Keighley Beer Festival 2011
Venue, opening times and prices
Victoria Hall, Bradford Road, Keighley BD21 3JN (the usual venue)
10 mins walk from Keighley rail station or 2 mins walk from the 662 and 760 bus routes. Please note: There will NOT be a free bus service to the venue this year.
Thursday 22nd September - Saturday 24th September 2011.
Admission charge £3 (Free entry to CAMRA members) at all times.
- Thursday: 3 - 11 PM.
- Friday: 11 AM - 11 PM.
- Saturday: 11 AM - 11 PM.
Beers
Over 75 Real Ales (including the finalists in 2 regional CAMRA competitions), Large range of Cider & Perry, foreign bottled beers and English fruit wines.
Follow the ‘Porter Potter’. A number of traditional porters will be available. Porter is a classic beer style, which is difficult to find locally so we are promoting it at the festival. Try several different porters and get your last one free. Even if you don‘t follow the ‘Potter’, have a go at the Porter Potter anagram competition. Details will be in the festival program.
Sponsors
Sponsored by:
- Timothy Taylor & Co. Ltd
- Saltaire Brewery Ltd
- Market Town Taverns
- Copper Dragon Brewery
- Leeds Brewery Ltd
- JD Wetherspoon
- T&R Theakston Ltd
- Ilkley Brewery Co. Ltd
- Kirkstall Brewery Company
- Wharfebank Brewery
- Robertshaw Myers
Entertainment
- Thursday evening: Cooperage demonstration from T&R Theakston at 7 p.m.
- Friday evening: Worth Valley Hot Stompers from around 7.30 p.m.
- Saturday lunch: Nightflyers Dance Band from 1.30 p.m.
- Saturday evening: Laikin‘ (folk music) will play from around 6.30 p.m.
The festival will be officially opened by Keighley town mayor Cllr Westerman on Thursday evening at 7.30 p.m.
Friday night is 'Silly Hat' night with spot prizes for the best hat(s) worn.
Other information
Commemorative glasses, paid for by £2 deposit on entry.You can keep the glass or just return it for the £2 refund on leaving.
T-Shirts.
Quality, reasonably priced Hot & Cold Food will be available, provided by Rural Recipes, who provided excellent food at last year's festival as well as this year's Skipton Beer Festival.
CAMRA Products and membership stall.
Tombola.
Family Room.
There are no tickets for the festival as we have never yet reached maximum capacity - Just turn up and you should get in!
For a beginner's guide to how the festival works etc., click here.
For more information contact Colleen Holiday on 0741 292 3455 or e-mail kbf@keighleyandcravencamra.org.uk
Festival Charity
As usual, as customers leave they will have the opportunity to donate their unused beer tokens to the festival charities, instead of cashing them in. This year's charities will be those nominated by the current Keighley Town Mayor, Cllr Westerman. The charities are PDSA and Eckersley House Hospice.
Group Bookings
If you are coming as part of a group of 10 or more and will all arrive at the same time, your group can obtain free entry by booking in advance. For more information on how to make a group booking, click here.
