Peterborough CAMRA Beer Festival 2008
BOTH ale and music lovers will be heading down to Peterborough city centre as the annual beer festival takes over the Embankment next week.
BOTH ale and music lovers will be heading down to Peterborough city centre as the annual beer festival takes over the Embankment next week.Thousands of people will arrive to soak up the unique atmosphere of the 31st Peterborough CAMRA (Campaign for Real Ale) Beer Festival from Tuesday (August 19).
A lot come to socialise and chat with friends, drinking their way through the hundreds of ales, ciders and wines which line the walls of the festival marquees.
But many pay to see the musical entertainment which runs through Tuesday to Friday night – with a full programme on the final Saturday. Headlining on the last night, August 23, is Think Floyd. Other bands playing throughout the event include The Nuggets, Acer and The Mighty Quinn.
Tuesday – Trade only session from 3.30pm onwards. Open to the public from 5.30pm to 11pm. Entry charge 4 on the door.
Wednesday – Noon to 2.30pm - entry is free. Entry is 4 from 5.30pm to 11pm.
Thursday – Open all day from noon to 11pm. Entry is 5, with a 4 refund if you leave before 7pm.
Friday – Free entry from noon to 2.30pm. Entry is 5 from 5.30pm to 11.30pm.
Saturday – Open all day from noon to 11pm. Entry is 5, with 4 refund if you leave before 7pm. Visit www.beer-fest.org.uk.
See Music listings for the Beer Festival.
There is also a fun-fair with rides, a CAMRA shop, a tombola, pub quiz, book shop, glass engraving, traditional pub games and a wide selection of food, including German sausages, French pancakes and South African biltong to soak up the beer.
It's the largest event of its kind outside London – and will feature more than 350 real ales produced by 130 breweries from around the country.
Secretary of the Peterborough and District branch of CAMRA, Harry Morten, said: "It has become the major social event in the Peterborough calendar with beer aficionados trying new beers early in the week. Saturday is the main family time with people turning up with kids, dogs, hampers, picnic tables and chairs, prams and buggies.
"Evenings at the weekend is the busiest time with young people who would normally be touring the city centre pubs opting for an evening of real ale and music.
"As the festival is in the centre of town, it is only a short walk from the bus, coach and railway stations and there is a taxi rank just outside the gate."
Some of the breweries are new and didn't exist in August last year. A selection of the beers are being brewed especially for the festival and are unavailable elsewhere.
They vary in strength and some have fantastic names, including the 11 per cent Bonce Blower.
The festival is organised and staffed by unpaid volunteers, with any profits going to CAMRA to help with campaigning for drinkers' rights, good pubs and good beer.
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