Leicester Beer Festivals 2026

Gilmorton Beer Festival

🍺 Welcome to Gilmorton Beer Festival! Bringing the surrounding villages together with great beers, live music, family fun, food, entertainment and community spirit every August.

BakersFest 26

We are going bigger and better than before! ⛺️ Hosted in our famous festival tent 🍺 More Real Ale! 🍏 More Traditional Cider! 🍹Over 100 Gins! 🎶 More live music than ever before in our beer garden! 🍔 BakersFest themed menu served all weekend! A Bank holiday weekend NEVER to be missed!!! No need to book, just turn up

Western Park Beer Festival

The Western Park Charity Beer Festival started in 2015 and up to today we have raised over £68.000 for local Charities. This year's Charity is going to be "Help the Homeless" Leicester. The admission is £6.00 Inc souvenir glass for the whole weekend, and it's card only, no cash. We usually have around 16 Cask, 6 Keg and 4 Ciders on plus Prosecco. We serve pints and halves. It's child friendly on the Saturday afternoon and the local road is shut for their activities.  People are welcome to bring their own chairs and blankets if they wish to relax outside. We have Cobs and Samosas available, and likely a pizza van again this year. (Subject to confirmation). The venue is just off a main bus route out of Leicester numbers 18,48,158 but they don't run later in the evenings so it's advisable to check yourselves if using the bus.

Brew Beat

Beers, beats & good times. Six years. Still free. Still one of Leicester’s biggest and best weekends. Brew Beat returns to Jubilee Square from 4–6 September 2026, bringing together incredible live music, independent craft beer, delicious cocktails, local street food, and a brilliant festival atmosphere, all completely free to enjoy. You can expect: 20+ hours of Live Music A handpicked craft beer line-up A mouth-watering street food line up of local traders Cocktails & non-alcoholic options Free entertainment for the whole family Whether you’re discovering a new favourite brewery, indulging in delicious grub, dancing in the sunshine or just soaking up the atmosphere, Brew Beat is the perfect way to spend the weekend. Same place, same spirit, better than ever.

Melton Beer, Cider & Gin Festival

Expect an Exhibition Hall full of beers, ciders & gins from our region of choice, to be revealed soon… PLUS, you can find live entertainment from the afternoon, spanning all the way into the evening. Or, if you’re hungry, we have a great selection of street food stalls available to you. Round Corner Brewery and Feast & The Furious will be open throughout the weekend for any extra food and drink desires. Last year was our biggest Beer Festival to date, so we want 2026 to be bigger and better!

Samaritans Beer & Cider Festival

Leicester Samaritans Beer Festival is an annual event fundraising for the amazing work of the Samaritans. Beer, Cider, Food and Live Music are all on offer to make for a great time! It raised an amazing £8027 last year which went directly to the Leicester Samaritans. The Samaritans is a charity which works to prevent suicide, supporting people when they feel alone and hopeless. Every 10 seconds, the Samaritans respond to a call for help. They are there, day and night, for anyone who’s struggling to cope, who needs someone to listen without judgement or pressure, and in total confidence.

Hinckley Beer Festival

Hinckley & Bosworth CAMRA are working with Hinckley Rugby Club to present the Hinckley Beer Festival 2026. It will be the first CAMRA supported beer festival in Hinckley since September 2017 where it was held at the Atkins Building. Attendees can explore a fantastic range of brews, from local cask ales, UK’s Gold medal summer and winter winners, a guest range range from Timothy Taylors Yorkshire Brewery, a selection of modern keg craft beers, a number of specialist lagers and a range of artisan chilled ciders. To ensure we have something for everyone the main bar will remain open and we will have a specialist gin and rum bar available. Various food vendors will be on site to ensure you can clean the palette and enjoy some of the best brews in the country. The event will take place in a large marquee and the main clubhouse which will give approx 1,000m2 of undercover space. Live entertainment will be range from early doors acoustics to anthem bands later in the day to really get the party rocking. Plus there will be rugby games on outside at the same time if you want a quick change of scenery. We will make announcements regarding bands, beers, food and other beverages over the next couple of months. Overall, we are looking to give Hinckley its beer festival back and having a bloody good party! Let’s have some fun!

The Amber Rooms Beer Festival

Featuring a large selection of real ales, ciders, and international guest beers alongside their everyday Three Guest Ales & Meals menu.