8th Harwich & Dovercourt Bay Winter Ale Festival 2009
At the Kingsway Hall, Dovercourt
Wednesday 2nd December 19.00 to 23.00 (preview evening)
Thursday 3rd December 11.00 to 23.00
Friday 4th December 11.00 to 23.00 (live music in the evening)
Saturday 5th December 11.00 to 23.00 (live music in the evening)
57 different real ales, cider and bottled continental beers
Find out more about our theme this year - the 70th anniversary of the Kindertransports
Kindertransport on Wikipedia
Retracing a Life-saving Journey on the BBC website
The Winton Train steams through Manningtree Station en route to London Liverpool Street Station from Harwich (picture by John Lucas).
In 1939 the child refugees had their first meal on English soil at the Warners Holiday Camp at Dovercourt.
Bring a little light into your life in the run-up to Christmas this year with a visit to the our small but perfectly-formed beer festival!
We pride ourselves on our adventurous beer list so if you're new to beer festivals you'll find our helpful and knowledgeable staff are only too keen to guide you and if you've been before you'll find the setup quite familiar but with the promise of finding something you've never tried before!
The emphasis is on dark and seasonal brews but we don't skimp on those refreshing golden brews either - in fact we've already ordered some hard-to-find favourites!
HOT OFF THE PRESS .. Grab a Beer List!
Staffing
The festival is staffed by CAMRA volunteers and the Staffing Officer this year is Paul Mellor - click here to send Paul an e-mail.
If you would like to volunteer to work at the festival here is our staffing form - you'll also need to study the Festival Safety Policy and the CAMRA Volunteers Handbook.
Information for Travellers
The festival is located in the Kingsway Hall in Dovercourt Town Centre. The venue is a large, Victorian Church which dominates the town's skyline. Bus passengers on the 103 and 104 services from Colchester should alight in the Town Centre and walk up Kingsway towards the sea front. Rail passengers should alight at Dovercourt station which is one stop before Harwich Town on the line from Manningtree. There are currently hourly direct services from London Liverpool Street.
Resources
Click here to find the venue on Streetmap.
Click here to get a train timetable from National Express East Anglia.
Live on Friday evening, the festival simply wouldn't be the same without the Onion Band!
Live on Saturday evening we have local favourites Buckshee
Can you help spread the word? Please print some flyers and put them on your noticeboard!
Choice of A5 or A4.
After another frantic few weeks our beer list is available for download!
Last Year's Festival
Last year's festival page is available here.
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