Three Valleys Festival, Saturday 7th June 2014

The 3 Valleys festival is back for it's 5th year on Saturday 7th June providing a unique and great value day out.

 

There will be a large range of beers and ciders to try, a variety of foods and a programme of live entertainment and more - all spread over 13 different venues in the Dronfield area, each offering a unique atmosphere and drinks range.

 

A free bus service will link all the venues every 30 minutes, this will also pick up at Dronfield railway station. The bus will operate from midday until about 11pm.

 

So - jump on a train down to Dronfield (just one stop from Sheffield, a 10 minute ride) where our free festival double decker bus will be waiting to take you round various pubs and even a brewery.

 

As news on plans for the day gets confirmed it will be posted on this thread, more information including the bus timetable is also available at http://www.threevalleysfestival.org.uk.

 

Tickets are not required - the bus travel and entry to all the venues is free of charge on a first come first served basis

Edited February 25, 2014 by Andy C

First up news from the Travellers Rest in Apperknowle

 

This year we are participating in the famous Three Valleys Beer Festival along with another 13 local venues. For the patron this involves sampling some excellent real ales from some superb breweries, the festival offers a free bus service to all venues (see link below).

 

We at the Travellers Rest will be showcasing up to 20 real ales, 12 traditional ciders and a international keg bar. …….

 

Live music (artists to be confirmed nearer date), food stalls/local produce and much more!!!!!

 

Free car parking will available on the day.

 

Hope to see you there.

Can you please change the date? I really don't want to miss it, but will be in France on the 7th June. .

I'm afraid the date is now set....What's France got that Dronfield hasn't...erm...

 

well anyway, here is the list of venues planning on being part of Three Valleys this year:

 

Travellers Rest, Apperknowle

Royal Oak, Coal Aston

Coach & Horses, Dronfield

Victoria, Dronfield

Green Dragon, Dronfield

Dronfield Arms, Dronfield

White Swan, Dronfield

Three Tuns, Dronfield

Hyde Park Inn, Hill Top

Jolly Farmer, Dronfield Woodhouse

Talbot Arms, Dronfield Woodhouse

Miners Arms, Dronfield Woodhouse

Barlow Brewery, Barlow

Can you please change the date? I really don't want to miss it, but will be in France on the 7th June. .

 

We're also missing it this year.

 

One of the guys we normally go to the festival with is getting married in Leicester on that day.....Talk about a badly planned wedding.

 

Regards

 

Doom

Coach & Horses advise the Coachmen will be performing on festival day at 3pm.

We're also missing it this year.

 

One of the guys we normally go to the festival with is getting married in Leicester on that day.....Talk about a badly planned wedding.

 

Regards

 

Doom

 

it will have to be another year until I meet you, then.

News from the Talbot Arms.

 

Their theme for festival day this year will be 1950s rock and roll with the Buddies playing live from 2pm. Food will be available and a tent outside will host an outside bar with craft beers.

 

---------- Post added 20-04-2014 at 15:55 ----------

 

More news from the Coach & Horses on their festival plans....

 

Food: Outside BBQ

 

Bar: A wide range of rotating Thornbridge cask and keg plus guests to be confirmed. Outside bar with Handpulls and hopefully a keg. Real Ciders - probably around 4 at a time.

 

Music:

Chris Paul - 1pm

Coachmen - 3pm

Solar Funk - 6pm

the 8pm slot is in the process of being confirmed.

 

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The festival bus service.....

 

The main gateway to Three Valleys land will be Dronfield station - get off the train there and a bus to the pub will be waiting for you.....

 

departing towards Barlow half hourly at: 20 and 50 minutes past each hour from 11:50

departing towards Apperknowle half hourly at: 08 and 38 minutes past each hour from 12:08

 

Buses depart Dronfield Station for pubs on the Dronfield circuit every 15 minutes from 11:50 to 23:20

 

Feeder buses

 

New this year are buses from Bradway and Eckington to the festival zone at the start of service.

 

Depart Bradway bus terminus at 11:28 to Barlow Brewery (non-stop)

 

Depart Eckington bus station at 12:03 to Apperknowle and Dronfield

 

There will also be a bus from the Doubletree hotel on Chesterfield Road South to Dronfield at 11:38 and 11:54.

 

---------- Post added 24-04-2014 at 23:01 ----------

 

DRONFIELD ARMS

 

Will have an outside bar with 12 real ales and ciders, live music outside all afternoon and stoned baked pizzas will be available all day. Pub open from midday.

 

---------- Post added 27-04-2014 at 19:12 ----------

 

Barlow Brewery - will be following their usual popular format of beer, bangers and bands in the farmyard...

Edited April 27, 2014 by Andy C

Music line up for the Travellers Rest

 

1-3pm : The fabulous James Tucker will be entertaining you with some chilled out tunes

 

4-6pm : brings the gorgeous Julia Mcinally picking up the pace in preperation for...

 

8-10pm : new rock band Riff Raff Union with Andy Birks on vocals

 

beer and food info to follow soon....

 

---------- Post added 10-05-2014 at 14:13 ----------

 

Extra venue news!!

 

The Castle Inn has returned to the line up.

 

Real Ales, food and live music are expected to feature here.

 

Note changes to the bus service have been made to include the Castle, the new timetable will be at http://www.threevalleysfestival.org.uk soon.

 

---------- Post added 18-05-2014 at 00:19 ----------

 

Food news - The Castle Inn will have a BBQ run by Bradway Meats (the local butchers shop) and the Travellers Rest will have fish and chips.

 

Elsewhere Barlow Brewery will have gourmet sausages from Moss Valley Fine Meats, the Green Dragon will have a hog roast, the Coach & Horses will have a BBQ, Dronfield Arms will be doing pizzas and the Three Tuns will have fresh wood baked pizzas baked to order along with a hog roast. The White Swan will have a BBQ run by the Hub Café.

 

Food will be available at the Miners Arms, Talbot Arms and Jolly Farmer too.

 

On the beer front, look out for the festival special from Dronfield Brewery.

 

---------- Post added 20-05-2014 at 16:53 ----------

 

18 days until festival day.......

 

Here is a summary of what is planned at present:

 

Barlow Brewery, Barlow : outside bar showcasing Barlow Brewery, bands in farmyard, gourmet sausages

 

Castle Inn, Bradway : all real ale handpumps in action, BBQ, beer garden at rear of pub open. Live music in evening.

 

Coach & Horses, Dronfield : outside bar with guest beers, BBQ, live music in beer garden

 

Dronfield Arms, Dronfield : outside bar with range of guest beers and ciders, live music in car park, pizza

 

Green Dragon, Dronfield : Guest ales, live music, hog roast

 

Hyde Park Inn, Hill Top : guest ales, bar food express menu, drinking on the decking

 

Jolly Farmer, Dronfield Woodhouse: guest ales, food

 

Miners Arms, Dronfield Woodhouse: beer, food

 

Royal Oak, Coal Aston: guest ales, drinking on the patio

 

Talbot Arms, Dronfield Woodhouse: 1950 rock and roll theme, beer, cider, music, food

Three Tuns, Hallowes: 12 Spire beers plus guest ales and ciders, music, hog roast, pizzas

 

Travellers Rest, Apperknowle: 20 guest ales, keg beers, cider, fish and chips, music and more

 

Victoria, Dronfield: guest ales

 

White Swan, Dronfield: Cider, bottle bar in beer garden, BBQ

Edited May 20, 2014 by Andy C

The bus timetable and the beginning of the beer & cider lists are now online at http://www.threevalleysfestival.org.uk.

 

---------- Post added 30-05-2014 at 15:57 ----------

 

beer list so far...

 

Abbeydale 3712

Abbeydale Moonshine

Adnams Southwold Bitter

Allgates Urchinsnapes

Anchor Liberty Ale

Ashover TBC

Barlow Anastasia Russian Imperial Stout

Barlow Betty's Blonde

Barlow Black Stout

Barlow Carnival Ale

Barlow Choccywoccidoodah Chocolate Stout

Barlow Dark Horse

Barlow Dark Mild

Barlow Full Monty IPA

Barlow Three Valleys IPA

Batemans XB

Black Jack First Deal

Black Sheep Bitter

Blue Bee Bees Knees Bitter

Blue Bee Lustin for Chilli

Blue Monkey Infinity

Bradfield Farmers Blond

Brampton Best Bitter

Brampton TBC

Brewdog 5AM Saint

Brewdog Punk IPA

Bridestones Dark Mild

Bridestones New Beginnings

Bridestones Silver Fern

Bristol Beer Factory Independence

Bristol Beer Factory Nova

Bristol Beer Factory Seven

Bristol Beer Factory Sunrise

Church End Fallen Angel

Church End Grave Diggers Ale

Church End Mikes Meteor

Dancing Duck Abduction IPA

Dancing Duck DCUK

Dark Star Hophead

Dark Star Summer Meltdown

Great Western Brewing Co Exhibitionist

Harthill Village Twisted Hart (Black IPA)

Kelham Island East Rider

Kelham Island Riders On the Storm

Konig Ludwig Weissen

Kozel

Leffe Brune

Lincoln Green Hood

Lincoln Green Tuck Porter

London Fields Hackney Black Path

London Fields Hackney Hopster

London Fields Hackney Love not War

London Fields Hackney Shoreditch Triangle

Magic Rock Highwire

Magic Rock Punchline

Magic Rock Rapture

Magic Rock Ringmaster

Magic Rock Salty Kiss

Magic Rock Simpleton

Magpie Night Bus

Mongozo Banana

Mongozo Mango & Coconut

Muirhouse Magnum Mild - Dirty Harry Edition

Northumberland Sheepdog

Off Beat Odd Ball Red

OSB Detention Bitter

Peak Ales Bakewell Best Bitter

Peak Ales Chatsworth Gold

Phoenix White Monk

Pictish Alchemists Ale

Pictish Black Diamond

Pictish Brewers Gold

Pot Belly Captain Pigwash

Pot Belly Dark Dusker

Prescott Ales Hill Climb

RAW Edge

RAW Grey Ghost

RAW Solstice Summer Ale

Robinsons Trooper

Sheffield Brewery Sheffield Porter

Shiny Golden Gate

Shiny Lucky Charm

Sierra Nevada Pale Ale

Spire 80 Shilling

Spire Amarillo

Spire Brassed Off

Spire Calypso

Spire Chesterfield Best

Spire Coal Porter

Spire Dark Side of the Moon

Spire Enigma

Spire Prince Igor Imperial Russuan Stout

Spire Ravenswood

Spire Sgt Pepper Stout

Spire Whiter Shade of Pale

Springhead The Leveller

Tetley Bitter

Thornbridge Brother Rabbit

Thornbridge Docfest

Thornbridge Jaipur

Thornbridge Kipling

Thornbridge Lord Marples

Thornbridge Lumford

Thornbridge Parma Porter

Thornbridge Wild Swan

Thwaites 13 Guns

Thwaites Original (Dronfield Arms Best Bitter)

Timothy Taylor Le Champione

Tiny Rebel Goldie Looking Ale

Titanic English Glory

Tring Cassowary

Welbeck Portland Black

Whychwood Full Brazilian

Yorkshire Lager

Frulli

La Chouffe

 

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cider list so far

 

Abrahalls Lily the Pink

Abrahalls Lily the Pink

Abrahalls Slack Alice

Aspall Cyderkyn

Broadoak Moonshine

Cornish Orchards Pear Cider

Farmer Jim's Copper Top Cider

Garden Cider Vintage

Gwatkin Silly Ewe

Gwynt y Ddraig Ancient Warrior

Gwynt y Ddraig Black Dragon

Gwynt y Ddraig Welsh Warrior

Lilley's Bee Sting Perry

Lilley's Mango

Lilley's Merry Monkey Scrumpy

Lilley's Strawberry Cider

Marshwood Vale Dorset Tit

Millwhites Rum Cask

Moles Black Rat

Mr Whitehead's Midnight Special Perry

Mr Whitehead's Strawberry Cider

Newton Court Dabinett

Newton Court Winnals Longdon (Perry)

Partners Blackberry Twist

Partners Cider

Paul Chant Badger Spit

Scrumpy Wasp Amnesia

Scrumpy Wasp Hibernate

Sheppy's Farmhouse

Shepton Mallet Somerset Snuffler

Spire Old Podger

Thatchers Heritage

Thistly Cross Jaggy Thistle Cider

Thistly Cross Whisky Cask Cider

Tumbledown Apple

Tumbledown Summer Fruits

Twisted Cider Co Misty

Two Trees Perry

Westons Old Rosie

Westons Raspberry Twist

Westons Rosie's Pig

Mole Catcher

 

---------- Post added 02-06-2014 at 11:38 ----------

 

The updated beer and cider list, live music programme, bus timetables etc for this Saturday can be found online at http://www.threevalleysfestival.org.uk

Going to be a great day out as always! Dronfield Arms, near the station, open from 11am! 15 cask ales, ciders, music all day from 3pm and stone baked pizzas served all day! Bring it on.

Looks like the weather will hold...Looking forward to trying the beers at Travellers Rest...I heard that they have some Dronfield American Pale on too