This year’s TWAF, the 25th, starts on Thursday 6th February (for card carrying CAMRA members), continuing on the 7th and 8th for general admission. A season ticket will be available for just £10, with 80 real ales, as well as cider and perry to choose from.
More details and beer list on their website:-
https://tewkesbury.camra.org.uk/viewnode.php?id=104914
As a result of Covid-19 this year’s Cheltenham Craft Beer festival in aid of The Samaritan’s is a virtual event
How to join the Virtual Festival
For a bargain price of just £25, beer drinkers in Cheltenham and Tewkesbury can get a box of beers delivered straight to their door by one of the Friends team (following strict social distancing). Within the box will be a selection of 6 outstanding Craft Beers from local breweries (Arbor Ales, Cotswold Lion, DEYA Brewing Co., Hillside Brewery, Left Handed Giant and Purity Brewing Co) along with a festival beer glass (from a previous festival).
Tickets for this event are limited to just under 200 and will be allocated on a First Come, First Served basis. Deliveries are limited to Cheltenham Postcodes (GL50, GL51, GL52 and GL53 as far as Severn Springs) and to Tewkesbury (including Mitton, Priors Park, Northway and Ashchurch).
All proceeds raised from this event are going to the Cheltenham and District Samaritans.
Tickets are available from Eventbrite at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-1st-virtual-cheltenham-craft-beer-festival-tickets-104544878546
Various events being arranged in pubs in place of this year’s Great British Beer Festival.
More details on website https://local.gbbf.org.uk/
North Cotswold CAMRA are hoping to have this festival without restrictions on September.
Please note they are asking for pre-registering this year so they can regulate numbers
Wheel Ale Festival is back!
Come and check out some of the UK’s finest real ales, craft kegs, ciders, and bottled Belgians at our award-winning club? Deya will be running their keg bar and fabulous Caribbean food from Marinades will also be available. Festival entry is free of charge and guests are welcome on the day.
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Updated 5th January 2022
Subject to any further restrictions imposed by the Government the good news is that the Exeter & East Devon 2022 FOWA on the Friday 21st & Saturday 22nd January is going ahead, venue and other details are on the poster below.
The committee have thought long and hard about whether to continue with this festival but have decided that we can’t keep waiting for ever and with additional Covid measures in place are willing to give it a try. This morning the Events Team have also given their final consent.
The Festival is already following Government guidelines, including physical separation of the bar area from customers and no ‘propping up the bar’, along with ventilation and sanitisation measures and use of face coverings by staff. We are also recommending attendance only if fully vaccinated and boosted, ideally along with achieving a negative self-administered LFT on the morning of visiting. Track and trace posters are also to be prominently displayed and its use encouraged. Masks will also be provided at the point of entry, with encouragement to wear them when walking around the building.”
These are just some of our Covid measures, we have more in our H&S risk assessment. It’s our intention to make the venue as safe as possible for customers and staff.
The Friends of the Cheltenham Samaritans bring to you Cheltenham’s first ever ‘Winter Craft Beer Festival’, (Note this is not a CAMRA event)
Set in the unique and stunning settings of a Church. Not just any old church either, this is at the newly refurbished ‘Pip and Jims’ (otherwise known as St. Philip and St. James) in Leckhampton (just off the Bath Road). This is the first time that an event like this has been held in the church and if successful we hope it may be the first of many.
They will have two sessions for the festival one on Friday evening and one on Saturday afternoon, as follows:
Friday 25 February: 17:30 – 22:00 (last orders at 21:30)
Saturday 26 February: 13:00 – 17:30 (last orders at 17:00)
Each session will be limited to 250 people and at each session there will be at least 10 keg beers (including key kegs) available covering a whole range of different styles suitable for the winter season. There will also be a small range of ciders, but please note there will be no soft drinks, wine etc. It is planned that the beer list for the two sessions will be different.
A small range of cold artisan food will also be served but we cannot allow food brought in from outside to be consumed on the premises.
Tickets are £10.00 (plus ticket fees) and include a branded festival ½ pint glass and beer list. A small selection of early bird advance tickets are being offered at £8.00 (plus ticket fees).
All monies raised from this festival go to support the running of Cheltenham Samaritans.
Over 18s only, proof of age may be required on entry.
Don’t miss the chance to experience this exclusive festival in its unique surroundings, get online and secure your tickets now.
The Friends of the Cheltenham Samaritans are this year’s chosen Mayor’s Charity.
The 20th Ale & Steam Festival returns for 2022, once again at the Winchcombe and Toddington stations. Brought to you by our neighbours in North Cotswold CAMRA and the Gloucestershire & Warwickshire Steam Railway (GWSR). There will be up to 50 ales and 12 ciders split between the two stations.
If not travelling by train, you will need a ‘Platform Ticket’ (£2.00) for entry. Visiting both stations will require a valid train ticket.
See the North Cotswold CAMRA website HERE for further details.
The GWSR website HERE gives details of details of train services and ticket prices from Cheltenham Racecourse (Special Timetable applies).