47th Bedford Beer & Cider Festival
Bedford Corn Exchange
St Paul's Square
BEDFORD
MK40 1SL

Wednesday 1 to Saturday 4 October 2025
Open: Wed 4-11, Thu-Fri 12-11, Sat 12-10.
Admission charge: non-members £5, CAMRA members £2 at all times.

A limited number of advance tickets are available to purchase from 1st August. For both CAMRA members and non-members there is a discounted multi-day admission ticket. For non-members there's also a single-day group festival pass for six people including admission, a festival glass and beer tokens for non-members. For more information and to purchase, click advance tickets.

Family Area. Supervised children under age 18 will be admitted at no extra charge to a family area in the Howard Room upstairs on Saturday only until 5pm. Unaccompanied under-18s will not be admitted at any time. Proof of age may be required.

Payment at the bars. All bars will accept payment with beer tokens, while some may also accept direct payment by credit/debit card. Beer tokens may be purchased at the festival glasses stand or festival office with cash or credit/debit card. A refund of the unused value remaining on a beer token may be obtained at the glasses stand or festival office. Please consider donating your unused beer tokens to the festival's charity by placing them in the marked buckets.

Festival Glasses. The bars will serve your beverage in your festival glass which can be obtained for a deposit at the festival glasses stand. If you do not want to keep your glass, your deposit will be refunded when you return your glass. Both pint (lined at 1, 1/2 and 1/3 pint) and half pint glasses (lined at 1/2 & 1/3 pint) will be available. The new 2025 (47th) festival glass is the half pint glass, while the pint glass is from the 46th festival in October 2024. You may bring your own glass from another festival but, it must be oversized and clearly show the legal CE lines for 1/3, 1/2 or 1 pint measurements. Festival staff reserve the right to serve only in approved glasses.

Entertainment. There will be live music each evening of the festival.
Wed 1 Oct.: Bedford Ukelele
Thu 2 Oct.: Acoustopaea
Fri 3 Oct.: Who Stung Sting
Sat 4 Oct.: Skimmington Ride.

A festival poster and flyer are now available to promote the event. Click BBCF47 flyer to download the A5 size.

We are grateful to Gallagher Developments for generously sponsoring the festival for a second year.
We are now inviting individuals or businesses to take advertising space in our festival programme, to sponsor cask ends or to display banners. Click BBCF47 sponsorship&advertising for the advertising options with costs and other details.

Further details to follow including the beer, cider and wine lists. Watch this space!