Western Park Beer Festival 2018

The fourth Western Park Beer Festival will take place on Friday 14th and Saturday 15th September 2018 at St. Anne’s Church Hall on Letchworth Road, Leicester.

Tapping into the nation’s continued love of real ale and craft beer, this charitable event is looking to surpass last year’s total and donate over £8,275 for good causes.

The festival promises to offer a wide variety of locally sourced food and drink – providing a lovingly curated line-up of 22 real ales and craft beers, and a hearty range of locally sourced bar food. We have secured six rare keg beers and 16 beers on cask, including from Leicestershire’s own West End Brewery, Framework, Elliswood and Everards, and the best of breweries further afield, such as Magic Rock (Huddersfield), Tiny Rebel (Newport) and Arbor Ales (Bristol).

The Pizza Pod will be on hand to satisfy the crowd with pulled pork cobs and their delicious wood-fired pizzas.

This year the festival is trialling a selection of cocktails, which the festival committee hope will tempt non-beer drinkers down to join in the fun, along with the cider, wine and fizz. Entry will be £5 per session including a free festival pint glass.

On Saturday 15th September there is a special family session with road closure around the hall, from 12 noon – 5pm, and support from Ride Leicester will bring Leicester Wheels for All to the event. The family session will provide a good selection of children’s activities alongside the cycling, including a bouncy castle, street games with volunteers from WWCE, face painting and free ice cream for children.

The festival committee is delighted to announce that Everards and Geo-Matters have agreed to support the festival as main sponsors, alongside a range of businesses who are sponsoring the bars and the beers at the fundraising event, including Sturgess Motor Group, L2 Associates and Framework Brewery. “Thanks to the generous support of our sponsors, this year we are hoping to beat our annual fundraising record so that we can make an even bigger difference to our four chosen charities” said Matt Pearce, Chair of the Western Park Beer Festival.

Having raised over £20,000 for local causes, including Menphys, Dovelands Primary School and Loros, since the first festival in 2015, the Western Park Beer Festival has proven to be a popular event for the local community.

This year the fundraising is to be split across four good causes, with the majority to go to support Action Homeless and The Bridge Hopelessness to Hope in their vital humanitarian work in the city and county.

The festival is also supporting the Sepsis Trust UK in honour of a local man who developed sepsis and who, if not for the NHS and its staff, would not be here today, and is backing Western Ward Community Enterprise’s efforts to bring the Eco House in Western Park back into community use.

Opening Times:
Friday 14 September, 5pm – midnight
Saturday 15 September, Family Session 12 – 5pm and general admission 6pm – midnight.

As proud sponsors, we hope to see you there, pint glass (or half) in hand!

So make a note of the below in your diary and come join this exciting, vibrant community festival. With an array of beers from many local breweries there will be something for everyone so pop along and try some fab beers with friends.

Venue:

St Anne’s Church Hall, Letchworth Road, Western Park, Leicester LE3 6FN.

Points of contact:

If you need to you can contact Chair Matt Pearce via email at info@westernparkbeerfestival.org or on 07810 520 153 or get in touch with Committee Member Lucy Eddowes via info at info@westernparkbeerfestival.com or on 07747 484 571.

Important links for more info:

Visit www.westernparkbeerfestival.orgfor further details.

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