22nd to 23rd October. Erewash Valley CAMRA Beer Festival The Westgate Suite, West Gate, Long Eaton 40 beers, many of which will be LocAle, together with ciders, perries and fruit wines

NON CAMRA BEER FESTIVALS

Organised by Pubs & other bodies etc     
  

• 10th to 13th June. Moon and Bell Belgian Beer Festival, Loughborough. 5 Continental Draught Beers :-
  Kwak 8.0% ABV
  Chimay trippel 8.0% ABV
  la Chouffe 8.5% ABV
  Timmermans Peche 5.0% ABV
  Brugse Z’ot – Blonde 6.0% ABV
• 11th to 13th June. Welland Valley Beer Festival. Takes place in various pubs in the Welland Valley, close to Market Harborough. Now run by a committee of pub landlords.
  List of participating pubs, more info www.wellandvalleybeerfestival.co.uk
• 18th to 19th June. Syston Social Club Beer Festival. 20 + Beers and Ciders
  Midday - Midnight. Free Entry http://www.systonsocial.co.uk/
• 17th to 19th June. Loughborough Town Cricket Club 2nd Beer Festival at the club on Park Road Loughborough. Opening times are; Thursday 6pm - 10pm
  Friday 4pm - 11pm, Saturday 12 noon - 11pm
  We have a special offer to CAMRA members on the Saturday between 12noon and 5pm of 25% discount off all festival beer, ciders, and continental lagers. Cask beer prices are between £2.40 and £2.80 a pint. You will see from the list of beers below a varied choice of cask beers, one or two of which have not been seen in the Charnwood area before. Also for CAMRA members there is a relaxed pub games competition on Saturday afternoon between 2pm and 4pm with the chance of winning brewery prizes.
  
  Cask Ales 
  Batemans BreweryEngland Expects 4.0
  Belvoir Brewery Beaver Bitter 4.3
  Black Country Ales English Summer Ale 4.1
  Butcombe Brewery Blonde 4.3
  Leila Cottage Lincolnshire Life 4.2
  Magpie Brewery Winging It 3.8
  Oakham Ales Attila 7.5
  Skinners Brewery Cornish Knocker  4.5
  Wentworth Brewery Bumble Beer 4.3
  White Horse Brewery Village Idiot 4.1
  Willy's Last Resort 4.3
  York Brewery Guzzler 3.6
  
  Ciders 
  Westons Country Perry 4.5
  Westons Raspberry Twist 4.0
  Westons Organic Vintage 7.3
  Westons1st Quality Draught 5.0
  
  Continental Lagers
   Erdinger Weiss 5.3
  Leffe Blonde 6.6
  Bacchus Frambozen 5
  
  There will be a cricket match on during the afternoon for those of you that enjoy the sound of willow on leather!
  
  The club is about a mile from Loughborough Railway Station and half a mile from the town centre buses.
  More information is available at www.loughboroughtowncc.com
• 24th to 27th June George & Dragon Beer Festival, Bridge St-Belper
• 25th to 27th June. Bingham Rugby Club Summer Beer Festival, The Pavilion, Brendon Grove, NG13 8TN. 20 different beers and ciders. Details: www.binghamrufc.co.uk 
• 1st to 3rd July.Elephant & Castle Beer and Bangers Festival, Thurlaston LE9 7TP.       Tel. 01455 888213. NH&B CAMRA Pub of the Year 2010. A selection of fine ales from across the globe and some interesting flavours of sausages to accompany them. www.elephantandcastlethurlaston.co.uk
• 9th - 10th July.The Chandlers, Shearsby. 2nd Annual Beer Festival. More info awaited. 
• 17th July to 1st August. Victoria Hotel Summer Beer and Music Festival, Dovecote Lane, Beeston. Around 100 beers over the 16 day festival (16 at any one time) from regional & LocAle microbrewers + ciders & perries. Trains to Beeston Station, or NCT buses 13/14 and Trent/Barton 18 to Station St. For further details call 0115 9254049or www.victoriabeeston.co.uk