The Hemel Old Town Beer Festival 2025 will be held across the weekend of Friday 18th, Saturday 19th and Sunday 20th of July. Our Friday and Saturday sessions will open midday-22:30, and our Sunday session will be midday-18:00. Tickets on sale now!
Hemel Old Town Beer Festival is an exciting event based at the historic St. Mary’s Church, situated in the heart of Hemel Hempstead Old Town.
The grounds of St. Mary’s enjoy vista views of Gadebridge Park, with the church itself offering a unique venue as the town’s oldest building – gilded in history and heritage.
With over thirty quality beers and ciders on offer, attendees of Hemel Old Town Beer Festival are treated to artisan drinks from local producers and national stars from further afield. Beers and ciders are complimented by live music and a sumptuous street food offering.
The Hemel Old Town Beer Festival 2025 will be held across the weekend of Friday 18th, Saturday 19th and Sunday 20th of July. Our Friday and Saturday sessions will open midday-22:30, and our Sunday session will be midday-18:00.
Both our Friday (18/7) and Saturday (19/7) are adult only events, as such admittance will be granted to those over-18 only. Our Sunday session is ‘Family Day’, with anyone under-18 welcome and admitted free-of-charge.
2024 REPORT (published sept ’24)
We’ve been reminiscing on the many great memories made at Hemel Old Town Beer Festival 2024.
It was incredible to see the Hemel community come together over the weekend, with over one-thousand guests welcomed at the stunning St Marys Church.
Reminiscing is not the only thing we’ve kept busy with, as numbers have been crunched for our fundraising efforts.
Festival goers, we are thrilled to announce that you have raised £8,613 for our not-for-profit causes!!
YOUR IMPACT
As generated by you, the event surplus will help to promote and protect St. Mary’s Church. Grade-I listed and dating back to 1140, Hemel Hempstead’s oldest building is still central to life in the historic Old Town. Markets, art galleries and bike shows are among events welcomed to the church and its leafy grounds, with external support for nearby charities fulfilled by Reverend John and the clergy at St. Mary’s.
Surplus funds stand to benefit another time-honoured pillar of British community, the local pub. Through funds raised for the Campaign for Real Ale (Europe’s largest consumer group), CAMRA champions community pubs and brewers, preserving the nation’s unique culture of cask-conditioned ale.
HOW THIS WAS ACHIEVED
This surplus is close to ten-fold that of the first Hemel Old Town Beer Festival in 2023. As margins at the bar saw no change this year, this growth can be attributed wholly to public support (footfall quadrupled that of our inaugural event!) and assistance from our amazing volunteers and sponsors.
ONE FOR THE ROAD
There is nothing more satisfying than affecting real and positive change. We hope to share the effects of our surplus as they happen – broadcasting the positivity that you have helped create through our social media and Tapler magazine channels.
Thanks again to our volunteers + sponsors and a special thank you to our food vendors and live music acts (as curated by Hemel Hempstead Old Town Market).
A final big thanks to you our guests; for yet another enjoyable and fruitful year at the Hemel Old Town Beer Festival.