We look forward to seeing you all again next year: 24-29 May 2027, Jesus Green, Cambridge.

As the last of the equipment leaves the site, we particularly thank those volunteers who have spent the past six days taking down the festival site and packing it away safely.

Good news for #CaskAle! 37,000 attendance @cambeerfest.bsky.social, official figures. Well done @cambridgecamra.bsky.social & to all the volunteers & the brewers. And for raising so much for chosen charity @samaritans.bsky.social beyond expectations.

Highlights from this year's festival: how much you raised for charity, your favourite drinks, and just how much cheese and pickle you ate! www.cambridgebeerfestival.com/2026/05/25/h...

You did it! Thank you to everyone who was able to donate their glass to Cambridge @samaritans.bsky.social when they left the festival. With your support, they exceeded their target of 5,000 glasses by a whopping 1,804 and you also donated in other ways during the festival. You are the best!

Please consider donating your glass to Cambridge @samaritans.bsky.social, this year's charity partner, before you leave the festival. Hand it to one of their volunteers around the site, and your £4 will support them💚to keep taking 1,000s calls from people in distress each year.

Cambridge has a fantastic selection of pubs to visit when the festival's not open including the Cambridge CAMRA award winning The Royal Standard on Mill Road and The Maypole on Portugal Place, near to Jesus Green. More info on our website: tinyurl.com/3kfe686h #cbf2026

121 beers, 17 ciders, and international beer, still remaining!

If you're at the festival with young children, we have a dedicated family tent with games and toys, located to the right of the entrance marquee. You can take festival glasses in, as long as they are the plastic ones. There is also a baby-changing cubicle near to the family tent #cbf2026

Music for your ears! Playing at 1pm and 2.15pm today - located to the right of the main entrance marquee - the fantastic CSD Brass! Their 25 musicians are busy tuning up - ready to play you a great selection of well-known classics, popular tunes and film themes #cbf2026 🎶

There are still over 100 beers left for you to try, including blondes and goldens, as we head into the final day of this year's festival. There's also the International Bar, lots of cider, perries and meads available, as well as low and no-alcohol drinks. Enjoy! #cbf2026

Let's help Cambridge @samaritans.bsky.social, our charity partner this year, smash their target of 5,000 donated glasses during the festival. Give your glass to one of their volunteers when you leave: your £4 will support them to keep taking 1,000s calls from people in distress each year 💚

Heading to the festival this evening? We have a huge variety of beers for you to try. How about Lord Conrad's Cambridge Pale, London Brewing's Beer Street, Milton Brewery's Orion or Artifact's Alfresco Pale Ale? Note: the bars have 2 decks of barrels, so don't forget to look down as well as up!

Thanks to @undo-io.bsky.social for sponsoring this year's volunteer T-shirts. Undo, the time travel debugging company for Linux, helps coding agents solve problems on complex codebases. You can buy this year's bear-themed T-shirt in different colours from the stand in the food marquee #cbf2026

Visiting the festival today and don’t know your bitter from your mild? Or if you would prefer an IPA (Indian Pale Ale) or a stout? Then let us guide you🙂, with our handy introduction to some of the different styles of beer we have at this year’s festival: tinyurl.com/34jkm6hn cbf2026

Cambridge @samaritans.bsky.social is this year's official festival charity. In 2026 their local volunteers answered over 28,000 calls for help. Donate your glass when you leave, and your support 💚will help keep them listening 📞#cbf2026

It's day 4 of #cbf2026 here on Jesus Green, where the festival site is buzzing this beautiful Thursday evening! We wish you a fantastic evening, and thanks♥️to all our volunteers, working tirelessly front-of-house and behind the scenes to bring you an amazing festival experience.

Remember to stay hydrated if you are visiting the festival this week. There are drinking water taps located outside the event space and the low/no-alcohol beer bars. They are indicated on our site plan: tinyurl.com/j28hpctp. Caffe Mobile also has soft drinks available.

Check out this year's top tier ciders! At the festival on Wednesday, judges chose the winners of the Cambridge Cider Competition (preliminaries) and the East Anglia Perry Competition (finals). Winners: tinyurl.com/3xndsdup Try from 80+ ciders (winners sold out) and all the winning perries!

Churros Bar is new to this year's festival, perfect if you fancy something sweet: churrosbar.co.uk. Churros Bar was born in 2014 and serves authentic Spanish churros. Their churros are also 100% vegan. #cbf2026

Highlighting our amazing sponsor @gearset.com, whose moniker you may have seen on festival themed glasses and beer mats this year! There's also a Gearset inspired beer called Beerset, specially brewed in collaboration with Cambridge based Milton Brewery, you can try while you're here.

It's official: you can try out the best beers in Britain at this year's festival! On Tuesday we hosted the prestigious Champion Beer of Britain competition finals. Find out more and download the full list of winners: tinyurl.com/yvx4m67y #cbf2026 @camraofficial.bsky.social

The best beers in Britain – it’s official! - Cambridge Beer Festival

Try the newly crowned best beers in Britain at this year’s festival.

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The sun is shining on Jesus Green, where the festival gates have just opened for this evening's session. Festival goers flocked to the site earlier today and the weather was well behaved for the duration! Entry is £5 this evening - closing time 10pm - last orders 9.40pm #cbf2026

Cambridge @samaritans.bsky.social are this year's charity partner. Support their vital work by donating your festival glass instead of getting your deposit back. One donated glass, worth £4, will help Cambridge Samaritans answer two calls for help. Visit their stand to find out more. #cbf2026

Happening now at #cfb2026 on the Learning & Discovery Bar! Drop by to explore the wonderful world of cider, including tastings. Located immediately right, as you enter the main marquee from the food marquee.

Head over to Grain Brewery in our main marquee to try a brand new, Belgian-style ale called Strangers’ Blonde, making its debut at this year's festival. Brewed in Norwich, and inspired by Belgian and British brewing traditions. History and tasting notes: tinyurl.com/yvxa5ejf

Strangers’ Blonde debuts at Cambridge Beer Festival - Cambridge Beer Festival

A brand new Anglo-Belgian collaboration.

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Attending the festival and what to know more about the mysteries of beer?! Then head over to the Learning & Discovery bar, which makes a popular return this year. Drop by to explore what's in your glass in a fun, relaxed way. Find it on the right hand side of the beer marquee.

In case you hadn't noticed, this year’s festival theme is dedicated to all things bear! But did you know that some of our featured breweries have crafted some specially named beers for the festival inspired by bears? Playing Bear Beer Bingo: tinyurl.com/4e64y3s6 will help you find and try them!

Introducing Bear Beer Bingo: tinyurl.com/4e64y3s6! A handy crib sheet you can use to locate this year's specially crafted, festival themed beers as you go round the marquee. But with over 200 beers to go through, can you spot any we may have missed?

Bear Beer Bingo: a fun way to explore our beer! - Cambridge Beer Festival

Try out some of this year’s festival themed beers.

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While you're at #cbf2026💚 look out for our friendly Cambridge Samaritans volunteers around the site. Donating your glass to this year's charity partner raises £4 for Cambridge Samaritans and helps to fund their important work. Visit them on their stand in the food marquee for info on what they do.