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All bars will take beer tokens. Some bars may take cards. Bag searches are likely to be a condition of entry. Please check the Festival website by clicking here for all the latest Festival information.
Ticket Prices
Afternoon session tickets are £5 for everybody. CAMRA members will get £5 of beer tokens when presenting a valid membership card. Non members will need to purchase tokens after entry. Guaranteed entry only until 2PM. After this, you may need to wait for entry if the venue is at capacity.
Evening session tickets are £10 for everybody. This includes £5 of beer tokens for everybody. CAMRA members will get additional beer tokens when presenting a valid membership card. Guaranteed entry only until 8PM. After this, you may need to wait for entry if the venue is at capacity.
Souvenir Glasses
Non souvenir glasses will be available for free to use at the festival. Please feel free to swap your glass during the festival if you want a clean glass. You may even take the glass home with you.
Souvenir glasses will be available to purchase at the Festival while stocks last. Please check the Festival website by clicking here which will be updated with the actual cost once it has been finalised.
Bring your own glass if you wish, but it must be oversized and clearly show the legal CE lines for 1/3, 1/2 or 1 pint measurements. Festival staff reserve the right to serve only in approved glasses.
The Potteries biggest and best Beer and Cider Festival, with over 140 beers and 40 ciders and perrys on offer, returns to possibly its best-ever location: The Kings Hall.
This event is being run in conjunction with Stoke-on-Trent City Council which is celebrating it's 100th anniversary.
There will be entertainment at most sessions.
Open for CAMRA Members and the licence trade only from 12PM Wednesday 15 October, and open to everybody from 6 p.m. Wednesday. The festival will close at 11 p.m. Saturday 18 October.
All lunchtime ticket prices are £5 - CAMRA Members get £5 worth of beer tokens so entrance is free. Non CAMRA members will need to buy tokens on arrival.
All evening session tickets are £10 - All visitors get £5 worth of beer tokens on arrival. Bring your CAMRA card for extra beer vouchers!
Glasses from previous festivals will be provided free of charge to use and to swap during the session. Take one home with you if you want.
A limited number of Stoke 40th Festival glasses will be available to buy separately. Once they're gone, they're gone.
If you are considering volunteering, please use either the contact link at the bottom of this page to send the festival committee a message, or download the volunteer staffing form. Then email the form to the Festival Staffing Co-ordinator
