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St Neots Beer Festival 2010 - Details

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St Ives Beer Festival

Burgess Hall, St Ivo Centre, St Ives, PE27 6WU

Thursday 16th - Saturday 18th, September, 2010

55+ REAL ALES

(over the duration of the Festival)

Plus cider and bottled foreign beer

OPENING TIMES

Thursday 5pm-10.45pm
Friday 5pm-10.45pm
Saturday All day; 12 noon–10pm

Entry Including Programme:
Thursday - £1 5-7pm; £2 after 7pm
Friday - 5-7pm £1; £3 after 7pm
Saturday - £1 all day

Families welcome until 8pm

Please Note: No entry or re-admission after 10.30pm

Free entry to CAMRA Members at all sessions
- A good reason to join CAMRA -

Smoking area

CHILDREN AT THE FESTIVAL

Whilst lunchtime is the ideal time to bring the family to the festival, we do allow children into the hall up to 8pm in the evening.

FEATURES

This is our 34th 'Booze on the Ouse'.

VENUE

The festival is being held at the Burgess Hall, St Ivo Centre, close to the centre of St Ives.

FOOD AND DRINK

A food counter selling cold food will be operating at all sessions.

Free soft drinks will be available from the cider and foriegn beer bar for the designated driver of your party.

CAMRA PRODUCTS STAND

Come along and chat to our staff and learn about CAMRA, beer brewing and pubs.

CAMRA and brewery products will be on sale, including sweatshirts, t-Shirts and polo shirts, as well as books, pens, badges and beer mats.

Adjacent will be the fabulous 'Every One's A Winner' tombola stall.

BEERS

REAL ALES

We hope to serve over the course of the festival over 50 real ales from all over the UK, both from the well-established independent breweries and the newer, smaller micro-breweries.

FOREIGN BEER

The popular Foreign Beer bar will be selling a range of Belgian, Dutch, German, and Czech bottled beers including examples of the most distinctive individualistic beer styles in the world, such as Trappist, lambic and wheat beers.

CIDER AND PERRY

The traditional cider bar will be serving a selection of tasty traditional cider & perry.

OTHER DETAILS

THE VOLUNTEERS

The Festival is organised and run by members of CAMRA who are all unpaid volunteers.

We always need more helpers so join at the festival's CAMRA stand.

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED

The Festival always needs more volunteers, so if you can help at any session please contact Andy Shaw (see below).

CONTACT NUMBER

Festival Organiser, Newsletter & Festival Programme Editor, Andy Shaw - 01480 355893 - .

Our quarterly Newsletter OPENING TIMES can be found FREE in local pubs.

This gives news of the current local real ale scene.

The Spring issue will be out in February. Contact newsletter editor if you are unable to get a copy.

ADVERTISERS

A 32-page programme will be produced for the festival. Advertising at competitive rates. Reach 3,000+ beer drinkers. Contact the Programme Editor for more information.

HOW TO GET THERE

Take the train to either Huntingdon or Cambridge, and from there, the buses route 55 and 66 stop at the bottom of Ramsey Road - just a short walk from the festival. For all other buses, get off in the bus station and Burgess Hall is a short walk through the town centre.