Our 2026 festival raised £30,000 for local good causes – another record breaking year! Thank you to everyone who came along.

We look forward to seeing you all on the 6th September 2027!

Our aim is to provide a quality choice of beers in a relaxed environment for the people of our village and our many visitors to enjoy. We are not just about the beer, we have amazing food from the Red Lion pub, Sam’s Thai is returning and traditional beer festival food from the Chop Shop. For those of you who have been before we hand pick amazing bands for the week.

As ever, the Festival is underpinned by a dedicated committee who work tirelessly throughout the year and continually throughout the week to ensure that everything is served to perfection. People who serve behind the bar VOLUNTEER their services to ensure that ALL proceeds from the Festival are donated to local good causes.

Our 2025 festival, our 25th, ran from Monday 1st till Saturday 6th September. We raised a massive total of £29,600, this takes the combined total across all of our 25 events to almost £160,000! Who would have thought that when the “Histon Summer Beer Festival” first took place in 1996 it would become so longstanding and successful! The original programme was a double side A4 sheet advertising just 24 real ales and 3 ciders! Now in 2026 we have 61 ales and 20 ciders.