Shrewsbury CAMRA Beer Festival

29/05/2026

Something very special happening this Thursday 21st May - a live gig entitled "Under Summer Skies" with the super talented Laurence Plant and friends, raising money for 🤩

(Some familiar musicians performing alongside... ❤️🎶❤️)

Come and join us, it will be gorgeous 🥰

There are tickets either on the door, or by calling 01785 823958 or emailing [email protected] ❤️🎶❤️

13/05/2026

If you've previously come from down South to our wonderful beer festival, you will have noticed that there is no direct train, meaning a change in Birmingham, Wolverhampton or Crewe. Please sign this petition to ask the rail authorities to help make Shropshire more accessible to tourism

Restore direct trains to London from Wrexham, Shropshire and the Midlands

27/03/2026

We're working away behind the scenes to bring you our 2026 Festival. If you would like to join in with the organising committee please message this page. We can always do with more help - many hands make light work! There are lots of tasks to suit any skill set and you will be made very welcome. We meet once a month to share progress (in our PoTY, The Prince of Wales, Shrewsbury) for a couple of hours of a Tuesday evening.

We will also need a rather larger group of people to operate the Festival from 18 to 28 September. If you would like to join in with that (again, there are lots of different jobs to suit all talents), please fill in the staffing form and return it by email of as a message to this page. You can get it in pdf format through this link: https://app.box.com/s/s0w2eu98bvlsu6jdpkjov7j0ornpqrbi
or in Excel format through this link: https://app.box.com/s/5r1vuh5grzu0yeo2tgbsu4knf4vnp457

02/02/2026

We've picked the dates, we've sorted the venue, we've got the licence! All we need now is you*, so get the dates in your diary

As in previous years, we'll be seeking out new beers and breweries for you to try in our wonderful and fully accessible venue of St Mary's Church in Shrewsbury Town Centre. There will be cider, and f you're coming in a group with non-beer and cider drinkers there will be wine and spirits.

It would be great if you could give this post (or the linked event) a share to your contacts so they can note the dates, too. Please message the page with any questions and we will get back to you as soon as possible.

You can get a feel for the event from the 2025 details at https://saws.camra.org.uk/shrewsbury-beer-festival/ which will also host the beer list in due course, and some longer-form details of the event.

*and final approval of our detailed budget by CAMRA Central Office, but since we made a surplus last year we expect that to be a formality

22/01/2026

ICYMI

Did you volunteer at Shrewsbury CAMRA Beer and Cider Festival in 2025? If so, you are invited to join us on a trip to Tewkesbury Winter Ales Festival on 7 February 2026. To thank you, we will pay for a bus to take us there. Entry is free to CAMRA members (bring your card), but you will need to pay £5 for your glass and £5 for your first set of beer/cider tokens. The bus will leave from Smithfield Road by the Salopian Bar at 9am. Please email Dave Ricketts [email protected] or [email protected] to let us know you intend to come, so we can have the right number of seats on the bus!
The expected beer list is available at https://tewkesbury.camra.org.uk/dl.php?id=277253 (pdf)

21/01/2026

Did you volunteer at Shrewsbury CAMRA Beer and Cider Festival in 2025? If so, you are invited to join us on a trip to Tewkesbury Winter Ales Festival on 7 February 2026. To thank you, we will pay for a bus to take us there. Entry is free to CAMRA members (bring your card), but you will need to pay £5 for your glass and £5 for your first set of beer/cider tokens. The bus will leave from Smithfield Road by the Salopian Bar at 9am. Please email Dave Ricketts [email protected] or [email protected] to let us know you intend to come, so we can have the right number of seats on the bus!
The expected beer list is available at https://tewkesbury.camra.org.uk/dl.php?id=277253 (pdf)

17/11/2025

It’s the most wonderful time of the year…

Kashmir orders from our mailing list are heading out, only 2 more days to wait for general release.

31/10/2025

New small pack beers at RAD Beer our sponsor's taproom (or order online)