open to wash down that hog roast! Entry is free, you need to buy beer/cider tokens on arrival. Access via Bar One on Glossop Road or via Interval on Western Bank, both near University tram stop.

Doncaster CAMRA

Thu 11 – Sat 13 May

A new venue this year with the festival taking place at Unity House on Carr Lane in Hyde Park featuring a range of 50 real ales along with cider and bottled beers. Buses 55, 56 and 58 run from Doncaster Interchange to Hyde Park and regular trains run from Sheffield to Doncaster.

Barrow Hill Rail Ale

Thu 18 – Sat 20 May

This ever popular annual festival is back at the railway roundhouse for 2017 featuring a wide range of beers (cask, keg and bottle), cider, food, train rides (Fri/Sat daytime) and live music. A volunteer operated shuttle bus service is provided from Chesterfield railway station out to the venue. The festival is open each day from midday to 11pm. Advance tickets available online from http://www.seetickets.com or pay on the gate (subject to availability). See http://www.railalefestival.com for more information.

Three Valleys

Sat 3 Jun

This popular annual event spread across a dozen pubs and clubs in the Dronfield area with a free bus service from Dronfield station is back again. All venues offer free entry and are a mixture of pubs and clubs in town, suburban and rural locations. Hop on and off the buses at the different venues to try the different beers, ciders, food,, music and atmospheres on offer. Some of the venues will have outside bars, food stalls and more in addition to their normal bar. The buses run from midday to 9pm. See http://www.threevalleysfestival.org.uk

Sunfest

5-9 July 2017 (tbc)

This annual beer festival at the Rising Sun pub at Nether Green in Sheffield sees the car park closed to make way for a tent filled with around 100 guest beers on cask plus a selection of craft beers on keg along with cider and food. There is also music and stalls. Meanwhile inside the pub all the handpumps on the bar are given over to Abbeydale Brewery, who own the pub, showcasing their range including a charity beer brewed for the festival. Buses 86a and 120 stop right outside the pub. More information http://www.risingsunsheffield.co.uk.

Sheffield CAMRA’s Steel City Beer & Cider Festival

Wed 18 – Sat 21 Oct

Our 43rd annual festival, back again at Kelham Island Industrial Museum with over 200 real ales plus bottled beers from around the world and a range of traditional Cider & Perry. The festival also features a variety of street food vendors, products stalls and entertainment. We’re currently looking for volunteer staff plus sponsors. See http://www.steelcitybeerfestival.co.uk for more details as they become available.