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Thank You !
After all the planning and hard work the 1st Leeds International Beer Festival is over – we’d like to say a huge thank you to everyone who came along our first event, it was a huge success with over 3500 people attending the festival over 4 days. It was incredible for us to see so much support for the event and we hope you enjoyed the beer, food and music that was on offer. By the end of Sunday afternoon all the beer had gone and clouds started to cover the sky after a weekend of glorious sunshine and warm weather. This was our first event and the first major beer festival in Leeds City Centre for many years, we think we got lots of things right but we know we can improve certain areas, if you were caught up in the huge queue for the Saturday night session we’re sorry it took some time to get you all in the building – thanks for bearing with us. We’ve learnt a lot of valuable lessons, we’ve listened to your feedback and we’ll be making some changes to ticketing and entry to the festival next year. We’d also like to thank all the participating breweries who supported us in our first year, the foodie heroes, all the bands and solo artists who lit up the main stage in the hall and our festival volunteers – without their help the event would not have been possible. For us this wasn’t a one off event, we want to build the festival into one of largest and most important events of its kind in the UK. We hope you’ll join us next year!Posted in: Latest News
SHOW ME THE MONEY!!!
Ok then!
We thought it would be a fun idea to create our own festival money so we did exactly that. During the festival you'll be able to buy our own currency with denominations of 50p / £1 / £3 and £5 and each lovely note features a famous (or not so famous) quote about beer - with gems from Jack Nicholson and Frank Zappa - who also features on our promotional flyers. You'll need the notes to buy beer and food at the festival and you can buy as much as you need in the foyer of the Town Hall - this is where you'll also be given a commemorative glass and full colour programme guide. Check out the picture on the left - we love 'em!
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TICKET UPDATE
So with only 5 days to go before the 1st Leeds International Beer Festival gets underway have you got your tickets yet? If you're thinking of coming along to the most exciting beer festival in the UK then don't leave it too late as you could miss out - and with our fantastic line up national and international beers you wouldn't want that now would you! We have decided to reserve a limted number of tickets on the door of each session but this will strictly first come first served. So the only best thing to do is get your tickets now!
Just a quick reminder; If you purchase your tickets online or over the phone your details will be entered onto our box office stystem and when you arrive at the venue a wristband will be issued to you, this will allow you to go in and out of the buidling during your festival session. We'll just need the name and postcode of the person who purchased the tickets.
If you purchase a festival ticket in person at the box office you will be given a ticket that just needs to be redeemed for a wristband on the door at the venue.
No tickets will be sent out in the post prior to the event.
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Mouthwatering food
We've also been busy confirming the final line up of foodie heroes - and the range of delicious, mouthwatering treats will delight your taste buds! As well as Viva Cuba and Fish& we are delighted to announce that Friends of Ham, the fabulous and recently opened Charcuterie Ale Bar in Leeds, will be at the festival offering their great range of cured meats and cheeses. The final line up is completed by Castro with their simply divine slow cooked pork burgers and homemade sauces. For further food details click here.Posted in: Latest News
Official Hotel Partner
The lovely people at Bewleys Hotel have agreed to support this years event and they'll be our official hotel partner. Located just 15 minutes walk away from the Town Hall and just 5 minutes form the train station the hotel is the ideal venue for festival goers so if you're looking for a place to stay in the city during the festival you can book a room for just £60/65 and the price includes breakfast! simply go to www.bewleyshotels.com to book.Posted in: Latest News
