Festival Description

The Bent and Bongs Charitable Trust, in association with CAMRA, present the 24th Bent and Bongs Beer Bash, January 31 - February 2, 2013.


Dates and Times

Opening times for the 2013 festival are expected to be:

Thursday 31 January 6pm - 11pm £tbc
Friday 1 February 5pm - 11pm £tbc
Saturday 2 February 12pm - 4pm
7pm - 11pm
£tbc
£tbc


Venue

The venue is the Formby Hall, Atherton. Click here for a map.

The closest railway station is Atherton, shown on the above map (top right corner). Walking time from the station to the Formby Hall is around 5 - 10 minutes, although the return trip can take much longer after a few pints. A good place to check the train times is at The Train Line.


Sponsor the Festival

We expect to have a variety of sponsorship packages available again for 2013. If you want us to get in touch as soon as we have the details, drop us a note to sponsors@bentnbongs.com and we will keep you informed.

Merchandise

Current merchandise available:

Any items of festival related merchandise we have available will be listed here on eBay

We currently have a few 2012 polo shirts available that are not listed on eBay. If you want one, drop us an email and we will sort it out for you.

We also have a handful of the 2011 staff shirts. These are the hard-to-come-by shirts worn by the festival staff. They are usually allocated only to staff members volunteering at the festival and are not usually on sale to the general public. If you would like one, drop us an email and we'll set one up for you.

Photography

Dave Green, Edwin Matthews and Steve Harrison pulled out all the (f) stops for 2012, so we're trying to get them back again for 2013. What say chaps???

If you are an experienced photographer and are willing to donate a few hours to a good cause to photograph future festivals please get in touch. Ask not what your festival can do for you, but what you can do for your festival.


Keep Me Informed

We operate our 'better than a bookmark' service to let you you know what is happenning in the world of Bent & Bongs and to keep you informed about future beer festivals. You can register for this service here simply by telling us your email address. If you worry about giving out your email address and receiving lots of spam mail in return then please do read about why this website exists and how it treats your privacy.

Why do we call it 'better than a bookmark'? Well, let's face it, how many sites that you have bookmarked do you routinely check back with for changes? A couple of emails a year make a nice reminder to what is going on in the world of Bent & Bongs.

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For fanatics, regulars and perhaps those just a little bit strange the 2012 beer festival details are here for comparison.

 

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