The return of a CAMRA Beer Festival to Chester with >36 quality Real Ales and 9 Ciders.

Its back! The next edition of our CAMRA Festival will take place on Friday 5th June and Saturday 6th June 2026. Following the success of last years event the festival, will return to the gloriously splendid Chester Town Hall.

The sessions will run for the whole of the day although there will also be a reduced price evening ticket for Saturday from 5pm as well, So if you cannot make it until 2pm, we will not be pushing you out of the door at 4pm, as in years gone by. If you wish you can arrive at opening time and stay right through until close!.

Look out for announcements in the near future about tickets.

Venue

The Chester Real Ale & Cider Festival® will be held at the prestigious Chester Town Hall.

It is a 15 minutes walk from Chester Railway Station and (with Chester being such a compact city), it is also close to the city bus station. For the general location of Chester Town Halll check out the Google map at the bottom of the page.

Find your way in

The entrance to the festival is through the main entrance to the Town Hall on Town Hall Square directly opposite the Cathedral.

Staying over in Chester?

If you are coming from further afield, there are plenty of places to stay in the area . Chester Tourist Information web site has useful information on places to stay. The West Cheshire branch of CAMRA website also has a Pub Guide for the area.

Volunteering

Like all CAMRA festivals, the Chester Beer Festival® is organised and run by unpaid volunteers from the local branch. We are always looking for volunteers, old and new. As a volunteer you get free beer. If you’d like to help out, whether just for a few hours one day or throughout the whole festival, you will be made most welcome. Don’t worry about needing experience, as training will be given and we have a wide range of jobs available. Find out more on the Beer Festival Volunteers page and in the Festival Volunteer Guidance

Sponsorship

The festival is only possible because of our brilliant, generous sponsors and advertisers. The Chester Beer Festival® will attract over 750 beer and cider drinkers from all over Cheshire and the surrounding counties. This offers businesses a great opportunity to get their name in front of many potential customers. If you or your business would like get your name in front of our customers, then we have a range of sponsorship and advertising opportunities available from £30 to £1200 to suit every budget. The sponsors for last years festival, who we are extremely grateful to were as follows:

Festival Sponsors

Programme Advertisers

If you are interested in backing the next CAMRA Cheshire Beer Festival, feel free to contact the Sponsorship Coordinator or Branch Contact to find out more.

Festival Charity

The Festival Charity will be announced closer to the time Donations can be made in the venue and any unused Beer/Cider Vouchers may be donated on leaving the venue and the value will be donated to the charity.