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This is a list of food festivals [1] in the United Kingdom. As a criterion, established festivals should all have a devoted website to which they are linked. As a criterion, established festivals should all have a devoted website to which they are linked.
CAMRA glass from the 1975 festival GBBF 2016, Olympia, London. CAMRA held their first large beer festival in Covent Garden, London in September 1975. [2] It was a 4-day event that attracted 40,000 people who drank 150,000 pints of real ale. [6] Strictly speaking it was not a GBBF, but it has been considered the forerunner of the festival.
In 2011, the first festival hosted at the Magna Centre, was attended by 10,000 visitors, raised £35,000 for local good causes. [2] 85,000 glasses of beer were sold at the festival in 2011, which were sold in half pint measures making the Rotherham festival one of the largest festivals in the UK based upon the volume of beer consumed.
Beer festivals are held across the United Kingdom. Notable ones include: The Great British Beer Festival held annually in August in London is the largest beer festival in the UK organised by the Campaign for Real Ale. The "GBBF", founded in 1977, was attended by over 66,000 people in 2006 when 350,000 imperial pints (200,000 L; 420,000 US pt ...
The National Winter Ales Festival (NWAF) is organised annually by the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA). From 2018 it was marketed as Great British Beer Festival Winter. The event showcases real ales available in the UK in the winter months, especially strong ales, stouts and porters. It was first held in 1997, alongside the Great British Beer ...
The 43rd festival in 2016 was also a record year with around 41,000 visitors drinking 86,000 pints of beer, 13,000 pints of cider, 9,300 pints of foreign beer and 1,600 bottles of wine and mead. [7] The beer festival is also famous for its cheese stall which, unlike many food stalls at beer festivals, is run by the CAMRA branch themselves.
Beer Day Britain was instigated by beer sommelier, writer and drinks educator Jane Peyton, [5] alongside brewers Sara Barton and Sophie de Ronde. [6] It took place for the first time in 2015. The main focus of the day is the National Cheers To Beer that takes place at 7 pm when people also sing the Cheers To Beer anthem co-written by Peyton.
Pages in category "Food and drink festivals in the United Kingdom" The following 34 pages are in this category, out of 34 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .