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Explore Cambridge's distinctive beer festivals from historic college courtyards to riverside brewery gatherings along the Cam. This world-renowned university city blends academic heritage with an innovative craft beer scene and welcoming festival atmosphere.
Cambridge runs one of the country's best-loved summer beer festivals, filling a green with hundreds of cask ales. The setting, among the colleges and the river, is half the appeal.
The big draw comes round each year like clockwork, while the city's historic pubs keep cask flowing the rest of the time. Expect honest beer, a relaxed crowd, and plenty of cider and perry.
See the brewers behind the bar on our Cambridge breweries guide, or browse festivals across East Anglia.
The Royal Oak's Annual Beer Festival
Fri 17 - Sun 19 July 2026
31 West Green, Barrington
Expect 25+ real ales, live music, food trucks and a great family-friendly day out for all - doggies too! Sunday evening sees us try something bit different with live comedy from 4-8pm. Plus, face painting and craft stalls too.
Sutton Summer Beer Festival
Thu 23 - Sat 25 July 2026
St Andrews Church, Ely
Held in the 14th-century St. Andrews Church, Sutton Beer Festival started in 2008 with multiple beer festivals across various seasons with a variety of beers, ciders and food.
Histon Beer Festival
Mon 7 - Sat 12 September 2026
27 High Street, Cambridge
60 ales. Extensive cider and perry selection. Amazing food. Lvie music.
Cambridge Oktoberfest
Fri 25 - Sat 26 September 2026
Jesus Green Lido, Cambridge
Cheers to 10 years! Cambridge Oktoberfest is returning to Jesus Green, and this year’s 10th Anniversary is going to be our biggest party yet. Grab your friends, dust off your Lederhosen, and get ready for an unforgettable weekend of Bavarian fun. Tickets are selling fast—get yours now!!!
Sutton Sausage and Cider Festival
Fri 16 - Sat 17 October 2026
St Andrews Church, Ely
Held in the 14th-century St. Andrews Church, Sutton Beer Festival started in 2008 with multiple beer festivals across various seasons with a variety of beers, ciders and food.
Cambridge Beer Festival 2027
Mon 24 - Sat 29 May 2027
Jesus Green, Cambridge
180+ real ales, 80+ ciders and perries, international beer, mead, wine, and cheese.
Discover the award-winning breweries that make Cambridge a craft beer and real ale destination. Many of these breweries participate in regional festivals or host their own taproom events.
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BrewBoard is a small, independent craft brewery based just outside Cambridge, founded in 2017. Their core philosophy is simple: brew the kinds of beers they love, hoping others will too. They produce a wide variety of styles — from hop-forward IPAs and NEIPAs (using Kveik yeast) to dry-hopped lagers and rich stouts — using a 30 HL brewhouse, conical fermenters and their own automated canning line. They’ve grown steadily, expanded their fermentation capacity, and are even launching a barrel-ageing programme, all while maintaining that bold, intuitive, balanced character in their beer.
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Buntingford Brewery, established in 2001 and relocated to the scenic Greys Farm in North Hertfordshire in 2005, is a family-run microbrewery that combines quality brewing with environmental stewardship. Drawing its water from a 150-foot-deep well on site—accounting for about 90% of each beer—and treating spent water through a reed-bed filtration system, the brewery prioritises sustainability and wildlife-friendly practices. Using locally sourced malt and boasting both a 2,500-litre fermentation capacity and a smaller 300-litre pilot system, they craft a core range of ales—such as Twitchell, Polar Star, Hurricane, and their Single Hop series—alongside rotating and seasonal specials.
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