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Explore Newport's evolving beer festival culture in this historic Gwent city. From regenerated waterfront celebrations to community brewery gatherings, Newport combines industrial heritage with contemporary Welsh craft innovation and convenient access across South Wales and beyond.
Newport played a big part in putting Welsh craft beer on the map, and its festivals carry that spirit. The scene has grown fast and stayed friendly.
Taproom events and town festivals run through the year across south Wales, mixing modern keg with proper cask. It is an easy, welcoming place to find your way into Welsh beer.
See the brewers behind the beer on our Newport breweries guide, then see what else is on across Wales.
Discover the award-winning breweries that make Newport a craft beer and real ale destination. Many of these breweries participate in regional festivals or host their own taproom events.
Pontypridd
We are a fresh and dynamic microbrewery and tap room located in Trefforest, South Wales. Our exceptional award winning ales are hand crafted and honed at such a small scale we’ve been able to truly push the taste experience of real ale. Home of Diablo Dragons, winner of the best IPA in Great Britain 2023. CAMRA Great British Beer Festival Champion IPA 2023.
Festival regular
Cardiff
Brains Brewery is one of the UK’s longest-running independent regional breweries, founded in 1882 in Cardiff, Wales, and still family owned more than 140 years later. They brew a broad portfolio of beers at their Dragon Brewery in Cardiff Bay using a mix of traditional techniques and modern brewing science, producing everything from classic cask ales like Brains Bitter and Brains Dark to lagers, IPAs and seasonal or limited-release beers. Over the decades Brains grew into a major regional brand (once owning hundreds of pubs) and today its beers are widely available across Wales and the UK in pubs, retailers and events, while the brewery remains focused on quality, consistency and its Welsh heritage.
Caerphilly
Cardiff
Clevedon
Caerphilly
