Without Problem Child Brewing, would it even be Wigan Beer Festival? Doing great things at their brewpub in Parbold, easily accessible by train from Wigan and well worth a visit, we are again very grateful for their sponsorship and there will be a selection of their beers on our bars. #2026WBF

Thank you to our very own Wigan Brewhouse for once again being a main sponsor of our beer festival. They are brewing fine ales and it is just over three weeks to go now until the festival: 5th-7th March 2026. We hope you can join us. #2026WBF

It's great to welcome back @moorhousesbrew.bsky.social as a main sponsor of our 38th beer festival. They are rooted in the north west and brew some very popular beers, not least White Witch. It's less than 4 weeks to go now and you will find a couple of their beers on our bars. See you soon #2026WBF

It is superb to have Wily Fox Brewery back as a main sponsor again, and if you haven't been to their brewery taproom at Kellet Close yet, why not? We will have at least two of their beers on at the 38th Wigan Beer Festival, 5th-7th March. We hope you can join us. It's not long away now 🎉 #2026WBF

We also have the wonderful @blackedgebeers.bsky.social from Horwich back at the beer festival this year, and they are sponsoring our new 38th Wigan Beer Festival glasses. So, of course, you will be able to sample some of their wonderful beers with us, Thursday 5th-7th March. Is it a date? #2026WBF

We have the legendary Bank Top Brewery back with us at the 38th WBF from 5-7 March. We don't know which beers as yet but it's likely to be at least one of the two in photo 2. In relation to the one on the left, have you noticed the registration plates of the vans in photo 4. We love it. #2026WBF

We are delighted to have Rivington Brew Co back as a main sponsor and you will find 4 of their beers on our bars, three on our craft beer bar and one on our cask beer bar. Four more wonderful reasons to come to Wigan Beer Festival 5-7th March 2026. See you there. #2026WBF

No doubt "big" beer festivals are getting harder to run, whatever the model. But we're still lucky to have several medium size ones - ourselves, @wiganbeerfest.bsky.social , @skbeerfestival.bsky.social, Farm Trip included & some notable small ones like @salfordbeerfest.bsky.social and Indie Baum.

We are delighted that @thornbridge.bsky.social is one of our main sponsors and that we will have a St Petersburg style Imperial Stout at 7.4% brewed on their Union kit and Venn, a 4.2% Blonde on cask, and an 8.4% DIPA called Ouroboros on keg. It will be worth turning up just for those! #2026WBF

Why would you not sponsor a beer at WBF2026 (Thurs 5th-Sat 2026)? For £46 you get 4 special sponsors session tickets (from 4pm on 5/3) with £40 of beer tokens, 4 tickets for the Friday and/or Saturday and 4 free goes on our pub games (combined value £60 - last year's tickets shown as examples), 1/2

We have one main sponsorship left. If you would like your name / company name on the Wristbands that all attending have to wear, please email [email protected]. It's only £275 and you also get 6 sponsor session tickets, £60 beer tokens, 6 other sessions tickets, a banner plus 🍻

Happy New Year and best wishes for the whole of 2026 to you all. We hope it's full of highlights, including this one. Cheers 🍻

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Just sayin' 😉

6 months to go folks We are now nearer the next one than the last one 🎉🎉🍺

Last night after our wash up meeting, we presented our Brewed in Wigan Pale Beer of the Festival award to Becca and Jonny of Wigan Brewhouse for their beer Red Light Spells Danger, and it was on fine form at their brewery tap. Well worth visiting 😍

For those of you who love our vintage festival bus service, there is another vintage bus and beer event on the near horizon, and it is a great day out. Highly recommended. Get the train to Burscough or Parbold and join in.

We found a D-Day commemoration pin badge at the beer festival. If it's yours we can arrange to return it. Thanks

Well, that was the 37th Wigan Beer Festival that was. Thank you to everyone who came, to everyone who wanted to be there but couldn't, to all our staff, every one a volunteer, to our sponsors and the venue, our stallholders and entertainers. We look forward to seeing you all next year. #37thWBF2025

We love having @wihospice.bsky.social volunteers at our beer festival and hopefully our customers have raised a lot of money for the hospice which does wonderful work. It is our pleasure Chris

Looking great this afternoon, and this was just after most of the Latics fans had left. Thank you everyone and hope everyone is having a great time. #37thWBF2025

Smoked Flanders Brown 'Maria' from Torrside at @wiganbeerfest.bsky.social. Because you would, wouldn't you?

It has been remiss of us not to mention to date that we have Just the Cheese back with us, so if you like cheese and biscuits with your beer, cider or gin you know where to go, and you take some home with you too. Lovely #37thWBF2925

Have a great day Keith, and everyone else who is joining him

Don't forget. It's free entry for season ticket holders for the Tics and the Warriors today

We had a great day yesterday. Thank you everyone who was there. We go again at 11.30am today. Are you ready 😍? #37thWBF2025

#37thWBF2025 Award Winners We are delighted to announce that our Brewed in Wigan Dark Beer of the Festival is Darth Vegas by Problem Child Brewing, and our Brewed in Wigan Pale Beer of the Festival is Red Light Spells Danger by Wigan Brewhouse

I am @wiganbeerfest.bsky.social on the BU brewed 1838 from @thornbridge.bsky.social It is superb

And don't forget the Wigan Transport Trust heritage bus service to/from the festival: beerfestival.wigancamra.org.uk/2025/02/14/f... Donations very welcome #37thWBF2025

Great beer, great cider, great gin, great food beerfestival.wigancamra.org.uk #37thWBF2025

A selection of photographs from yesterday evening, on his phone, after a few beers, by www.nickfairhurstphotographer.com Thanks Nick #37thWBF2025

This is Andy in his cider kingdom, where we have some of the country's finest ciders available. Details here: beerfestival.wigancamra.org.uk/2025/02/12/c... #37thWBF2025

A few of today's photos @wiganbeerfest.bsky.social #37thWBF2025 #WiganBeerFestival #RealAle 🍺 #BeerResearch 📝 #casķ 🍺 #cheerstobeers 🍻 #CAMRGB 🍺 #CosAlien👽 #camra 🇬🇧 #GoToThePub👍#SupportOurPubs 🤗

@wiganbeerfest.bsky.social I am in you.

We open at 5.30pm this evening. Thursday evening is always a lovely relaxed session. Do come and join us. #37thWBF2025

We have 3 beers on from Problem Child Brewing and what fine beers they are. Miss Chief is a very cloudy IPA with 60 litres of strawberry puree in the brew. Darth Vegas is a very drinkable slightly sweet stout and Big Girls Blouse is an old floral favourite. All highly recommended. #37thWBF2025

Life choices 😁

Apologies for the website shenanigans over the bus timetable, which remains an issue, but the bus service does start today in time for opening at 5.30pm, from Stand A at the bus station and from outside North Western beerfestival.wigancamra.org.uk/2025/02/14/f... Donations very welcome. #37thWBF2025

I'll be one of the volunteers serving folk beers this afternoon & tomorrow afternoon @wiganbeerfest.bsky.social 😎 why not come on down and say hi 😉 #37thWBF2025 #WiganBeerFestival #RealAle 🍺 #BeerResearch 📝 #casķ 🍺 #cheerstobeers 🍻 #CAMRGB 🍺 #CosAlien👽 #camra 🇬🇧 #GoToThePub👍#SupportOurPubs 🤗

Our other food offer is between the cask beer and cider bars, with their selection on their blackboard. Madri is definitely not available, but we do have some very fine lagers on our craft and foreign beer bar, full list here: beerfestival.wigancamra.org.uk/2025/02/12/c... Sorted. 😁 #37thWBF2025

We (you) are again supporting the excellent work of @WL_Hospice with the donation of unspent amounts on your beer tokens, and anything else you can spare. If we can exceed the £1,500 that you donated last year that will be brilliant. See you very soon #37thWBF2025

Well, these beauties have been tucked up well and have had a good night's rest and will continue to do so until ready to serve from tomorrow afternoon for judging and then tomorrow evening for all you lovely people, and when we say beauties, have you seen our cask beer list? #37thWBF2025

Food, of course we do, with the best Dutch street food around from Lekker Eat Dutch. Two sleeps to go folks #37thWBF2025

We're on site. Construction time begins. Two sleeps to go #37thWBF2025

We have Ents, of course we do. Live on stage from 8.30 pm on Friday is IndieFly Function Band. On Saturday we have Kiki Music Collective from 1pm and Coverbox Music from 5pm. Foot tapping is compulsory. Dancing just might happen 😍. See you there🍺 #37thWBF2925

Calling all season tickets of our two home clubs. Next Saturday 1st March it is free entry to season ticket holders. And with the Tics kicking off at home at 3pm, and the Warriors playing later at 9.30pm, what better way to wet the whistle. We can't wait 😍 #37thWBF2025 Robin Park Leisure Centre

Our bus timetable is now bang up to date. Don't forget, Stand A at the actual bus station, which is right down the bottom end.

And, erm, we know we've already shared the craft and foreign beer list, but if you loved those emojis, here are some more 😋

A message for those who haven't been to Wigan Beer Festival for a while. It's a treat. Shall we see you Thursday 27th February - Saturday 1st March? #37thWBF2025