Hopefully everything will be back to normal by then, and the event can go ahead, but…

The dates for the next Wilkes Head Beer Festival are June 19–21.

More information nearer the time.

The Wilkes Head, Eastergate will be having a beer festival from June 22–24, with 22+ real ales, plus cider and perry, a barbeque, and live music.

There’s no official branch visit to this, but it’s fairly likely you’ll find a number of us there :)

Portsmouth & South East Hampshire CAMRA are holding a beerex on September 4–5 at the University of Portsmouth Students’ Union Building, Cambridge Road, Portsmouth, PO1 2EF.

Tickets are £5 Friday lunchtime (12:00–16:00), £8 Friday evening (18:00–23:00), £8 Saturday lunchtime (11:30–16:00) and £6 Saturday evening (18:00–23:00).

The Wilkes’ Head, Eastergate will be having a beer festival from May 1–4.

More details when we get them!

The Spring Equinox Beer Festival, organised by CAMRA North Sussex Branch, will be taking place in Horsham on Saturday and Sunday, March 28 & 29, 2015.

The event is once again being held in the Drill Hall in Denne Road.

Session times are 12–4 and 6–10 on Saturday. Tickets are £6 each for both of these sessions.

Sunday times are 12–4 only and tickets for this session are £4 each — don’t worry, there will still be plenty of beer left!

There should be around 50 different ales available, plus some cider and perry. There will be two one-off brews exclusive for the festival, brewed locally: one by a team of female branch members and the other by a team of male branch members.

Tickets are on sale at Beer Essentials in Horsham, the Malt Shovel in Horsham or from King’s Brewery in Horsham.

You can also order them from Camra.equinox @ gmail.com.

The Wilkes Head, Eastergate (current branch Pub of the Year) will be having a mini beer festival from 5pm on Thursday November 27. There will be sixteen ales, plus cider and perry.

Ale at Amberley is this weekend at Amberley Museum. It’s right outside the station, so it’s easy to get to. There are also some bus services for the evening sessions.

This year CAMRA members get free entry from the new earlier time of 2pm on Sunday. This is the traditional drink up day when prices drop.

More details here.

More details at Yapton Beerex 2014 details — this is just an entry to make the event appear in the calendar :)

NEW: a preview version of the programme is now available for download. This is the final version of the programme that you’ll receive at the festival.

The Crawley Beer & Cider Festival will be at Three Bridges Football Club from Fri May 30 to Sat June 1. This is three weeks later than last year and is the weekend after the bank holiday so hopefully the weather will be drier and warmer. Thanks to those who braved that freezing cold Friday evening last year!

Crawley Beer & Cider Festival

The opening times will be: Fri May 30 17:00 – 22:30 (open to all this year) Sat May 31 11:00 – 17:00 and 17:00 – 22:30 (all one session this year, but split into two staff shifts) Sun June 1 11:00 – 15:00

The festival would be glad to welcome any help and assistance whether it be setting up, serving at the bar or front desk or taking down, either from yourselves or friends, and would welcome any suggestions as to how we can improve on last year, especially with regard to staffing.

The aim is to have tokens instead of cash and there may be some entertainment this year, such as morris dancers and/or a guitarist. Most beers will be from local micro breweries and ciders sourced from Middle Farm and will be available free to workers (so long as they can stand up!) The organisers will also look to improve the food (for both staff and drinkers) and may even introduce a BBQ for our hard working helpers.

Please let Nigel know on 07791 872289 if you may be able to kindly help again this year or know of anyone who might like to help. If not, hopefully they’ll see you on the other side of the bar!

Ticket prices: Friday & Saturday advance tickets £3; Sunday Advance £2. Tickets available from Swan, Crawley; Selden Arms, Worthing; Jolly Tanners, Staplefield; Beer Essentials, Horsham. Limited tickets on the gate £3.50 Fri & Sat; £2 Sunday.

40 Ales + 10 Ciders & Perries both local ales and further afield. All stuff under 6% abv @ £3 a pint.

The Duke of Wellington in Shoreham-by-Sea is holding a beer festival from May 1 – 5. We don’t have any details on what beers will be available yet (but expect some Burning Sky!)