Bath & Borders branch of CAMRA will be hosting our 2027 Beer & Cider Festival in Widcombe Social Club on February 5th and Sat 6th February 2027 . This year there will be three sessions
Noon to 4pm on Friday 5th
6pm to 10.30pm on Friday 5th
11am to 7pm on Saturday 6th
Entry to each session is £17 (non-CAMRA members) or £12 (CAMRA members). Both include £10 worth of beer/cider tokens, a printed programme, and a non-refundable festival glass (a generous number of brand new 2027 commemorative glasses will be available at both sessions on a first come first served basis but, if attendance exceeds expectations, some visitors may be offered souvenir glassware from earlier festivals instead)
Customers can expect about 30 real ales and up to 6 real ciders, including many local producers and others from further afield. As always, these come carefully selected to cater for a range of tastes, enabling festival goers to enjoy plenty of your favourite styles with the opportunity to try something new. Both Friday and Saturday sessions for the Feb 2024 event sold out a few weeks beforehand and tickets were not available on the door so advance purchase is strongly recommended .
The festival will once again be held at Widcombe Social Club, a stone’s throw from Bath Spa train station and Bath bus station. Hot food and non-alcoholic refreshments will be available during both sessions. Please note that there will be rail disruption between Bath and Didcot on Saturday 6th with replacement buses between Bath and Chippenham and Swindon. Our nominated charity this year is Wiltshire and Bath Air Ambulance https://wiltshirebathairambulance.org.uk/
The Bath and Borders branch of CAMRA covers an area stretching from just North of Bath to Westbury in the East, just South of Wells in the West and to Wincanton in the South. There are over 300 pubs, bars and clubs open in our branch area. The best way to find a pub in the area you are in, or are planning to visit, is via the national CAMRA pub guide https://camra.org.uk/pubs/
Alongside the Bath Beer Festival the branch runs events on a more-or-less weekly basis. These include socials and meetings and occasional brewery visits, minibus trips to outlying pubs or joint events with neighbouring branches. If you’re a CAMRA member in the area, or even just somebody interested in beer, please feel free to come to any of our events.
For latest information on the festival, pubs and events go to https://bathandborders.camra.org.uk/