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

Everyone's favourite, our heritage shuttle bus service to/from the festival, this year from/to Stand A at Wigan Bus Station and calling at the stops near the stations on Wallgate, every half an hour or so. Details: beerfestival.wigancamra.org.uk/festival-bus/ 8 sleeps to go #37thWBF2025

Excited to be back with you all. Bring your purses cos I have some lovely pieces waiting for new forever homes

We have the fabulous @breweryjewellery.bsky.social back at #37thWBF2025 Thursday 27th February - Saturday 1st March. Just 9 days to go, Oh yeah 😍

We have, of course, a great line up of ciders and perries too at #37thWBF2025, which you can view here: beerfestival.wigancamra.org.uk/2025/02/12/c... including 4 from Hecks Cider Farm, amongst them Kingston Black. Plenty to get stuck into. Only 11 days to wait 😍

Now announcing our craft and foreign beer line-up, and what a line-up ❤️ beerfestival.wigancamra.org.uk/2025/02/12/c... Subject to the odd change, all of these beers will be on over the 3 days: 27 Feb-1 Mar, but there will be 2 beers per tap, so the line-up will change from Thurs to Sat #37thWBF2025

What better thing to do on Valentine's Day than to share with you a cask beer list that you'll ❤️ beerfestival.wigancamra.org.uk/2025/02/12/r... Coming soon to a beer festival near you: 27th February - 1st March And we have all the breweries featured in emojis too 😁

16 days to go folks. All the details, well many ⏬ Cheers

We have Escape Brewery back as a sponsor of our little old beer festival this year and you will find their Citra Pale Eric Weisz and their new London Porter Taxi for Cole on our real ale bars. They sound very good. See you there: 27.02.25 - 01-03-25 #37thWBF2925

Just 18 days to go folks and we'll have three Problem Child Brewing beers on our real ale bars. Can't wait. Hopefully, you can't either. See you there Thursday 27th February - Saturday 1st March. #37thWBF2025

Last weekend we all squeezed behind the bar at the Swan & Railway Hotel Wigan for a beer festival launch photograph. Just 18 days to go folks 😀 #37thWBF2025 Excellent photography by www.nickfairhurstphotography.com

Blackedge Brewing Co Ltd will be back on our bars at #37thWBF2025 27th February - 1st March, and we are very excited about that. A fabulous brewery based in Horwich where you can find their Brewery Bar. They also have The Brewery Tap in Westhoughton.

Bank Top Brewery brew some wonderful ales and some of their best will be on our real ale bar at #37thWBF2025 27th February - 1st March. We are looking forward to seeing you there. Cheers 🍺

The Bent and Bongs Beer Bash starts tomorrow through to Saturday evening, at the Roller Rink just down the way in Atherton. They are big friends of ours and put on a great show. If you have been you'll know what we mean. If you haven't you should find out. Highly recommended

We are welcoming Village Jewellers as a main sponsor of the beer festival [Thursday 27th February - Saturday 1st March] for the first time this year, and they have a great offer on wedding rings at present, and offer a repairs service. See picture 3 for where to find them #37thWBF2025