Dates & opening times:
The opening times for the 20th Chorlton Beer Festival are:
- Thursday 2nd July: 5pm – 10pm
- Friday 4rd July: 5pm – 10pm
- Saturday 4th July: 1pm – 9pm*
After we close each evening, the pubs & bars of Chorlton stay open later, so there is plenty of opportunity to continue sampling beers & ciders in the local area.
* Saturday closing dependent on beer & cider availability
Where are we:
The festival is held in the beautiful surrounds of St Clement’s Church.
St Clements is located at the junction of Edge Lane and St Clement’s Road, midway between Wilbraham Road & Chorlton Green.
Click here for map & public transport information
Prices & tickets
All tickets include entrance to the festival, your souvenir glass and festival programme.
Save money with advance tickets. Buy your ticket with your first £10 drinks token and save more.
A limited number of Early Bird tickets will be available at 2025 prices. When these are gone, they are gone and the standard advance ticket price will apply.
A Season Ticket entitling you to entry to all three days will be £25 (Early bird) / £27 (standard) including your first £10 drinks token.
| Early Bird Entry + £10 drinks | Advance tickets | Pay on gate* | ||
| Entry + £10 drinks | Entry only | |||
| Thursday | £14 | £16 | £7 | £8 |
| Friday | £16 | £17 | £8 | £9 |
| Saturday | £18 | £19 | £10 | £11 |
| Season Ticket | £25 (inc. £10 drinks) | £27 (including £10 drink token) | N/A | |
* Tickets bought on the gate on the day are subject to availability and capacity in the grounds. Advance ticket holders are guaranteed entry.
Advance tickets will go on sale on Friday 1st May at 9am.
CAMRA Members
CAMRA members pay full price for entry but can collect vouchers for two free half pints of cask beer or cider from the CAMRA Information desk.
To join CAMRA and get two free halves at the festival, visit camra.org.uk/join.
Note: While we work in association with Trafford & Hulme CAMRA, our festival is not a CAMRA organised event therefore free entry for members does not apply.
Pass outs
Pass outs are allowed. You must obtain a stamp or writsband. If you choose to leave the site, re-entry will be subject to capacity at time of return. If site is full, entry will be one out, one in.
Bars
There will be seven bars across the site. Layout will be conformed nearer the time.
Tokens
Payment at all beer, cider & gin bars is by token only. Tokens are available from the tent on the right hand side just inside the entrance (click here for 2025 site plan) in £10 and £20 sheets. Your server will strike out the value of each drink you purchase.
Tokens can be purchased with cash or card.
We will be continuing our trial or making making drinks tokens available from the two cask bars and the keg bar plus from roaming token sellers around the grounds. This will be subject to the technology working with us (which it didn’t really in 2025!).
Unused value on part used tokens can be refunded to the nearest full pound only up to 15 minutes after the bars close but we would encourage all unused value to be donated to the festival charity. We would encourage you to only purchase the value of tokens you intend to use – partial tokens to top up value of one last pint can be purchased at the tokens desk (card payments only, the tokens desk does not have change).
Children
The festival welcomes well behaved children on Saturday. Children will be admitted free of charge.
A range of activities for small children will be provided on the lawn to the front of the church (St Clement’s Road side) organised by Chorlton CofE Primary School PTA.
Please note that children must be accompanied by a parent or guardian at all times. If your children are found to be disturbing the enjoyment of other festival goers, you may be asked to leave.
No prams or baby buggies are to be taken into the beer halls at any time.
Babes in arms
Parents with babies under 18 months may bring their babies to the festival on Thursday / Friday if carried in papoose type baby carriers or slings. No baby buggies.
Dogs
Well behaved dogs on leads are permitted at the festival. With the exception of assistance dogs, dogs are not permitted in either beer hall.
Dogs are not allowed in the children’s activities area on the St Clement’s Road side of the church (Saturday afternoon).
You are responsible for removing your dog’s waste.
If your dog is found to be disturbing the enjoyment of other festival visitors, we reserve the right to ask you to remove your dog from the festival grounds.
The CAMRA Information tent will have drinking water and snacks for your dog.
Cash Machine
There is no cash machine on the festival site. The nearest machines are at Tesco Express on Barlow Moor Road and Nat West on corner of Barlow Moor Road and Wilbraham Road (although at time of writing, the branch is due to close on 20th May and the future of the cash machine is yet to be confirmed).
Entrance and beer tokens can be purchased by cash or contactless / Chip & PIN payment. All food vendors also accept card payments. Food vendors may accept cash at their own discretion.
Vegans & Vegetarians
There will be a wide selection of vegetarian and vegan beers available – these are marked in the festival programme and a list will be posted on the website before we open.
And of course all our ciders and perries are also suitable.
All of our food vendors will offer vegetarian and vegan options.
Allergens
Allergens information for all beers and ciders is available on request – just ask at the bars.
Details of beers which are gluten free or wheat free will be published here in advance of the festival.
Allergens information for food on sale is available from individual food vendors.
Soft drinks and alcohol free beers
Our Soft and Free Bar will return in 2026. We will have a wide selection of alcohol-free beers on draft, can and bottle. The bar will also have both still and sparking soft drinks suitable for adults and children.
