2024 Biggleswade Beer Festival Social
An opportunity for us to get together and enjoy a pint or two, along with our Provincial Grand Master.
Afternoon visit to Biggledwade Beer Festival
Biggleswade & District Conservative Club, St. Andrew’s Street, Biggleswade, SG18 8BA
A free to attend social gathering of HMCBS members and their friends at the Biggleswade Beer & Cider Festival. No need to book just turn up on the day!
The Biggleswade Beer & Cider Festival is a joint venture between East Bedfordshire CAMRA and the Biggleswade Conservative Club. After a successful first year in 2023, the second festival will run for 3 days from 3pm on Thursday 9th May until last orders on Saturday 11th May 2024.
The festival will feature local breweries within a 30 miles radius of Biggleswade, including ales from Beds, Herts, and Cambs. We will have around 30 different real ales, and 10 ciders / perries, plus 4 craft beers. We aim for the widest possible range of styles to suit as many tastes as possible including some specials that have been brewed specially for the festival.
The festival is free to attend and open to the public. The festival bar uses a pre-purchase voucher system to buy drinks which will be available in measures of thirds, halves, or pints. Payment vouchers can be purchased on arrival. A refundable deposit is charged for festival glasses.
Highlights
- Festival bar with over 40 ales, perries, and ciders from around 20 breweries
- Festival ales are all brewed within a 30 mile radius.
- Food available throughout the festival.
- Access to Club garden and grounds (weather permitting).
- The Club bar serves a full range of drinks including non-alcoholic beer (we’re thinking about the nominated driver).
- The historic market town of Biggleswade features many excellent pubs and venues to visit while you’re here.
- All volunteers are trained and supervised by CAMRA, fed, and watered.
- Exclusive Biggleswade Beer Festival 2024 glasses (pints and half pints)
Official Festival Charity
The Biggleswade History Society (registered charity 298010) is the official festival charity for 2024. The festival is pleased to support the History Societies valuable work supporting local conservation projects, publishing historical booklets, and ensuring our town’s history is archived and available for future generations to enjoy. The festival will feature displays of local brewing and pub history and volunteers from the History Society will be on-hand through the event. Can you guess how many pubs Biggleswade had at the peak?
