Newcastle Beer Festivals 2026

Friday - Sponsors night Saturday and Sunday - Main event, Open to everyone Sunday - Family day

BEER FESTIVAL RETURNS TO GOSFORTH VENUE FOR 10TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS - Popular beer festival to return to Gosforth Civic Theatre in venue's 10th anniversary year for three jam-packed days of family-friendly fun - Beer lovers can enjoy 30 guest taps from local and national breweries alongside wine, spirits, soft drinks and street food - Local artists to bring the tunes with indie, folk, funk and soul vibes across the weekend A North East performing arts venue celebrating its 10th anniversary this year is bringing back its popular family-friendly summer festival. Gosforth Civic Theatre’s popular annual Beer Festival is returning from Friday 31 July to Sunday 2 August to entertain visitors with three days of beer, music, street food pop-ups and fun for all the family - well-behaved dogs included! The event, supported by Sweeney Miller Law, will welcome a wide range of guest beers including 20 taps of keg and 10 taps of cask beer from local and national breweries, as well as offering wine, spirits, low and no alcohol options at the venue’s Theatre Bar, and soft drinks and hot beverages at GCT’s Cafe. Kicking off at 4pm on Friday, the festival will open with authentic wood-fired Neopolitan-style pizza from local business Hizzys Pizza, alongside offerings from GCT’s own kitchen. As the day moves into evening, visitors will be able to sample beers while enjoying upbeat tunes from four-piece jazz-funk fusion band TWIG. On Saturday, children and families can get crafty with Mini Crafters, while everyone will be able to enjoy BBQ fare from Meat Stack and dishes from GCT’s own kitchen. Regional musicians Jamagotchi will bring their unique brand of nostalgic 90s pop, dance and indie to the event for the second year running, and North East funk and soul jazz group Phantom Bagman will entertain visitors with a range of tracks from their new EP. Sunday will see a varied line-up of local artists wind down the festival, including acclaimed Northumbrian indie-folk band The Early Purple. Visitors can also enjoy food from GCT’s kitchen, as well as checking out GCT’s gaming pop-up corner featuring a collection of retro consoles and games from the venue’s popular weekly Gaming Social. £8 entry for over 18s - kids go free. Pay on the door. The entry fee includes branded pint glass to reuse and take home, and gets visitors repeat entry for the whole weekend with a wristband. The event will have a £8 entry fee for adults, which gives visitors a branded pint glass to reuse and access to the festival for the whole weekend. Rob Huggins, CEO of Gosforth Civic Theatre explained: “It's particularly special to be welcoming visitors to our Beer Festival in 2026 as we celebrate Gosforth Civic Theatre's tenth anniversary. Over the past decade we've become a place that people choose to come to for great events, great food and drink, and a warm welcome. We're incredibly proud that so many people have made GCT part of their lives, and the Beer Festival is a brilliant way to celebrate everything the venue has become. Every entry fee and pint bought helps support GCT, making it possible for us to continue to grow what we've built over the last ten years.”

Join members from the North Tyneside Steam Railway Association for their annual beer festival. Enjoy craft beer and cider, street food and live music all set against the backdrop of our historic railway shed.

The Whitley Bay Beer Festival is a three-day event hosted by Rockcliff Rugby Club that celebrates a wide range of drinks — including cask ales, ciders, rums, gins, and prosecco — plus live music every day and local street food from vendors.

𝐁𝐋𝐀𝐂𝐊 𝐌𝐄𝐓𝐀𝐋 𝐈𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐍𝐎𝐑𝐓𝐇 𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐓 – 𝐁𝐑𝐄𝐖𝐄𝐃 𝐈𝐍 𝐅𝐈𝐑𝐄 𝕱𝖔𝖗𝖙𝖗𝖊𝖘𝖘 𝕻𝖗𝖊𝖘𝖊𝖓𝖙𝖘: TYNEBOUND; A brand new event, presented by Fortress Festival and Reaper Agency, for the North East of England. In collaboration with Anarchy Brew Co. We’re proud to announce a new gathering in collaboration with Anarchy Brewery. A night of raw, uncompromising metal, fuelled by locally brewed craft beers and the unrelenting spirit of the north. Across two unforgiving days in early September, bands will summon everything from primitive raw black metal to bleak, expansive atmospheres, performed in close quarters and at full volume. This is music rooted in isolation, anger, and landscape - the kind that belongs in the North. To mark the occasion, Anarchy will be serving a curated range of their core beers and limited and exclusive brews - inc. the release of a new Fortress IPA beer - created specifically for the event and styles designed to complement the night: dark, bitter, strong, and unapologetic.

Full Circle Fest is back for the third year, after the roaring success of the past 2 events. Joining us for this weekend will be 12 of our favourite breweries from around the UK, alongside some of the best food vendors in Newcastle serving up some delicious scran. There will be 3 sessions across the weekend, each lasting 5 hours and there will be different beers pouring across all 3. So each session will have a variety of new and exciting beers to try, should you wish to attend more than one session. Your ticket secures you entry for the session of your choosing, your commemorative FCF branded glassware and a free 1/3 of Full Circle beer upon arrival. While you're at the festival you can purchase beers from any brewery of your choosing using our token system. This is the perfect chance for any beer lover to sample new beers from various breweries up and down the UK and chat directly to the teams behind these beers. We will be joined by 3 local street food vendors who will be providing delicious scran for everyone all weekend. Food vendors will take card payments, not tokens. The entire festival is a cashless event, please ensure you have your card when attending.