19 – 20 November 2010

Bury Beer Festival [NON-CAMRA Event]

Malt and The Met join forces for Bury’s Beer Festival featuring a range of real ales from local brewers.

Tickets on the door only: Friday 19 November from 12noon and Saturday 20 November from 12noon,.

£2 Friday Afternoon, £4 Friday Evening, £4 Saturday.

The Met, Market Street, Bury, Lancs, UK, BL9 0BW, 0161 761 2216

6 – 14 November 2010

Local Pubs Week

28 – 30 October 2010

SIBA Great Northern Beer Festival (Manchester)  [Greater Manchester CAMRA Event]

SIBA North competition in the Grand Room of the Palace Hotel – Thursday 28th October

Then the beer festival exhibiting 300 cask beers from SIBA North members (121 breweries).

All beers will be dispensed by hand pump (48 at any given time) with sparklers + fresh glass on each fill.

Open to public from 4pm-10.30pm Thursday; Noon-10.30pm Friday and Saturday. Door entry (tbc: probably £5) with discounted entry to card-carrying CAMRA members.

Refundable Souvenir lined glass on deposit/purchase; food available at all sessions; entertainment on Saturday.

Volunteers required- please contact Graham Donning g_donning@yahoo.com or 07961 886 696 or see the website: www.northmanchestercamra.org.uk

Setup from Sunday 24, takedown Sunday 31st.

Palace Hotel, Oxford Road, Manchester (Just across from Oxford Rd railway station).

23 October 2010

Apple Day and Real Cider Bar [NON-CAMRA Event]

The Stubbing Wharf’s Cider Festival continues to get bigger and better each year, and likewise the Apple Day is attracting a growing following. With the pub’s good food reputation and with 30-minute scenic boat trips along the Rochdale Canal, there is plenty to make it a great day out for all the family.

The pub supports cider throughout the year. There are always six craft and other ciders on draft and a selection of bottled and a draft apple juice as well.

The Stubbing Wharf is located off the A646 on the west side of Hebden Bridge, between the River Calder and the Rochdale Canal. There is ample car parking. By bus, numbers 590 592 594 stop close by. By train or by foot, the Stubbing Wharf is a short walk along the canal towpath after lock 11.

Contact details:

The Stubbing Wharf, King Street, Hebden Bridge, W. Yorkshire, HX7 6LU. Tel: 01422 844107 Email: info@stubbingwharf.com

www.stubbingwharf.com

14 -24 October 2010

Beer Festival [NON-CAMRA Event]

Hare and Hounds, 400 Bolton Road West, Holcombe Brook, Ramsbottom.

The Pub usually sells 10 to 12 different small brewery beers, and this will increase to approximately 40 at any one time during the festival.

The Pub is conveniently situated next to the bus stop on the 273 Bolton – Todmorden service which operates an hourly service during the day (the service does not run during the evenings – check transports sites for details).

The website for the Hare and Hounds can be found at   www.hareandhoundsbury.com

13 – 16 October 2010

Bolton Beer Festival [NON-CAMRA Event]

Wednesday 13th October

7 – 11pm

£4

Thursday 14th October,

7 – 11pm

£4

Friday 15th October

7pm – 12 midnight

£6

Saturday 16th October

12pm – 6pm

£3

Saturday 16th October

7pm – 12 midnight

£5

Bolton Rugby Club, Avenue Street, off Chorley Old Road, Bolton BL1 3AW, Tel 01204 540116

Click here for the Bolton Beer Festival website

9 October 2010

Greater Manchester CAMRA Regional Meeting [Greater Manchester CAMRA Event]

1.00pm at: Barristers Bar, Swan Hotel, Bradshawgate, Bolton BL1 1HJ

All welcome!

October 2010

Town Centre Cider Festival – details to be confirmed

24 – 26 September 2010

Edgworth Real Ale Festival  [NON-CAMRA Event]

Barlow Institute, Bolton Road, Edgworth, Bolton, Lancashire, BL7 0AD

The Edgworth Real Ale Festival 2010 takes place on Friday 24th, Saturday 25th and Sunday 26th September 2010.

Following the success of last years War of the Roses, the same theme (the second battle!!) will be used for this year’s Festival.

This year’s beneficiaries will be the North West Air Ambulance and Bolton Mountain Rescue Team.

Friday 24th September – 16:00 – 23:00

Saturday 25th September – 12:00 – 23:00

Sunday 26th September – 12:00 – 17:00

Full details on the website: www.edgworth-real-ale-festival.co.uk

17 – 19 September 2010

Astley Bridge Cricket Club Beer Festival [NON-CAMRA Event]

Astley Bridge Cricket Club is holding a beer festival in September, from Friday 17th to Sunday 18th.

The beers will be from around the North West – Bank Top, Prospect, Southport, Allgates and Three B’s –  along with Krombacher Lager and Weston’s Old Rosie Cider.

The festival will run:-

Fri 17 Sept.   7.30 – 11.30

Sat 18 Sept.  2.30 – 6.30  and 7.30 – 11.30

Sun 19 Sept.  – drinking up 2.30 – 6.30

8 September 2010

Westhoughton Pub Survey [Bolton CAMRA Branch Event]

19:40               Bus 715 (from bus station)

20:00               Wagon & Horses on the A6 (Ales from Marston stable e.g. Old Thumper)

20:20               Windmill (Black Sheep)

20:40               Wander down to the town centre checking on:

Greyhound; Commercial Inn; Red Lion; Wheatsheaf; and Victoria Inn

Or, bus 516 at 20:47 (Get off at junction just before church for town centre)

21:00               Robert Shaw (Wetherspoons)

21:20               White Lion (Holt’s)

21:35               Cross Guns (Jenning’s Cumberland)

22:00               The Howfener (Timothy Taylor’s Landlord)

Check out White Horse before:

Buses 540, or 715 at:  21:53, 22:06, 22:53 & 23:06 (back to Bolton)

All welcome!

If anyone wanting to do the survey with us, but might struggle with the initial timing, please contact Pete (07779 161128) to find where we’re up to on the night.

3 – 4 September 2010

September Beerfest  [NON-CAMRA Event]

Over Hulton Conservative Club, St Helens Road, Bolton BL5 1AA. Tel 01204 61384

25+ Ales from breweries both local and further afield. Food available, and collectors items on sale. Proceeds to Macmillan Cancer Support.

Entrance £5 to include commemorative glass and your first drink.

www.overhultonconclub.co.uk

August Bank Holiday *

Summer Beer Festival [NON-CAMRA Event]

The Smithfield Hotel in Manchester is hosting a four day Real Ale Festival with tipples from England, Scotland, Wales and the

Isle of Man.

All the breweries are based from at least 100 miles away including locations such as Devon, Suffolk, Aberdeenshire, Glamorgan, Worcester, Somerset and Douglas in the Isle of Man.

* Please contact the organisers for full details of dates and opening times.

37 Swan Street, Manchester, M4 5JZ. 0161 839 4424

27 – 30 August 2010

Pub Beer Festival [NON-CAMRA Event]

Britannia Inn, Farnworth, Bolton, BL4 7AF   Tel. 01204 571 629

Beer festival with various ales over the weekend – free entry! Contact the pub for full details.

27 – 30 August 2010

Dunscar’s Beer Festival [NON-CAMRA Event]

Dunscar Golf Club, Longworth Lane, Bolton BL7 9QY

Please see the Dunscar Golf Club website for more details: www.dunscargolfclub.co.uk

25 August 2010

Bolton CAMRA Branch meeting   [Bolton CAMRA Branch Event]

8.15 pm at the Sweet Green Tavern, Crook Street. All welcome.

4 August 2010

Little Lever Pub Survey [Bolton CAMRA Branch Event]

7:15 or 7:45pm Bus 524 (from bus station)

7:30 – 8:15pm  Stopes Tavern (Bank Top ales)

8:15pm  Wander down through the village checking on

Three Crowns; Queen Anne; Canary Tavern; Hennigan’s; Church Inn

9:45pm  Jolly Carter (TT Landlord, Old Speckled Hen & Bank Top)

Bus 524 at:  9:54, 10:24, 10:54, 11:24 & 11:54pm (back to Bolton)

All welcome!

28 July 2010

Bolton CAMRA Branch meeting   [Bolton CAMRA Branch Event]

8.15pm at The Spinning Mule, Nelson Square, Bolton. All welcome.

17 July 2010

Real Ale Festival  [NON-CAMRA Event]

Bobtown Beer Bash – Roberttown Community Centre, Roberttown, West Yorkshire

20+ Real Ales, Ciders and Perries. Visit www.roberttownroadrunners.co.uk for more details.

14 July 2010

Mid-Summer Evening’s (Bowling) Dream [Bolton CAMRA Branch Event]

Howcroft, Pool Street, 7:30pm

Bolton CAMRA branch is looking to raise a team to play a game of ‘Crown Green Bowls’ against Howcroft regulars. Jane & Frank will provide some free refreshments (unfortunately, this doesn’t include beer) during the evening. Branch members’ qualifications for the team are: being alive; and promising to not wear your stilettos on the night! (At least when bowling.) Cheerleaders are also very welcome. (Mind not to drop your pom-poms in your beer; or anyone else’s, for that matter.)

Anyone wishing to play bowls on the night should contact Pete by Monday 12th July events@boltoncamra.org.uk.

10 July 2010

Greater Manchester CAMRA Regional Meeting [CAMRA Event]

To be held at The Magnet, 51 Wellington Road North Stockport, Cheshire SK4 1HJ, commencing 1pm.

2 – 4 July 2010

Stubbing Wharf 4th Cider Fest [NON-CAMRA Event]

The Stubbing Wharf will be hosting its 4th Cider Festival, from 2nd to 4th July 2010.

The annual Cider Festival has become a growing success year on year, well-known for showcasing one of the largest selections of ciders and perries in the north of England. This year, the pub has decided to add an extra day to the event and the Festival will be running for a full three days, from Friday to Sunday, with attractions for dedicated enthusiasts, CAMRA members and families too.

As well as a range of over 70 different ciders from producers across the length and breadth of the UK and beyond; there will be canal boat cruises, live music from some popular local turns, a magician and children’s entertainment. There’s free admission too, with 10% discount on Festival Ciders for CAMRA card-carrying members on the Friday. Saturday includes a hog roast and live entertainment too.

Contact details:

The Stubbing Wharf

King Street

Hebden Bridge

W. Yorkshire

HX7 6LU

Tel: 01422 844107

Email: info@stubbingwharf.com

www.stubbingwharf.com

30 June 2010

Bolton CAMRA Branch meeting   [Bolton CAMRA Branch Event]

8.15pm at The Spinning Mule, Nelson Square, Bolton. All welcome.

16 June 2010

Bolton Pubs Listing [Bolton CAMRA Branch Event]

Meeting to complie a list of pubs in Bolton and detailing the beers on sale.

8.15pm at The Spinning Mule, Nelson Square, Bolton. All welcome.

9 June 2010

Blackrod Pubs Survey  [Bolton CAMRA Branch Event]

7:45pm – Train from Bolton, or 7:12pm Bus 576

8:00pm – Barristers (Selection of ales)

8:45pm – Poachers (up to 8 ales)

Red Lion (check-out on way to…)

9:45pm – Ridgeway (3 ales?)

All welcome!

10:10pm & 11:10pm Train back to Bolton, or 10:29pm Bus 576 (last bus!)

28 – 31 May 2010

Beer Festival [NON-CAMRA Event]

HOUSE WITHOUT A NAME – 75-77 Lee Gate, Harwood, Bolton BL2 3ET

Featuring the following ales:

Newman’s Shifty Nibbler

Talbot Blonde

Solaris

Phoenix Hopsack

Lancaster Blonde

plus a mystery beer

26 May 2010

Bolton CAMRA Branch meeting   [Bolton CAMRA Branch Event]

8.15pm at The Spinning Mule, Nelson Square, Bolton

19 May 2010

May Is Mild Month – Horwich Pub Crawl   [Bolton CAMRA Branch Event]

Sampling Mild Ales in Horwich:

7.50pm 125 Bus from Moor Lane Bus Station

8.15pm The Crown

Holt’s Mild

8.45pm Original Bay Horse

Coach House Gunpowder Mild

9.30pm Bowling Green

Bank Top Mild

Return bus to Bolton 9.50pm or 10.20pm depending on your connection.

Details correct at time of publication, milds on offer are

at the discretion of the landlords.

13 – 16 May 2010

Beer Festival   [NON-CAMRA Event]

The Continental, South Meadow Lane, Preston.

The festival will have approximately 60 different ales on offer, 25 Ciders and Perrys plus a selection of bottled world beers. In addition there will be live music in the garden and a specialist food stall. For full details visit www.newcontinental.net. Entry is free.

12 May 2010

May Is Mild Month – Bolton Pub Crawl   [Bolton CAMRA Branch Event]

Sampling Mild Ales in Bolton town centre:

7.45pm Howcoft Inn (36 Pool Street)

Bank Top Mild

8.30pm Hen & Chickens (Opposite Post Office)

Tetley’s Dark Mild

3 B’s Stoker’s Slake

9.00pm Barristers (Bradshawgate)

Timothy Taylor

Bank Top

9.45pm Sweet Green Tavern (Crook Street)

Dunham Massey

Hopstar

Moorhouses

Details correct at time of publication, milds on offer are

at the discretion of the landlords.

6 – 16 May 2010

Beer Festival   [NON-CAMRA Event]

Hare and Hounds, 400 Bolton Road West, Holcombe Brook, Ramsbottom.

The Pub usually sells 10 to 12 different small brewery beers, and this normally increases to 25 – 30 at any one time when there is a beer festival on.

This festival will feature 150 beers from 100 breweries between the festival dates. The Pub is conveniently situated next to the bus stop on the 273 Bolton – Todmorden service which operates an hourly service during the day (the service does not run during the evenings – check transports sites for details).

The website for the Hare and Hounds can be found at   www.hareandhoundsbury.com

16 – 18 April 2010

Beer Festival  [NON-CAMRA Event]

Bradshaw Cricket Club, Bolton – ticket details to be confirmed, Click here for the Bradshaw CC website.

14 April 2010

Deane Pubs Survey and Pub of the Year Presentation [Bolton CAMRA Branch Event]

7:30-8:00pm Tavern on the Hill (Wigan Road) & Three Pigeons?

8:30pm Rumworth Beaumount

9:30pm King’s Head (Pub of the Year 2010 presentation at 10:00pm)

Others: Church Inn (Closed?) Willows Hotel? Queen Anne (Open?) Vulcan Inn? Stag’s Head?

All welcome!

If anyone wanting to do the survey with us, but might struggle with the initial timing, please contact Pete (07779 161128) to find where we’re up to on the night.

31 March 2010

Bolton CAMRA Branch meeting   [Bolton CAMRA Branch Event]

8.15pm at The Spinning Mule, Nelson Square, Bolton

29 March – 5 April 2010

National Cask Ale Week

Click here for the National Cask Ale Week Website

22 – 28 March 2010

The Middle Earth Beer Festival  [NON-CAMRA Event]

Aspinall Arms, Mitton, (Near Clitheroe) BB7 9PQ.

Over 60 Real Ales and Ciders many sourced from within or around The Ribble Valley. Others from all corners of the Kingdom.

Full details can be found on the Aspinall Arms website (click here).

20 March 2010

Preston Pub Crawl   [Bolton CAMRA Branch Event]

Meet at Bolton railway station 12:15 for train to Preston 12:33 – return ticket £8.50

(Please note that the station can be busy Saturdays; we will not be waiting!)

13:10 Black Horse, Friargate (CAMRA heritage listed)

13:45 Market Tavern, Market Street

14:30 Old Black Bull, Friargate

15:00 New Britannia, Heatley Street

15:30 Olde Dog & Partridge, Friargate

16:00 Bitter Suite, Fylde Road

17:00 Old Vic, Fishergate

Plenty of trains back to Bolton: 17:23, 17:47, 18:08, etc

All welcome!

(Contact Pete on 07779 161128)

22 February 2010

Week-Long Beer Festival  [NON-CAMRA Event]

The Robert Shaw in Westhoughton week commencing 22/02/10.

16 February 2010

‘Meet The Brewer’ Evening   [NON-CAMRA Event]

HOUSE WITHOUT A NAME – 75-77 Lee Gate, Harwood, Bolton BL2 3ET

Lancaster Brewery are running a Meet The Brewer night in the No Name on Tuesday 16th February

10 February 2010

Bolton CAMRA Branch meeting   [Bolton CAMRA Branch Event]

8.00pm at The Spinning Mule, Nelson Square, Bolton

NB – Voting for Good Beer Guide 2011 will take place at this meeting. Please note earlier start than usual at 8pm.

3 February 2010

Bolton CAMRA Pub Crawl:   Kearsley – Farnworth  –  South Town Centre   [Bolton CAMRA Branch Event]

Bus 8 at 19:05, or 19:35

Any Bus (System 1 Bus) day ticket £4.30; or Bus & Train (System 1) day ticket £5.30

Clockface (Kearsley) 19:30

Britannia (Farnworth) 20:15

Alma Inn (Bradshawgate) 21:00

Sweet Green Tavern 21:45

(Contact Pete on 07779 161128)

19 – 20 November 2010

Bury Beer Festival [NON-CAMRA Event]

Malt and The Met join forces for Bury’s Beer Festival featuring a range of real ales from local brewers.

Tickets on the door only: Friday 19 November from 12noon and Saturday 20 November from 12noon,.

£2 Friday Afternoon, £4 Friday Evening, £4 Saturday.

The Met, Market Street, Bury, Lancs, UK, BL9 0BW, 0161 761 2216

6 – 14 November 2010

Local Pubs Week

28 – 30 October 2010

SIBA Great Northern Beer Festival (Manchester)  [Greater Manchester CAMRA Event]

SIBA North competition in the Grand Room of the Palace Hotel – Thursday 28th October

Then the beer festival exhibiting 300 cask beers from SIBA North members (121 breweries).

All beers will be dispensed by hand pump (48 at any given time) with sparklers + fresh glass on each fill.

Open to public from 4pm-10.30pm Thursday; Noon-10.30pm Friday and Saturday. Door entry (tbc: probably £5) with discounted entry to card-carrying CAMRA members.

Refundable Souvenir lined glass on deposit/purchase; food available at all sessions; entertainment on Saturday.

Volunteers required- please contact Graham Donning g_donning@yahoo.com or 07961 886 696 or see the website: www.northmanchestercamra.org.uk

Setup from Sunday 24, takedown Sunday 31st.

Palace Hotel, Oxford Road, Manchester (Just across from Oxford Rd railway station).

23 October 2010

Apple Day and Real Cider Bar [NON-CAMRA Event]

The Stubbing Wharf’s Cider Festival continues to get bigger and better each year, and likewise the Apple Day is attracting a growing following. With the pub’s good food reputation and with 30-minute scenic boat trips along the Rochdale Canal, there is plenty to make it a great day out for all the family.

The pub supports cider throughout the year. There are always six craft and other ciders on draft and a selection of bottled and a draft apple juice as well.

The Stubbing Wharf is located off the A646 on the west side of Hebden Bridge, between the River Calder and the Rochdale Canal. There is ample car parking. By bus, numbers 590 592 594 stop close by. By train or by foot, the Stubbing Wharf is a short walk along the canal towpath after lock 11.

Contact details:

The Stubbing Wharf, King Street, Hebden Bridge, W. Yorkshire, HX7 6LU. Tel: 01422 844107 Email: info@stubbingwharf.com

www.stubbingwharf.com

14 -24 October 2010

Beer Festival [NON-CAMRA Event]

Hare and Hounds, 400 Bolton Road West, Holcombe Brook, Ramsbottom.

The Pub usually sells 10 to 12 different small brewery beers, and this will increase to approximately 40 at any one time during the festival.

The Pub is conveniently situated next to the bus stop on the 273 Bolton – Todmorden service which operates an hourly service during the day (the service does not run during the evenings – check transports sites for details).

The website for the Hare and Hounds can be found at   www.hareandhoundsbury.com

13 – 16 October 2010

Bolton Beer Festival [NON-CAMRA Event]

Wednesday 13th October

7 – 11pm

£4

Thursday 14th October,

7 – 11pm

£4

Friday 15th October

7pm – 12 midnight

£6

Saturday 16th October

12pm – 6pm

£3

Saturday 16th October

7pm – 12 midnight

£5

Bolton Rugby Club, Avenue Street, off Chorley Old Road, Bolton BL1 3AW, Tel 01204 540116

Click here for the Bolton Beer Festival website

9 October 2010

Greater Manchester CAMRA Regional Meeting [Greater Manchester CAMRA Event]

1.00pm at: Barristers Bar, Swan Hotel, Bradshawgate, Bolton BL1 1HJ

All welcome!

October 2010

Town Centre Cider Festival – details to be confirmed

24 – 26 September 2010

Edgworth Real Ale Festival  [NON-CAMRA Event]

Barlow Institute, Bolton Road, Edgworth, Bolton, Lancashire, BL7 0AD

The Edgworth Real Ale Festival 2010 takes place on Friday 24th, Saturday 25th and Sunday 26th September 2010.

Following the success of last years War of the Roses, the same theme (the second battle!!) will be used for this year’s Festival.

This year’s beneficiaries will be the North West Air Ambulance and Bolton Mountain Rescue Team.

Friday 24th September – 16:00 – 23:00

Saturday 25th September – 12:00 – 23:00

Sunday 26th September – 12:00 – 17:00

Full details on the website: www.edgworth-real-ale-festival.co.uk

17 – 19 September 2010

Astley Bridge Cricket Club Beer Festival [NON-CAMRA Event]

Astley Bridge Cricket Club is holding a beer festival in September, from Friday 17th to Sunday 18th.

The beers will be from around the North West – Bank Top, Prospect, Southport, Allgates and Three B’s –  along with Krombacher Lager and Weston’s Old Rosie Cider.

The festival will run:-

Fri 17 Sept.   7.30 – 11.30

Sat 18 Sept.  2.30 – 6.30  and 7.30 – 11.30

Sun 19 Sept.  – drinking up 2.30 – 6.30

8 September 2010

Westhoughton Pub Survey [Bolton CAMRA Branch Event]

19:40               Bus 715 (from bus station)

20:00               Wagon & Horses on the A6 (Ales from Marston stable e.g. Old Thumper)

20:20               Windmill (Black Sheep)

20:40               Wander down to the town centre checking on:

Greyhound; Commercial Inn; Red Lion; Wheatsheaf; and Victoria Inn

Or, bus 516 at 20:47 (Get off at junction just before church for town centre)

21:00               Robert Shaw (Wetherspoons)

21:20               White Lion (Holt’s)

21:35               Cross Guns (Jenning’s Cumberland)

22:00               The Howfener (Timothy Taylor’s Landlord)

Check out White Horse before:

Buses 540, or 715 at:  21:53, 22:06, 22:53 & 23:06 (back to Bolton)

All welcome!

If anyone wanting to do the survey with us, but might struggle with the initial timing, please contact Pete (07779 161128) to find where we’re up to on the night.

3 – 4 September 2010

September Beerfest  [NON-CAMRA Event]

Over Hulton Conservative Club, St Helens Road, Bolton BL5 1AA. Tel 01204 61384

25+ Ales from breweries both local and further afield. Food available, and collectors items on sale. Proceeds to Macmillan Cancer Support.

Entrance £5 to include commemorative glass and your first drink.

www.overhultonconclub.co.uk

August Bank Holiday *

Summer Beer Festival [NON-CAMRA Event]

The Smithfield Hotel in Manchester is hosting a four day Real Ale Festival with tipples from England, Scotland, Wales and the

Isle of Man.

All the breweries are based from at least 100 miles away including locations such as Devon, Suffolk, Aberdeenshire, Glamorgan, Worcester, Somerset and Douglas in the Isle of Man.

* Please contact the organisers for full details of dates and opening times.

37 Swan Street, Manchester, M4 5JZ. 0161 839 4424

27 – 30 August 2010

Pub Beer Festival [NON-CAMRA Event]

Britannia Inn, Farnworth, Bolton, BL4 7AF   Tel. 01204 571 629

Beer festival with various ales over the weekend – free entry! Contact the pub for full details.

27 – 30 August 2010

Dunscar’s Beer Festival [NON-CAMRA Event]

Dunscar Golf Club, Longworth Lane, Bolton BL7 9QY

Please see the Dunscar Golf Club website for more details: www.dunscargolfclub.co.uk

25 August 2010

Bolton CAMRA Branch meeting   [Bolton CAMRA Branch Event]

8.15 pm at the Sweet Green Tavern, Crook Street. All welcome.

4 August 2010

Little Lever Pub Survey [Bolton CAMRA Branch Event]

7:15 or 7:45pm Bus 524 (from bus station)

7:30 – 8:15pm  Stopes Tavern (Bank Top ales)

8:15pm  Wander down through the village checking on

Three Crowns; Queen Anne; Canary Tavern; Hennigan’s; Church Inn

9:45pm  Jolly Carter (TT Landlord, Old Speckled Hen & Bank Top)

Bus 524 at:  9:54, 10:24, 10:54, 11:24 & 11:54pm (back to Bolton)

All welcome!

28 July 2010

Bolton CAMRA Branch meeting   [Bolton CAMRA Branch Event]

8.15pm at The Spinning Mule, Nelson Square, Bolton. All welcome.

17 July 2010

Real Ale Festival  [NON-CAMRA Event]

Bobtown Beer Bash – Roberttown Community Centre, Roberttown, West Yorkshire

20+ Real Ales, Ciders and Perries. Visit www.roberttownroadrunners.co.uk for more details.

14 July 2010

Mid-Summer Evening’s (Bowling) Dream [Bolton CAMRA Branch Event]

Howcroft, Pool Street, 7:30pm

Bolton CAMRA branch is looking to raise a team to play a game of ‘Crown Green Bowls’ against Howcroft regulars. Jane & Frank will provide some free refreshments (unfortunately, this doesn’t include beer) during the evening. Branch members’ qualifications for the team are: being alive; and promising to not wear your stilettos on the night! (At least when bowling.) Cheerleaders are also very welcome. (Mind not to drop your pom-poms in your beer; or anyone else’s, for that matter.)

Anyone wishing to play bowls on the night should contact Pete by Monday 12th July events@boltoncamra.org.uk.

10 July 2010

Greater Manchester CAMRA Regional Meeting [CAMRA Event]

To be held at The Magnet, 51 Wellington Road North Stockport, Cheshire SK4 1HJ, commencing 1pm.

2 – 4 July 2010

Stubbing Wharf 4th Cider Fest [NON-CAMRA Event]

The Stubbing Wharf will be hosting its 4th Cider Festival, from 2nd to 4th July 2010.

The annual Cider Festival has become a growing success year on year, well-known for showcasing one of the largest selections of ciders and perries in the north of England. This year, the pub has decided to add an extra day to the event and the Festival will be running for a full three days, from Friday to Sunday, with attractions for dedicated enthusiasts, CAMRA members and families too.

As well as a range of over 70 different ciders from producers across the length and breadth of the UK and beyond; there will be canal boat cruises, live music from some popular local turns, a magician and children’s entertainment. There’s free admission too, with 10% discount on Festival Ciders for CAMRA card-carrying members on the Friday. Saturday includes a hog roast and live entertainment too.

Contact details:

The Stubbing Wharf

King Street

Hebden Bridge

W. Yorkshire

HX7 6LU

Tel: 01422 844107

Email: info@stubbingwharf.com

www.stubbingwharf.com

30 June 2010

Bolton CAMRA Branch meeting   [Bolton CAMRA Branch Event]

8.15pm at The Spinning Mule, Nelson Square, Bolton. All welcome.

16 June 2010

Bolton Pubs Listing [Bolton CAMRA Branch Event]

Meeting to complie a list of pubs in Bolton and detailing the beers on sale.

8.15pm at The Spinning Mule, Nelson Square, Bolton. All welcome.

9 June 2010

Blackrod Pubs Survey  [Bolton CAMRA Branch Event]

7:45pm – Train from Bolton, or 7:12pm Bus 576

8:00pm – Barristers (Selection of ales)

8:45pm – Poachers (up to 8 ales)

Red Lion (check-out on way to…)

9:45pm – Ridgeway (3 ales?)

All welcome!

10:10pm & 11:10pm Train back to Bolton, or 10:29pm Bus 576 (last bus!)

28 – 31 May 2010

Beer Festival [NON-CAMRA Event]

HOUSE WITHOUT A NAME – 75-77 Lee Gate, Harwood, Bolton BL2 3ET

Featuring the following ales:

Newman’s Shifty Nibbler

Talbot Blonde

Solaris

Phoenix Hopsack

Lancaster Blonde

plus a mystery beer

26 May 2010

Bolton CAMRA Branch meeting   [Bolton CAMRA Branch Event]

8.15pm at The Spinning Mule, Nelson Square, Bolton

19 May 2010

May Is Mild Month – Horwich Pub Crawl   [Bolton CAMRA Branch Event]

Sampling Mild Ales in Horwich:

7.50pm 125 Bus from Moor Lane Bus Station

8.15pm The Crown

Holt’s Mild

8.45pm Original Bay Horse

Coach House Gunpowder Mild

9.30pm Bowling Green

Bank Top Mild

Return bus to Bolton 9.50pm or 10.20pm depending on your connection.

Details correct at time of publication, milds on offer are

at the discretion of the landlords.

13 – 16 May 2010

Beer Festival   [NON-CAMRA Event]

The Continental, South Meadow Lane, Preston.

The festival will have approximately 60 different ales on offer, 25 Ciders and Perrys plus a selection of bottled world beers. In addition there will be live music in the garden and a specialist food stall. For full details visit www.newcontinental.net. Entry is free.

12 May 2010

May Is Mild Month – Bolton Pub Crawl   [Bolton CAMRA Branch Event]

Sampling Mild Ales in Bolton town centre:

7.45pm Howcoft Inn (36 Pool Street)

Bank Top Mild

8.30pm Hen & Chickens (Opposite Post Office)

Tetley’s Dark Mild

3 B’s Stoker’s Slake

9.00pm Barristers (Bradshawgate)

Timothy Taylor

Bank Top

9.45pm Sweet Green Tavern (Crook Street)

Dunham Massey

Hopstar

Moorhouses

Details correct at time of publication, milds on offer are

at the discretion of the landlords.

6 – 16 May 2010

Beer Festival   [NON-CAMRA Event]

Hare and Hounds, 400 Bolton Road West, Holcombe Brook, Ramsbottom.

The Pub usually sells 10 to 12 different small brewery beers, and this normally increases to 25 – 30 at any one time when there is a beer festival on.

This festival will feature 150 beers from 100 breweries between the festival dates. The Pub is conveniently situated next to the bus stop on the 273 Bolton – Todmorden service which operates an hourly service during the day (the service does not run during the evenings – check transports sites for details).

The website for the Hare and Hounds can be found at   www.hareandhoundsbury.com

16 – 18 April 2010

Beer Festival  [NON-CAMRA Event]

Bradshaw Cricket Club, Bolton – ticket details to be confirmed, Click here for the Bradshaw CC website.

14 April 2010

Deane Pubs Survey and Pub of the Year Presentation [Bolton CAMRA Branch Event]

7:30-8:00pm Tavern on the Hill (Wigan Road) & Three Pigeons?

8:30pm Rumworth Beaumount

9:30pm King’s Head (Pub of the Year 2010 presentation at 10:00pm)

Others: Church Inn (Closed?) Willows Hotel? Queen Anne (Open?) Vulcan Inn? Stag’s Head?

All welcome!

If anyone wanting to do the survey with us, but might struggle with the initial timing, please contact Pete (07779 161128) to find where we’re up to on the night.

31 March 2010

Bolton CAMRA Branch meeting   [Bolton CAMRA Branch Event]

8.15pm at The Spinning Mule, Nelson Square, Bolton

29 March – 5 April 2010

National Cask Ale Week

Click here for the National Cask Ale Week Website

22 – 28 March 2010

The Middle Earth Beer Festival  [NON-CAMRA Event]

Aspinall Arms, Mitton, (Near Clitheroe) BB7 9PQ.

Over 60 Real Ales and Ciders many sourced from within or around The Ribble Valley. Others from all corners of the Kingdom.

Full details can be found on the Aspinall Arms website (click here).

20 March 2010

Preston Pub Crawl   [Bolton CAMRA Branch Event]

Meet at Bolton railway station 12:15 for train to Preston 12:33 – return ticket £8.50

(Please note that the station can be busy Saturdays; we will not be waiting!)

13:10 Black Horse, Friargate (CAMRA heritage listed)

13:45 Market Tavern, Market Street

14:30 Old Black Bull, Friargate

15:00 New Britannia, Heatley Street

15:30 Olde Dog & Partridge, Friargate

16:00 Bitter Suite, Fylde Road

17:00 Old Vic, Fishergate

Plenty of trains back to Bolton: 17:23, 17:47, 18:08, etc

All welcome!

(Contact Pete on 07779 161128)

22 February 2010

Week-Long Beer Festival  [NON-CAMRA Event]

The Robert Shaw in Westhoughton week commencing 22/02/10.

16 February 2010

‘Meet The Brewer’ Evening   [NON-CAMRA Event]

HOUSE WITHOUT A NAME – 75-77 Lee Gate, Harwood, Bolton BL2 3ET

Lancaster Brewery are running a Meet The Brewer night in the No Name on Tuesday 16th February

10 February 2010

Bolton CAMRA Branch meeting   [Bolton CAMRA Branch Event]

8.00pm at The Spinning Mule, Nelson Square, Bolton

NB – Voting for Good Beer Guide 2011 will take place at this meeting. Please note earlier start than usual at 8pm.

3 February 2010

Bolton CAMRA Pub Crawl:   Kearsley – Farnworth  –  South Town Centre   [Bolton CAMRA Branch Event]

Bus 8 at 19:05, or 19:35

Any Bus (System 1 Bus) day ticket £4.30; or Bus & Train (System 1) day ticket £5.30

Clockface (Kearsley) 19:30

Britannia (Farnworth) 20:15

Alma Inn (Bradshawgate) 21:00

Sweet Green Tavern 21:45

(Contact Pete on 07779 161128)

27 January 2010

Bolton CAMRA Branch meeting [Bolton CAMRA Branch Event]

8.15pm at The Spinning Mule, Nelson Square, Bolton

20-23 January 2010

National Winter Ales Festival   [CAMRA Festival]

Sheridan Suite, Manchester, M40 8EA

Wednesday – Evening; Thursday, Friday & Saturday – All day

Full details are available at National Winter Ales Festival website – CLICK HERE

16 January 2010

Bolton CAMRA Branch Salford Pub Crawl [Bolton CAMRA Branch Event]

Train £3.00 (Manchester return)

Crescent 14:00

New Oxford 15:00

King’s Arms 16:00

Black Lion 17:00

15 January 2010

Mini Beer Festival – ‘Battle of the Blondes’ [NON-CAMRA Event]

HOUSE WITHOUT A NAME – 75-77 Lee Gate, Harwood, Bolton BL2 3ET.

EVENT POSTPONED – NEW DATE TBA

6 January 2010

Bolton CAMRA branch New Year 2010 Pub Crawl – Kearsley – Farnworth  –  South Town Centre [Bolton CAMRA Branch Event]

ADVERSE WEATHER – PLEASE CHECK WITH PETE TO CONFIRM IF EVENT IS GOING AHEAD – 07779 161128

Bus 8 at 19:05, or 19:35

Any Bus (System 1 Bus) day ticket £4.30; or Bus & Train (System 1) day ticket £5.30

Clockface (Kearsley) 19:30

Britannia (Farnworth) 20:15

Alma Inn (Bradshawgate) 21:00

Sweet Green Tavern 21:45

16 December 2009

Bolton CAMRA Branch meeting [Bolton CAMRA Branch Event]

8.15pm at The Spinning Mule, Nelson Square, Bolton

9 December 2009

Branch Christmas Crawl – Egerton and Dunscar   [Bolton CAMRA Branch Event]

Bus 225 at 19:05, or 19:35 – [Any Bus (System 1 Bus) day ticket £4.30; or Bus & Train (System 1) day ticket £5.30]

Cross Guns (Egerton) 19:30;

(Walk 5 mins) Thomas Egerton 19:55;

(Walk 5 mins) Mason’s Arms 20:20;

(Walk 15 mins) Flag Inn 21:00;

(Walk 20 mins) Brewhouse (Ex. Cheetham Arms) 21:45

Buses back to Bolton: 563 at 22:19 & 23:19 (last bus!); 539 at 22:52.

*Severe weather alternative (if no public transport up to Egerton); town centre crawl, start Hen & Chicks 19:30 (Contact Pete on 07779 161128)

25 November 2009

Bolton CAMRA Branch meeting & AGM [Bolton CAMRA Branch Event]

8.15pm at The Spinning Mule, Nelson Square, Bolton

28 October – 15 November 2009

Beer Festival   [NON-CAMRA Event]

The Robert Shaw, 30-40 Market St, Westhoughton, Bolton – 01942 844110

Real Ale Festival celebrating 30th Anniversary of Wetherspoon’s – Up to 50 ales & ciders.

7 November 2009

Trans-Pennine Railway Pub Crawl – Dewsbury to Stalybridge

[Bolton CAMRA Branch Event]

Meet at Bolton railway station 10:15 for train to Manchester 10:35 – ticket £13.60

(Please note that the station can be busy Saturday mornings; we will not be waiting!)

Manchester Piccadilly train to Dewsbury 11:27 (usually platform 3/4) arriving at 12:06

(Possibility for lunch for those who wish to partake)

Train to Huddersfield 13:36

Train to Marsden 15:30 (Riverhead tap [5-10 minute walk], and/or Railway [next to train station])

Train to Stalybridge 16:43

There are a number of options for trains back to Bolton depending on how long you wish to stay in the Stalybridge Buffet Bar:

Trains to Manchester Piccadilly 18:18, 18:44, 19:01 & 19:44 (every hour thereafter)

Piccadilly to Bolton 18:46, 18:54, 19:16, 19:20, 19:46, 20:16, then approx every 30 minutes.

Trains to Manchester Victoria 18:01, 18:22, 19:01 & 20:01 (every hour thereafter)

Victoria to Bolton 18:33, 18:45, 19:00, 19:10, 19:28, 20:00, 20:22, then on the hour and 22 minutes past.

31 October 2009

HALLOWEEN PARTY [NON-CAMRA Event]

HOUSE WITHOUT A NAME – 75-77 Lee Gate, Harwood, Bolton BL2 3ET – 7.30pm till late.

30 October 2009

DRUNK IN TIME  [NON-CAMRA Event]

A public talk with occasional shouting…

Join University of Manchester historian James Sumner on a light-headed stagger through scientific understandings of alcohol since 1600, as Isaac Newton, Humphry Davy and others ponder the great questions: Is wine alcoholic?  Does rotting fish belong in beer?  And, what’s more harmful – microbes or thunder?

6 – 7 pm, Lass O’Gowrie, 36 Charles Street, Manchester M1 7DB Tickets: Free, no need to book.

29 October – 1 November 2009

BEER FESTIVAL  [NON-CAMRA Event]

Varsity, Churchgate, Bolton – £1.50 a pint for card-carrying CAMRA members

28 October 2009

Bolton CAMRA Branch meeting [Bolton CAMRA Branch Event]

8.15pm at The Spinning Mule, Nelson Square, Bolton

11 – 18 October 2009

Beer Festival   [NON-CAMRA Event]

The Robert Shaw, 30-40 Market St, Westhoughton, Bolton – 01942 844110

Moorhouses Beer Festival Sun 11th Oct to Sun 18th Oct Nine beers from the Burnley Brewery.

7 – 11 October 2009

Bolton Beer Festival   [NON-CAMRA Event]

Bolton Rugby Club, Avenue Street, off Chorley Old Road, Bolton BL1 3AW

Website: www.beer-festival.co.uk

10 October 2009

Greater Manchester CAMRA Regional Meeting

1.00 pm at The Swan, Bradshawgate, Bolton. Ales available at the adjoining Barristers Bar.

30 September 2009

Bolton CAMRA Branch meeting [Bolton CAMRA Branch Event]

8.15pm at The Spinning Mule, Nelson Square, Bolton.

25 – 27 September 2009

Edgworth Real Ale Festival   [NON-CAMRA Event]

The Festival will be raising funds for Bolton Mountain Rescue Team and Derian House Children’s Hospice. The 2009 Festival will have a theme, this year being “A War of the Roses” with the ales from Lancashire and Yorkshire going head to head for your enjoyment. We are hoping to have around 56 beers this year, across a full spectrum of tastes.

Opening Times

Friday 25th September 4.00pm to 11.00pm, Saturday 26th September 12noon to 11.00pm, Sunday 27th September 12 noon to 5.00pm

General Enquiries

john@eraf.org.uk

Website

edgworth-real-ale-festival.co.uk

11 – 13 September 2009

Beer Festival  [NON-CAMRA Event] – Dunscar Golf Club, Longworth Lane, Dunscar, Bolton

This year, Golf & Silver Medal Winning Beers from the 2009 Great British Beer Festival including Bank Top’s Silver Medal Winning Dark Mild Beer, and a never seen before beer from The East Coast Brewing Company.

ADMISSION: Friday and Saturday evening – £4, Saturday afternoon – £2, Sunday afternoon – £1. Tickets available from Bank Top Brewery – 01204 595800 and Dunscar Golf Club – 01204 303321

3 – 6 September 2009

Beer Festival    [NON-CAMRA Event]

The Swan & Barristers Bar – Please note, this event has been cancelled.

28 – 30 August 2009

Beer Festival    [NON-CAMRA Event]

The Nook Pub in Holmfirth, West Yorkshire, will be holding its 6th Annual Beer Festival. As usual there will be 40+ Real Ales, Ciders and Fruit Wines accompanied by live music. This year however,our much-awaited micro-brewery will be showcasing its first of many beers.

29-30 August 2009

Bolton Beer & Real Ale Festival    [NON-CAMRA Event]

Come along and sample a wide selection of beers, real ales and continental lagers. Entry is free and there will be entertainment from local acts plus a range of food available to buy. Drinks from £2-£3, food from £3-£7.  Holiday Inn Bolton Centre, Higher Bridge Street, Bolton BL1 2EW Time: 12 noon to 11pm

26 August 2009

Bolton CAMRA Branch meeting [Bolton CAMRA Branch Event]

8.15pm at The Spinning Mule, Nelson Square, Bolton.

Local Pub Week

HOUSE WITHOUT A NAME – 75-77 Lee Gate, Harwood, Bolton BL2 3ET

26th July – live music @ the no name with Ricky Palooka

27th July – quiz night run by Brashaw 35th Scout Group £1.00 to enter and £10.00 beer vouchers to be won

Sunday 2nd August – Live music @ the no name with Nick Jackson

Monday 3rd August – Quiz Night

Cask Ales available during Local Pub Week:  Morrissey Fox Blonde, Deuchars IPA, Tribute, Landlord, Golden Pippin and Holts Best Bitter

Local Pub Week

BARRISTERS BAR – 7 Bradshawgate, Bolton BL1 1HJ

Monday

Pub quiz & sing-a-long with resident pianist martin Taylor

starts 9PM till late

Tuesday

Open MIC night

bring your own instruments and join in

starts 9.30PM till late

Thursday

Live music

starting at 11pm till late

Friday & Saturday

Sing-A-Long with Martin Taylor

10pm till 2am

Sunday

Sing-A-Long with Martin Taylor

5pm – 8pm then  10.30pm – 1am

2 August 2009

PUB CRAWL – Breakfast and Town Centre Crawl [Local Branch Event]

Starting at 10.30 in the Spinning Mule, then a crawl around the town centre

1 August 2009

PUB CRAWL – ‘Horwich Hoot’  [Local Branch Event]

Crown 1pm

Original Bay Horse 2.00pm

Bowling Green 3.30pm

Blundell Arms 5.00pm

30 July 2009

PUB CRAWL [Local Branch Event]

Bob’s Smithy, 7.30pm

Hope & Anchor 8.30pm

Finishers Arms 10.00pm

29 July 2009

Bolton CAMRA Branch meeting [Local Branch Event]

8.15pm at The Spinning Mule, Nelson Square, Bolton.

24 June 2009

Bolton CAMRA Branch meeting [Local Branch Event]

8.15pm at The Spinning Mule, Nelson Square, Bolton.

20 & 21 June 2009

BEER FESTIVAL – Varsity, Churchgate, Bolton

Free half pint with every pint bought for CAMRA members

27 May 2009

Bolton CAMRA Branch meeting [Local Branch Event]

8.15pm at The Spinning Mule, Nelson Square, Bolton.

13 May 2009

MAY MILD CRAWL  [Local Branch Event]

Sampling the delights of mild this May. The evening commences at 8pm at the Howcroft, moving on to the Hen and Chickens at 9pm, Barristers at 9.45 and retiring to The Spinning Mule (Wetherspoons) at 10.30pm.

29 April 2009

Bolton CAMRA Branch meeting [Local Branch Event]

8.15pm at The Spinning Mule, Nelson Square, Bolton.

17-19 April 2009

BRADSHAW CRICKET CLUB BEER FESTIVAL [non-CAMRA event]

Approximately 16 beers will be available.

Admission fee: £4 all sessions including programme & glass except Sunday – Free admission (dependent upon beer remaining).

The Cricket Club will make a donation to motor-neurone disease – amount dependant upon profits.

Entertainment will be provided on Friday and Saturday night. Admission by advance ticket, available from the Cricket Club, Bank Top Brewery or by phone: Contact Mark Rigby – 07780 520694 (days) or Mark Gwilt -07742 739922 (evenings).

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