CAMRA Regional Beer Festivals

Cambridge Beer Festival Monday 18 – Saturday 23 May 2026 Cambridge Corn Exchange
Jesus Green Cambridge Beer Festival, Victoria Avenue, Cambridge

180+ real ales, 80+ ciders and perries, international beer, mead, wine, and cheese.

For more details and tickets, please visit: https://www.cambridgebeerfestival.com/
Colchester Summer Beer & Cider Festival Wednesday 27 – Saturday 30 May 2026 Colchester Arts Centre
Arts Centre, Church Street, Colchester, Essex, CO1 1NF

For more details: Colchester & North East Essex branch: https://www.colchestercamra.org.uk
Braintree Real Ale Festival Thursday 11 – Saturday 13 June 2026 Bocking Arts Theatre, Braintree
Bocking Arts Theatre 15 Bocking End, Braintree, CM7 9AE

Thu - 11am to 11pm Fri - 11am to 11pm Sat - 11am to 9pm
Chelmsford Summer Beer & Cider Festival Monday 13 – Saturday 18 July 2026 Admirals Park, Chelmsford
For more details, please visit: https://cbcf.camra.org.uk/
Epping Ongar Railway Real Ale Festival Friday 24 – Sunday 26 July 2026 Epping Ongar Railway
See https://www.eorailway.co.uk/events/real-ale-and-cider-festival/

All festivals are listed on the East Anglian website: http://www.eastanglia.camra.org.uk/festivals So you know, *TBC* indicates that the Business Plan is yet to be approved.

CAMRA Beer Festivals in East Anglia and neighbouring counties:

Biggleswade Beer and Cider Festival, 7-9 May 2026 [East Bedfordshire]

Cambridge Beer Festival, 18-23 May 2026 [Cambridge & District]

Colchester Summer Beer & Cider Festival, 27-30 May 2026 [Colchester & North East Essex]

Thurrock Beer & Cider Festival, 2–6 June 2026 [Thurrock]

*TBC* Braintree Real Ale Festival, 11-13 June 2026 [North West Essex]

*TBC* Gibberd Garden Beer Festival, 20–21 June 2026, possibly open 19th [Herts & Essex Borders]

*TBC* Festival of Beer and Brewing, Stowmarket, 2-5 July 2026 [Ipswich & East Suffolk]

Chelmsford Summer Beer & Cider Festival, 13-18 July 2026 [Chelmsford & Mid-Essex]

*TBC* Epping Ongar Railway Real Ale Festival, Ongar, 24-26 July 2026 ["Essex Branches"]

*TBC* Peterborough Beer Festival, 25-29 August 2026 [Peterborough & District]

*TBC* Clacton Real Ale & Cider Festival, 26-29 August 2026 [Tendring]

*TBC* East Anglian Beer & Cider Festival, Bury St Edmunds, 26-31 August 2026 [West Suffolk & Borders]

*TBC* Chappel Summer Beer Festival, 8-12 September 2026 ["Essex Branches of CAMRA"]

*TBC* St Albans Beer & Cider Festival, 23-26 September 2026 [South Hertfordshire]

*TBC* Norwich Beer Festival, 26-31 October 2026 [Norwich & District]

*TBC* Colchester Winter Beer Festival, 27-30 January 2027 [Colchester & North East Essex]

*TBC* Elysian Winter Beer Festival, 5-6 February 2027 [Ely & District]