Branch Diary
CAMRA events further afield can be found on the National CAMRA Diary and the Kent CAMRA County Diary.
- Thanet CAMRA Cider Festival 2025
Saturday 12 – Sunday 13 July 2025
Churchill Tavern, Ramsgate
Saturday: 12.00pm - 4.30pm & 5.30pm - 9.30pm.
Sunday: 12.00pm - 5.00pm.Entry £2.00. Free to CAMRA members.
Further details of the event, including the cider & Perry list can be found on Thanet CAMRA's website.
- Gadds' The Chairman's Beer Festival 2025
Saturday 26 July 2025 12:00
Gadds' Beer Shop & Tasting Room, Broadstairs
After a year off, their summer beer festival is back, featuring cask ales from their Friends from the North: Thornbridge Brewery!
Live music and food.
For more information: • Event's webpage: Website. 
- → Great British Beer Festival 2025
Tuesday 5 – Saturday 9 August 2025
National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham
The Great British Beer Festival is back and promises to be bigger, better, and more interactive than ever.
In 2025, we're at a brand new venue, bringing you the best in British and international brewing. With an array of hundreds of beers, alongside real ciders, perries, and even a cocktail bar for those looking to mix things up. There'll be plenty of entertainment, delicious food, pub-style games, our Discovery Bar and more experiences like never before.
- Crown Inn Beer, Cheese & Wine Festival 2025
Saturday 9 – Sunday 10 August 2025
Crown Inn, Finglesham
With Beer, Wine, Cheese. Live bands all day.
- Time & Tide Dover College Craft Beer Festival 2025
Saturday 23 – Sunday 24 August 2025
Dover College, Dover
Save the Date. Time & Tide Brewing are hosting a little beer bash in the stunning 12th century refectory within the grounds of Dover College this summer.
Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/timeandtidebrewing/
- → CAMRA Bar at the Faversham Hop Festival
Saturday 30 – Sunday 31 August 2025
Faversham Town Centre
CAMRA's pop-up street bar, at the colourful Faversham Hop Festival, will be serving around 12 beers from 6 Kent breweries, plus ciders from 2 or 3 Kent cider producers. You'll usually find them on East Street, ME13 8AF.
The bar is open from 10am to 5.30pm on Sat, 30th to Sun, 31st August.
See https://www.favershamhopfestival.org for details of entertainments, camping etc.
- Faversham Hop Festival 2025
Saturday 30 – Sunday 31 August 2025
Faversham Town Centre
Internationally renowned local festival celebrating hops & harvest, with live music, stalls, great food, real ale, traditional dance, parade, puppet show, magic, children's fun area with fairground.
For more information: • Event's webpage: Website. • Event's Facebook page: Facebook Page - Maidstone & Mid Kent CAMRA East Malling Beer and Cider Festival 2025
Saturday 6 September 2025
East Malling Research Centre, East Malling
The Maidstone and Mid Kent CAMRA branch's annual showcase event returns to the Research Centre, East Malling.
- Open from 11am until 7pm, or until the beer runs dry!
- Around 70 real ales and 30 ciders and perries on offer.
- Live music and food vendors.
- Free shuttle buses.
- FREE admission for card-carrying CAMRA members; £6 for non-members.
For more information: • Event's webpage: Website. 
- Woolton Farm Autumn Beer & Cider Festival 2025
Friday 26 – Sunday 28 September 2025
Woolton Farm, Bekesbourne
Live music, food, drink and entertainment.
Website: https://www.wooltonfarm.co.uk/products/harvest-cider-beer-festival-2025?variant=53478006653305
- Time & Tide Rising Tide Craft Beer Festival 2025
Friday 24 – Saturday 25 October 2025
Canterbury Cathedral Lodge, Canterbury
Celebrating craft beer at it’s best, their Rising Tide festival is now in it’s second year and is returning to the Canterbury Cathedral Lodge, situated within the stunning grounds of Canterbury Cathedral (a UNESCO World Heritage site), and less than an hour by train from London.
Tickets are now available.
Website: https://www.timeandtidebrewing.co.uk/events/p/03ncw601cm7d7f70syfh5kt9rq337g