Tickets Selling Fast for Weymouth’s October Beer Festival

[CAMRA] autumn beer festival in under three weeks time, on Friday 4 and Saturday 5 October- where 4752 pints of real ale from 66 different South West breweries will be on sale- plus around 15 casks of cider and perry. CAMRA nationally is celebrating reaching 150,000 members, the most successful consumer organisation in Europe.

“The Saturday lunch session is the best seller at the moment, with less than 100 tickets left across all outlets,” says CAMRA West Dorset Chairman Dave Harris. “Friday Lunch’s session is selling much more quickly this year and both evening sessions are selling well, with Friday evening looking likely to sell out first.”

There are two sessions each day, 11am to 3pm and 6pm to 11pm on Friday and Saturday 4 & 5 October. Tickets cost £5 for Friday & Saturday evening, £4 for Saturday lunchtime and £3 for Friday lunchtime. They are being sold by West Dorset CAMRA online at www.camrawdorset.org.uk/Octoberfest.htm or from The Boot & The Globe pubs in Weymouth, the Royal Portland Arms & The George Inn on Portland and the Blue Raddle at Dorchester. In addition, Weymouth Pavilion 01305 783225 has a supply, as has CAMRA West Dorset Chairman Dave Harris at 01305 772286.

The popular venue at the Weymouth Pavilion Ocean Room had been in doubt earlier this year, with Weymouth & Portland Borough Council closing the Pavilion complex. “We are delighted that the new tenants have reopened the building- there’s no doubt the Ocean Room was always our first choice of venue and we’re overjoyed to be back,” comments CAMRA Spokesman Michel Hooper-Immins. “It will be our third October beer festival at the Ocean Room and CAMRA members…