Previous Shrewsbury Beer Festivals
2022
The 30th Shrewsbury CAMRA Beer Festival took place in September 2022 at St. Mary’s church. The festival’s main sponsor was Rad Beer. This was the first festival after a 2 year break due to the Covid pandemic.
The full list of beers, ciders and perries for the 2022 festival can be seen using the links below:
2019
The 29th Shrewsbury CAMRA Beer Festival took place in July 2019, and was held at a new venue, St. Mary’s church which was much nearer the town centre. This was the last festival to be held before the Covid pandemic.
The full list of beers for the 2019 festival can be seen using the link below:
2018
The 28th Shrewsbury CAMRA Beer Festival took place in July 2018, and was held again at the Wakeman Hall just past the English Bridge.
The list of beers for the 2018 festival can be found in the festival programme using the link below:
2017
The 27th Shrewsbury CAMRA Beer Festival took place at a new venue, the former Wakeman School by the English Bridge, as the festival had outgrown the Morris Hall.
The date of the festival was also changed to the summer to take advantage of Shrewsbury’s main tourist season. The festival’s main sponsor this year was the now closed Battlefield Brewery.
Over 100 beers were on offer this year allowing more old favourites, a wider range of ciders and a bar dedicated to dark beers. The full list of beers, ciders and perries for the 2017 festival can be seen using the link below:
2016
The 26th Shrewsbury CAMRA Beer Festival took place at the Morris Hall in Bellstone, Shrewsbury for the last time.
The main festival sponsor this year was the Six Bells Brewery in Bishops Castle (now closed).
Over 80 beers were available, plus 10 ciders and 3 perries. The full list can be seen using the link below:
2015
The 25th Silver Anniversary Shrewsbury Beer Festival took place at the Morris Hall, Shrewsbury. The festival was brought forward this year to the friendlier time of late September.
80 beers were available, with a special selection from the North East. The full list can be found in the official programme using the link below:
Shrewsbury CAMRA Beer Festival 2015 Programme
Some pictures taken during setting up can be seen below.
Other Festivals
Details about other Shrewsbury beer festivals will be added here soon.
1995
The 6th Shrewsbury CAMRA Beer Festival took place at the Music Hall in The Square on the 8th and 9th September 1995.
84 real ales were provided, plus 16 ciders and perries. As well as real ales, the program also stated that “real food” was also available!
1990
The very first CAMRA Shrewsbury Beer Festival was held in the Music Hall in the centre of Shrewsbury in September 1990. The festival flyer and a newspaper article from the time can be seen below.
Note that on the festival flyer, we were using a temporary name change for the branch – Shrewsbury and Wem, to show our solidarity with Wem members in our opposition to the Wem Brewery closing down in 1988.
