THE WHAT’S, WHEN’S, WHERE’S, WHO’S AND WHY’S..
What?
Hemel Old Town Beer Festival is a three day event that offers thirty quality beers, cider and perry, live music and street food vendors to boot.
Special guest speakers mark each day, with a historic environment indoors PLUS luscious outside beer-garden area with vista views of Gadebridge Park.
When?
The Hemel Old Town Beer Festival 2025 will be held across the weekend of Friday 18th, Saturday 19th and Sunday 20th of July. Our Friday and Saturday sessions will open midday-22:30, and our Sunday session will be midday-18:00.
Where?
The Hemel Old Town Beer Festival is set in the beautiful, historic St.Mary’s Church. Located between the Old Town’s bustling High Street and the scenic Gadebridge Park, St. Mary’s is thought to be the oldest building in all of Hemel Hempstead. The postcode of our Grade-1 listed venue (built sometime before the postcode in 1140) is HP1 3AE.
Who?
The Hemel Old Town Beer Festival is a joint not-for-profit event, co-organised by St. Mary’s Church and Mid-Chilterns CAMRA (Campaign for Real Ale). To find out more about the Campaign for Real Ale please CLICK HERE. To find out more about St. Mary’s Church please CLICK HERE.
Why?
Community. As a not-for-profit event, any surplus made from the festival goes towards the church and its affiliated charities, and protecting/promoting local pubs. Last year, Hemel Old Town Beer Festival raised £8,613 for our nominated causes.
Other essential info..
Both our Friday (18/7) and Saturday (19/7) are adult only events, as such admittance will be granted to those over-18 only. Our Sunday session is ‘Family Day’, with anyone under-18 welcome and admitted free-of-charge.
Dogs are admitted, though are requested to be kept on a short lead where possible, and are advised to kept in-and-around the outside beer-garden (where is much more space for the safety of pets and humans).
Food and music is kindly curated by Hemel Old Town Market, with a full roster to be announced in the run up to the festival. For further updates please do subscribe to our social media channels.
Our beer and cider list will be announced in the run up to the festival, for further updates, again please follow us on socials.
Tickets
Tickets are available for all sessions now, starting at just five pounds through the link below:
https://tckty.camra.org.uk/e/386/hemel-old-town-beer-festival-2025
Though we aim to be able to provide on-the-door admissions, the only way to eliminate any possibility of disappointment would be to pre-book in advance through the link above.
Sponsorship
Championing local is in our mission statement, and we’re thrilled to offer a variety of exciting sponsorship packages. For more info please CLICK HERE or navigate to the ‘SUPPORT US’ tab from the site-wide dropdown menu.
Want to join the team? We’re recruiting volunteers now!
We’re recruiting volunteers, and exchange for as little as four hours of your time, we offer free admission to all sessions, plus 1x 1/2 of beer per hour worked. We are an approachable and jovial team and would welcome you with open arms!
For more info please CLICK HERE or navigate to the ‘VOLUNTEER’ tab from the site-wide dropdown menu.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?
If you have any other questions or queries at all please do not hesitate to get in touch via our contact page HERE, or by navigating to the ‘CONTACT’ tab from the site-wide dropdown menu.
Alternatively, please feel free to email beerfestival@midchilternscamra.org.uk