BEER & CIDER FESTIVAL 2025 – IT’S OFF!
Welcome to the web site for the Oxford CAMRA Beer & Cider Festival
The 2025 festival (our 26th at the Town Hall) should have been on Thursday 23rd October, Friday 24th, and Saturday 25th but unfortunately a combination of factors have led us to the conclusion that we can’t do this any more and so the festival is CANCELLED. Rising costs, falling attendance, ill-health, old age, increasing difficulty getting enough fit volunteers to do all the heavy lifting, problems with the venue, and lack of help from CAMRA are just some of the issues. A big thank-you to everyone who has helped staff the festivals over the years and to those who supported us.
We have tried long and hard to resolve the issues but feel they are insurmountable and the situation is unlikely to change for a festival in the previous format in the Town Hall. The Oxford Beer & Cider Festival will not be back in this form. There are a growing number of successful community and charity one-day festivals and some excellent pub festivals; please support them.