GCT Beer Festival 2025
Friday 2 August, 4pm - 11pm.
Saturday 3 August, 12pm - 11pm.
Sunday 4 August, 11am - 5pm
£5 entry for over 18s - kids go free. Pay on the door.
Entry fee gets you repeat entry for the whole weekend with a wristband.
More information about your visit can be found here.
Get ready to welcome back our ultimate summer celebration at GCT Beer Festival!
Enjoy three days of exceptional beers, fantastic live music, and delicious food from local vendors, all in a vibrant community atmosphere. Celebrate with us and support our work with people with learning disabilities.
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Welcome Back to GCT Beer Festival!
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Friday: Pints, Party, Pizza
The opening night is party night. Be the first to have the full choice of beers on the bar before they're gone and bring your mates as we head back to the 90s with Jamagotchi, who will be playing bangers from 8pm to 10pm. Sustenance will be delivered by delicious offerings from Fire and Dough Pizza and our own kitchen.
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Saturday: Family Fun and Live Music
Saturday is all about family-friendly fun! Join us for a day filled with creative crafts from Mini Crafters, mouth-watering offerings from Good Times Tacos, and our kitchen with another street food vendor to be announced. There will be live music from 5pm with the full lineup announced by the end of June!
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Sunday: Chill Out and Unwind
Wind down the festival on Sunday with food from our kitchen and a lineup of live music from local up-and-coming artists on our stage from 1pm until 5pm, plus our family craft room to keep the young ones entertained. It's the perfect way to end your weekend while savouring the last of our festival beers.
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Support and Celebrate with Us
By attending the GCT Beer Festival, you're supporting an independent, community-focused event. All proceeds from our bars and food go directly back into our work with people with learning disabilities, once festival costs are covered. If you love the festival and want to support us further, donations are welcome throughout the weekend.
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Join Us for a Memorable Weekend!
Be a part of this incredible celebration. Whether you're here for the beer, the music, the food, or just the community spirit, there's something for everyone at the GCT Beer Festival. Mark your calendars and get ready for a weekend to remember!
Highlights (with more to be announced)
Drinks
Our festival bar will boast 20 taps of keg, 10 taps of cask beer from local and national breweries and will represent a range of styles for all tastes. Want sessionable pales? You got it! Belgian ales, saisons and sours? Yep. Something dark? Oh you bet! Classic bitters and IPAs? Don't worry about it. Plus the odd rarity and special in there.
Plus we will have a dedicated spirits and wine bar on our Theatre bar, with no and low alcohol bar option, so if beer isn't your thing you can still come down and have a great time.
Mini Crafters
Mini Crafters is a children's craft group led by Lynn Wandsworth; they have previously run sessions at our Reopening weekend in 2023 and our Family New Year's Eve Party. They run multiple tables of crafts and colouring centred around a theme, and they always go down well!
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In our studio 12pm - 3pm Saturday and Sunday.
Goodtimes Tacos
Goodtimes are a GCT favourite. They're been slinging their famous West-Coast inspired tacos at event here since 2018 and they always go down a storm. They have vegan options alongside their must-have pressed birria or baha tacos.
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Fire and Dough
We pride ourselves on being able to produce restaurant quality, Neapolitan pizza to the masses throughout the summer months.
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We've honed our craft and with a fantastic team of pizzaiolos behind us, can serve up to 400 pizzas an hour, with the same Fire & Dough quality every time