Beer Festivals in and near Sheffield - May/June

[Andy C]

Philadelphia Blues

Fri 1 – Sat 2 May

 

The annual festival brought to you by Sax Bob that features blues music accompanied by real ale. The venue is CADS (Cultural Arts Development Space) on Snow Lane in Shalesmoor, located a couple of minutes walk from Shakespeare’s and the Kelham Island Tavern or 5 minutes walk from Shalesmoor tram stop.

 

Set in the industrial quarter of Sheffield The Philadelphia Beer and Blues Festival offers locally sourced real ales named on a blues theme plus ciders,wine, cans,bbq,vegetarian food,artwork and cards. Showcasing some of the most exciting Blues Bands around, the Great Hall is a cavernous industrial space complete with stage,mammoth sound system and professional stage lighting. The Philadelphia name is taken from the Old Philadelphia area of Sheffield which is adjacent. The Festival will open at 3pm daily £6 admission and in addition to bands and times on the poster,there will be semi acoustic blues from 3:30 pm. Last orders will be midnight.

 

There will also be live music in a number of the real ale pubs nearby around Kelham Island, Neepsend and Hillsborough on the weekend and passouts will be available from the main venue at CADS for those wanting to also do the pubs.

 

Elsecar steam railway (Barnsley CAMRA)

Fri 1 – Mon 4 May

 

A beer tent full of real ale and cider in the yard of the railway station at Elsecar heritage Centre. Food, music and a tombola also features. Trains will run at their normal times and tickets are sold in the normal way if you want to combine beer and trains.

 

Hill Top Sports & Social Club

Fri 1 – Sun 3 May

 

Dronfield CAMRA’s Club of the Year hosts its annual beer festival, open to the general public, Featuring an expanded range of real ales, all on handpump. Each day there is a different theme of entertainment. Friday the festival opens at 3pm with live music in the evening, Saturday open all day from midday with a family disco from 5pm and on Sunday again a midday opening with a quiz and bingo in the evening.

 

The club is on Longacre Road in Dronfield Hill Top, buses 43/43A stop nearby.

 

University of Sheffield Student Union Beer & Cider Festival

Fri 1 – Sun 3 May

 

80+ real ales, ciders, German beer and Gin! Open to the public and free entry to all. German theme Friday night, Sheffield theme Saturday and Sunday is Pig & Cider day.

 

Lees Hall Golf Club

Sat 2 – Sun 3 May

 

Lees Hall Golf Club’s annual beer festival is back with free admission and entertainment.

 

Barrow Hill Rail Ale Festival

Thu 14 – Sat 16 May

This popular event gets bigger every year, held at the Barrow Hill Railway roundhouse – the last working roundhouse in the country. The festival boasts a choice of over 250 real ales plus a selection of cider, perry, fruit wines, craft keg beers and foreign bottled beers. There is also a varied choice of food stalls and other traders, the opportunity to view the collection of classic locomotives stored at the Roundhouse with train rides available during the afternoon included in the ticket price and live music Friday and Saturday evening.

 

Entry tickets are £8.50 on the gate or £6.50 in advance (£5 for the Thursday evening session), CAMRA members get their first beer included (sign in at the membership stand on arrival).

 

A shuttle bus operates hourly from Chesterfield railway station (half hourly at busy times). There is no fare payable but passengers are encouraged to donate to the bus maintenance fund (they are operated by volunteers who own and restore the buses themselves).

 

Frequent and fast trains run from Sheffield to Chesterfield throughout the day and evening, as do Stagecoach buses 43,44,50,50A and X17.

 

Lincoln CAMRA

Thu 21 – Sat 23 May

 

100+ real ales plus cider, perry, bottled beers and food feature at the Drill Hall in Lincoln City Centre and entry is free for CAMRA members at all times. More information visit http://www.lincolncamra.org.uk. Northern Rail trains run from Sheffield to Lincoln every hour.

 

Closed Shop

Thu 21 – Sun 24 May

 

A range of additional beers served on gravity at this pub on Commonside. Food served as normal until 9pm.

 

Hope Valley Beer & Cider Festival

Thu 21 – Mon 25 May

 

The second festival of the year hosted at the Old Hall Hotel in Hope, this sees a range of up to 40 real ales and 20 artisan ciders featured in a tent outside the pub along with food and entertainment. The Old Hall is on the main road as you first arrive in the centre of the village and is easy to get to from Sheffield – buses 272/273/274 go there with buses hourly at most times, additionally Hope railway station on the Sheffield-Manchester line is about 10-15 minutes walk away.

 

Sheffield Food & Drink Festival – Brewers Co-operative beer tent

Sat 23 – Mon 25 May

 

Once again this year Sheffield Food Festival will be taking place in the city centre over the spring bank holiday weekend bringing with it the return of the world famous Sheffield Brewers Co-operative. Local brewers Exit 33, Wood Street, Blue Bee, Kelham, Abbeydale & Sheffield have all got their act together to hit beer drinkers far and wide with the best they’ve got! Staffed by mainly the brewers themselves the Peace Gardens bar will play host to 1 flagship, core beer brand from each brewery served on hand pump plus another special/seasonal beer of their choice gravity fed, beer festival style!

 

The beer list as this goes to print is as follows, but please be aware this may be subject to change.

Abbeydale – Corruption – 4.7% – Deep Golden

Abbeydale – Moonshine – 4.3% – Pale

Blue Bee – American 5 Hop – 4.3% – Pale

Blue Bee – Simcoe IPA – 5.0% – IPA

Exit 33 – IPA – 5.1% – IPA

Exit 33 – Mosaic – 4.1% – Pale

Kelham Island – California Drinking – 4.8% – Amber

Kelham Island – Pale Rider – 5.2% – Pale

Sheffield – Five Rivers – 3.8% – Bitter

Sheffield – Forgemasters – 4.8% – Pale

Wood Street – Lemmon – 4.0% – Pale

Wood Street – Maple – 4.6% – Golden

 

The beer tent will be open for business on Saturday 23rd May 11:00 – 22:00, Sunday 24th May 11:00 – 21:00 and Monday 25th May 11:00 – 21:00. Come down, say hello and talk to us brewers – We’re all a friendly bunch!

 

Follow our happenings on Twitter @SheffBreweries or see what’s going off @sheffoodfest - sheffieldfoodfestival.org

 

Belper Goes Green – Amber Valley CAMRA

Fri 29 – Sun 31 May

 

The beer festival is organised by Amber Valley CAMRA at Belper Rugby Club with around 30 real ales plus cider, it is about 5 minutes walk from the bus and rail station. Open 6pm-11pm Friday and 12pm-11pm Saturday with free entry at all times. The beer festival runs alongside the annual Belper Goes Green Eco-Fest which takes place on the Saturday and Sunday which features all sorts of stalls and sustainable attractions!

 

Three Valleys Festival

Sat 6 Jun

 

A massive choice of real ales plus cider, entertainment and food – plus normal pub attractions – spread across 18 different venues with a free bus linking them and railway stations at Dronfield and Dore every half hour from midday until 11pm.

 

So catch the train to Dronfield, join the bus at the station and hop on and off trying the different beers, foods, entertainment and atmosphere each venue offers!

 

The venues are:

Barlow Brewery, Barlow

Castle Inn, Bradway

Coach & Horses, Dronfield

Dronfield Arms, Dronfield

Green Dragon, Dronfield

Hyde Park Inn, Dronfield Hill Top

Jolly Farmer, Dronfield Woodhouse

Manor House Hotel, Dronfield

Miners Arms, Dronfield Woodhouse

Miners Arms, Hundall

Royal Oak, Coal Aston

Shepley Spitfire, Totley Rise

Talbot Arms, Dronfield Woodhouse

Three Tuns, Dronfield Hallowes

Tickled Trout, Barlow

Travellers Rest, Apperknowle

Victoria, Dronfield

White Swan, Dronfield

 

http://www.threevalleysfestival.org.uk

 

Rotherham Real Ale & Music Festival

Thu 11 – Sat 13 Jun

 

The big annual festival at Magna Science adventure centre with over 200 real ales, all on handpump, across several unique rooms along with a range of cider & perry, wines, food and live music. Discount entry for CAMRA members. A shuttle bus operates to the festival from Meadowhall Interchange (various trains, trams and buses run to Meadowhall from Sheffield Centre).

 

http://www.magnarealale.co.uk

 

Kelham Island Tavern Mid-Summer beer & cider festival

Wed 17 – Sat 20 Jun

 

As is traditional come the summer solstice, an outside bar appears in the Kelham Island Tavern’s beer garden featuring an extended range of real ale and cider!