North Bedfordshire

Local Beer Festivals

We will list all local CAMRA, pub and club beer festivals that we know about on this page. Please support them!

  • 4th Biggleswade Beer Festival Thursday 7 – Saturday 9 May 2026 Biggleswade Conservative Club

    Biggleswade Beer Festival is promoted by East Bedfordshire CAMRA and hosted at the town centre premises of Biggleswade Conservative Club. Admission free.

    The festival will feature a CAMRA managed festival bar with over 45 carefully selected cask ales, ciders and perries, many from local breweries and cider producers. The regular Club bar will offer a full range of other drinks, including non-alcoholic beer.

    Food will be served throughout the event. Exclusive Biggleswade Beer Festival 2025 glasses. Visitors will have access to Club’s stunning garden and grounds (weather permitting). For further enquiries, visit the festival website.

    The festival is staffed by unpaid volunteers from CAMRA, Biggleswade Conservative Club and the local community. Enthusiastic volunteers are needed to serve behind the bars, sell tokens, and welcome visitors. Volunteers are also required to help set up and take down the festival. If you are a local CAMRA member and would like to help, visit Festival volunteer and complete the staffing form.

  • Cambridge Beer Festival Monday 18 – Saturday 23 May 2026 Jesus Green, Cambridge

    The UK's longest running CAMRA beer festival held under canvas on Jesus Green. Open Mon 5pm, Wed-Fri 12-3, 5-10, Tue and Sat all day from 12 noon. Entry tickets at £4, £5 or £6 can be bought in advance through Cambridge Beer Festival website. CAMRA members are admitted free to all sessions.

    The festival will offer over 180 cask beers, more than 80 real ciders and perries, international beers, mead and wines. The cheese counter showcases a wide range of fine cheeses, together with locally produced bread, pork pies, scotch eggs and other savoury items.

    Easy trip from Bedford, as Stagecoach bus 905 from Bedford and St Neots stops nearby on Victoria Avenue.

    For further information, including beer and cider lists with tasting notes, visit Cambridge Beer Festival.

  • Fox Spring Bank Holiday Beer Festival Friday 22 – Monday 25 May 2026 Fox

    Twice yearly bank holiday festival at the Fox, Carlton, our CAMRA North Beds Pub of the Year 2025. Opens at noon each day, with a shed in the garden providing additional stillage for about 18 real ales and 4 ciders. Visit Fox Facebook for further info available in due course, including beer and cider list, festival food menu and daily entertainers. For further details of the venue, click header then Fox name above, or click national pub guide link in menu (left) and search.