York Beer & Cider Festival 2025
The ever-popular York Beer & Cider Festival returns again to the spectacular surroundings of St Lawrence Parish Church – just near Walmgate Bar and the City Walls and within easy walking distance of the city centre. This festival, run by the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA), will have more beers and ciders than any other festival in Yorkshire with over 200 available plus wines, prosecco, meads and soft drinks, plus a great selection of food on site.
The festival dates are Wednesday 17 September to Saturday 20 September 2025. Saturday evening is pay-on-the-door only this year.
Tickets are now on sale. To buy tickets and see information on session times, go to Tickets and Times.
For this event in such a special venue, most sessions are expected to sell out, so be sure to purchase your tickets in advance to guarantee entry.
Last year over 3,400 tickets were bought. More than 10,000 pints of cask and craft beer and over 1,000 pints of cider and perry were drunk. And lot of pies, pizzas and Street Food were consumed. See details of last year’s “LocAle” beers of the festival here.
Eight reasons to attend this year’s festival:
- Held again in the spectacular setting of St Lawrence Parish Church
- Over 200 beers and ciders celebrating the very best of British
- The very best European beers and lagers
- World wines, meads and chilled prosecco
- A great selection of streetfood vendors
- A large beer garden and a family friendly setting
- Open all day (no closed period)
- Easy walking distance from the city centre, plus buses stop right outside.
Session times and ticket price information are here: Tickets and Times, or buy via the QR code:
You can see some highlights from last year’s festival by following theses links:
Afternoon session (opens in Twitter/X)
Evening session (opens in Twitter/X)
Last year we welcomed visitors from not the only the UK but also Internationally.
Great to see Wellington Pub Lodi visiting.
