Cambridge Beer Festivals 2026

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.

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Beer festivals in Cambridge

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.

Bridge of Sighs at St John's College spanning the River Cam in Cambridge

Colourful riverside houses along the River Great Ouse in Cambridge

Traditional punts moored on the River Cam with historic Cambridge college buildings

Historic narrow street in Cambridge city centre with shops and church spire

Upcoming Beer Festivals in Cambridge

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The Portland Winter Beer Festival

Fri 27 November - Fri 4 December 2026

129 Chesterton Road, Cambridge

Join us for our legendary Winter Beer Festival with a large range of light to dark ales, crafty cans and ciders. 40+ cask ales, craft beers & real ciders Great food from Gorilla & Lamb Live music throughout the week Games, drinks promos and fun, all helping to raise money for our nominated charity DIABETES UK

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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.

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Popular Breweries in Cambridge

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.

BrewBoard

Cambridge

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 Ltd

Royston

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.

Burwell Brewery

Cambridge