Beer Festival raises £30,000
New:Your feedback on the Harrogate Beer Festival is vitally important to help the event get better and better each year. The Beer Festival raises about £30,000 pounds anually for local charities and takes place at the end of February each year. We've put together a quick online survey which should take no more than five minutes - please follow the link below and give us your feedback.
Click Here to give us feedback on the 2009 Beer Festival
Professional quality photographs of the Thursday and Friday nights are available from David Briggs Photography.
The 2009 beer festival was Harrogate & District Round Table's best and biggest ever. 4,000 people came through the doors raising over £30,000 for local charitities. In 2009 we are supporting
- Harrogate & District Women's Aid
- Harrogate Child Contact Centre
- Harrogate Homeless Project Ltd
- Harrogate Young Carers, Martin House Hospice
Entrance includes 8 half pints of beer, your commerative glass to keep and the tasting notes.
Richard Fox, of MorrisseyFox (TV's "Neil's Risky Business") fame opened the Beer Festival. Live music every night included Mizen Jarvis on Thursday, White Van Man on the Friday, m.f.o.r on the Saturday
All proceeds of the Beer Festival are given directly to local chairities. We rely on the generosity of local businesses to sponsor barrels of beer in return for free entrance and publicity both on this web site and at the International Centre.
Beers are being sourced by Daleside Brewery and Theakstons is providing a second bar, technical help as well as some beer!
Thank you to all our sponsors without who the Beer Festival would not be possible.
Download the tasting notes (PDF, 6M)
Click here to download the poster
Please contact us for further details of how your business could support the beer festival in 2010.

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