The 24th Chappel Beer Festival - Tuesday 7th - Saturday 11th September 2010 - This event is operated as a fundraising activity for EARM by CAMRA

24th Chappel Beer Festival

Tuesday 7th - Saturday 11th September 2010.

View the Latest Beer List - on the Essex Camra Website

Event Details

The Famous Chappel Beer Festival returns for the twenty-forth year at Chappel in September 2010, jointly organised by the East Anglian Railway Museum and our friends from the Campaign for Real Ale.

Over 400 beers will be available, with beers from small local breweries and rare beers not normally available in Essex
Real Ciders and Soft Drinks will also be available
Hot and Cold Food available.

This event is operated as a fundraising activity for EARM by CAMRA

Entertainment:

Morris Men on Saturday Afternoon.
Live Music on Saturday Evening by Cara Cleibh, see below for more information.

Friday Night Tickets
Tickets for the Friday Night Session (5:30-11pm) will be by prebooked tickets only. You can purchase tickets:
Online - via our Online Store.
On the Phone - call 01206 242524 between 10am and 4pm every day.
In Person - In the Reception at the Museum during opening hours.
If you do not have a prebooked ticket for the Friday Night Session you will not get in.

Included in the Admission Price:

- Admission to the Entire Site and all Bars
Please be aware that NO museum trains will operate during the Beer Festival and access to the Museum Exhibits will not be possible due to the way the beer festival is setup . Our Shop and the Visitor Reception Centre will be closed during the festival.

Opening Times:

Tuesday: 18:00 - 23:00
Wednesday: 11:00 - 23:00
Thursday: 11:00 - 23:00
Friday Daytime: 11:00 - 17:00 (Last Entry 16:00)
Friday Evening: 17:30 - 23:00 This Session is Entry via Prebook Ticket Only - No Ticket No Entry.
Saturday: 11:00 - 23:00

Admission Prices

Non EARM/CAMRA Members
Tuesday Evening: £3.00 + £2 (Refundable deposit for Glass).
Wednesday All Day and Evening: £3.00 + £2 (Refundable deposit for Glass).
Thursday until 17:00: £3.00 + £2 (Refundable deposit for Glass).
Thursday after 17:00: £5.00 + £2 (Refundable deposit for Glass).
Friday until 16:00: £3 + £2 (Refundable deposit for Glass).
Friday from 17:30: Prebooked Tickets Only - Tickets £8 (Includes £2 Glass Deposit).
Saturday All Day: £5 + £2 (Refundable deposit for Glass).
Buy Tickets Here for Friday Night

EARM / CAMRA (Including ECBU) Members
Free Admission throughout the festival, except for Friday Night, on production of their current membership card. Members who wish to attend on the Friday evening must purchase a ticket from the Museum in advance. On Friday Night Members get voucher for one free pint.

Late Night National Express East Anglia Trains

Why not leave the car at home and come to Chappel and Wakes Colne by Train?
The Festival is held at the Museum which is located on the Marks Tey to Sudbury Line - National Express East Anglia operate an hourly service, 7 days per week and for the Beer Festival additional late night trains will operate back to Sudbury, Marks Tey, Colchester and Ipswich (with Connections to Chelmsford and London).

Sudbury Line + Connections Timetable 2010 (will be posted when known)
Tuesday to Friday, Both Directions
Saturday, Both Directions

Please be aware that the additional bus services shown do not operate on the Tuesday evening, and you are advised to check the stopping patterns of connecting services with National Express East Anglia.

This year there is an additional service from Marks Tey to London which will connect with the last train from Chappel (2325) this will call (to set down only) at Kelvedon, Witham, Hatfield Peverel, Chelmsford, Ingatestone, Shenfield, Romford, Stratford and London Liverpool Street. This service will not run on the Saturday evening - the last service with a London bound connection on this day will be the 2300 from Chappel.

There will also be special buses operating to/from Marks Tey on certain nights, please see timetable for details.
Please purchase your train tickets from your local ticket office before you travel (or conductor if joining at an unstaffed station), use of the bus will be for those with valid rail tickets only.

For more details on the train service please see the National Express East Anglia website.

Pre-Booking

You MUST pre-book for the Friday Night or you will not get in. Details as above.
It is not possible or necessary to book for any other session, however if you are bringing a coach party, please visit the Essex Camra website for details of Express Check-in

Saturday Evening Live Music

Cara Cleibh (pronounced Cara Clave)
Fresh from their triumphant appearances at numerous Parties, Music days and Leek Festivals - Miss Veranne Doherty and her sprightly bunch of disreputable-looking Rock ’n Reelers will be pointing the nose of the luxury tour bus in the unfamiliar direction of Essex this September.
Expect a variety of surprisingly heart-warming songs on the eternally popular themes of love, loss, disaster, transportation, drinking and betrayal with a few hot Gypsies thrown in for good measure. Unusually for a ‘Traditional’ folk/rock band, their repertoire is a bit light on murder ballads and songs about riding out one May morning. However, if you like a selection of old Irish songs mixed with some contemporary offerings by the likes of Christy Moore, Van Morrison, The Waterboys, Saw Doctors, Steve Earle and Josh Ritter, then they may provide just the right accompaniment to the sampling of a pint (or six) of Hetherington’s ‘Old Combustible’, or similar.

Find out more on the Web Site at : http://www.myspace.com/caracleibh

The Museum will make every effort to run the event as advertised, however all events are subject to alteration should unforeseen circumstances occur, This event is operated as a fundraising activity for EARM by CAMRA