Helpful information for the event
The 12th Old Town Beer Festival is a four-day event taking place from Thursday 8th to Sunday 1th May 2024 at Christ Church Swindon.
TICKETS
A range of tickets for each of the four days of the event are available:
Ticket info here
FULL FESTIVAL BROCHURE
View and download our full festival brochure HERE!
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CHURCH BURIAL GROUNDS AND GRAVES
You are welcome to take your drinks outside if the weather is fine but please treat the area of the graves with respect and do not rest your drinks or yourselves on them.
To find out why we run a beer festival in our church, please visit our blogpost on this subject
GLASSES
Your festival glass is a work of art and includes our brand new festival logo. It is yours to keep and take home with you! We don’t have many spares so please be careful not to break your limited edition souvenir.
TOKENS
There is no cash on the bars. We do however exchange tokens for beer, cider, crisps, nuts and soft drinks. These tokens can be bought in handy £6 (3 drinks) or £12 (6 drinks) sheets from the welcome stall at the entrance throughout the event. Cash or Card is fine.
1 Token can be used for ½ pint, 1 soft drink or 2 snacks. 2 Tokens for a glass of rum, or low-alcohol bottle or can of beer.
We can also refund left over money on vouchers (unless you decide to donate it).
Food outlets take payment by cash and card. Drinks tokens cannot be redeemed from the food outlets.
FOOD
The popular ‘Food for Thought’ will be here on the Thursday and Friday evenings, and all day Saturday of the festival.
They will be selling their Fish and Chip shop range plus their amazing quarter and half pound burgers, as well as veggie and vegan options. Look out for their pork baps this year too.
On Friday Night and all day Saturday, we have Openside Pizza Ltd, bringing the heat (literally!) with their flame-cooked pizza oven at this year’s Old Town Beer Festival 🔥🍕
Freshly made, piping hot, fully-loaded, and absolutely delicious – grab a slice this weekend in the Christ Church grounds. No ticket needed to enjoy the food!
Glamorose will be serving a delicious selection of their wonderful cupcakes, tiffins,
and tempting us with their ice creams from their brightly coloured van on Saturday 10th May
LOW ALCOHOL BEER & CIDER
After an increasing demand for low-alcohol beer over the last few years, this year we will be offering a low-alcohol IPA, pale, and a stout from the Drop Bear Beer Company; and low-alcohol cider from Sheppy’s to satisfy your taste buds.
NEW RUM BAR THIS YEAR
Due to several requests we will also be running a Rum Bar this year with a choice of premium rums on offer – more details coming soon!
TAKE AWAY BEER
Have you found a beer that you really liked? Why not take it home?
Available to buy in 2, 3 or 4 pints.
TOILETS
There are men’s porta loos at the end of the community centre by walking up the ramp to the right of the church main entrance.
There are also men’s, women’s, disabled and gender neutral toilets to use inside the Community Centre.
SMOKING
It is illegal to smoke inside, please refrain from doing so. Please also refrain from using Vaporizers inside the building. Smoking bins will be provided outside.
TICKETS
Ticket Info Here
We hope you will join us for this special twelfth anniversary celebration and hope you have a great time!