Festivals
Each year we normally organise and run the London Spring Cider Festival in April and our main Dulwich Beer & Cider Festival in May.
Details of our next festivals normally start to appear here annually in Jan/Feb.
3rd Dulwich Beer & Cider Festival
The 2026 branch beer festival was held at Dulwich Hamlet FC between 21st to 23rd May.
A huge thanks to everyone who attended and/or volunteered at this year’s festival which was our biggest and best (and sunniest!) yet.
We welcomed over 1,600 lovely visitors over the 3 days - an amazing 29% more than in 2025!
All 60 casks of beer sold out along with all the cider & perry, and the bottles/cans did a roaring trade.
This year we trialled using Real Ale Finder to maintain an online list of currently available beers & ciders. This clearly proved popular with 1,000+ views and so will definitely be repeated at our future festivals.
Thanks to the generosity of our visitors, we raised a fantastic £231 for St Christopher’s Hospice.
And finally, with thanks to Phil for counting the votes, the results are:
Beer of the Festival
1. Mount St Bernard - Tynt Meadow
2. Saltaire - Montezuma Triple Choc
3. Moorhouses - Pendle Witches Brew
Cider/Perry of the Festival
1. Gregg's Pitt
2= Cranborne Chase and One Tree Hill
London Regional Cider Festival 2026
Our annual one day cider festival was held on 25th April 2026 at Rocket Van Studios, Walworth, with a selection of up to 35 ciders and perries consumed this year.
It was great to see so many visitors from Greater London and beyond.
All the ciders and perries sold out, including the extra six boxes we brought in during the evening.
In addition to raising funds to support real cider, perry and beer we raised nearly £90 for St Christopher’s Hospice helping people in much of South East London.
Festivals and Socials
We regularly organise social events to other festivals both within the London area and beyond.
A schedule of all beer festivals within the London area can be found on the CAMRA London Region website.
Search for festivals further afield using the CAMRA festivals listing tool.