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A few pubs do run festivals under their own steam so keep an eye on this page. I would like to hear of any planned festivals, however small. If you do e-mail me with details keep it short please. Details published on this page will be very brief
There are quite a few CAMRA festivals outside our area but quite within reach and I mention these below. For festivals outside our branch area please try the
Suffolk CAMRA website,
the Norwich & Norfolk website,
the Colchester & N.E. Essex website,
the Cambridge & District website,
the Chelmsford & Mid-Essex website,
the West Norfolk website
or, of course, the main CAMRA beer festivals website
Another source of information is the local branch magazine. We do not have our own but we are covered in
the Ipswich one - Last Orders
or the Norwich one - Norfolk Nips
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CAMRA BEER FESTIVALS KNOWN TO BE HAPPENING Caveat Emptor - double check details as errors are found even on the best sites |
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27-31 May (Tue-Sat) 23rd Colchester Real Ale & Cider Festival link to website |
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3-7 Jun (Tue-Sat) Thurrock Beer Festival link to website |
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12-14 Jun (Thu-Sat) 4th Braintree Real Ale Festival link to website |
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8-12 Jul (Tue-Sat) Chelmsford Beer Festival link to website |
ALSO
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NON CAMRA BEER FESTIVALS KNOWN TO BE HAPPENING Please check the details for yourself though! |
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14th June Shadingfield Fox Apart from 10 beers being anticipated I have no further info. Their contact details are: London Road Shadingfield Beccles NR34 8DD. Tel 01502 575100 |
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18 - 20 July 2008 North Norfolk Railway link to website |
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25th, 26th and 27th July 2008 Wissett Plough Beer Festival link to website |
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16th, 17th August 2008 Anchor, Walberswick Beer Festival link to website |
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17th August 2008 Triangle Tavern, Lowestoft Beer Festival This is the first day but no other information has reached me yet |
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22nd to 25th August 2008 Norman Warrior Beer Festival, Lowestoft |
Dates and more information as we go; plus any non-CAMRA thrashes if I hear of them
| GETTING THERE I am a firm advocate of public transport and the National Express East Anglia railways day ticket covers quite a number of these venues. South of Ipswich the day ticket is not valid at present and it is worth looking at going to Ipswich on a day ticket and then booking on. The Norwich to Cambridge service is an excellent line, especially as it opens the Thetford to Cambridge line to the day ticket availability (NEX services only). You can now have a lunchtime/afternoon bash in Cambridge from Lowestoft for £13.00 return, or less if you have a Railcard. Even a Sunday outing is quite possible. The one railway website is http://www.nationalexpresseastanglia.com/ |