Branch Diary

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For more information on any of these events please contact our socials team by emailing socials@shantscamra.org.uk.

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New for 2024 is a group of real ale socials.
Two of them are in regular venues, The Hour Glass, New Milton, and the Park Inn, Shirley, the other tours around Dorset, Hampshire and Wiltshire.
The planned itinerary for the year is on this poster:
Real Ale socials list
Full details for each event will be below. (Don's Spot only when in our branch area).

November 2024

Fri 1st – Sat 2nd Woolston Beer Festival 2024
Woolston Beer Festival, Pear Tree Church Hall, Peartree Road, Southampton, SO19 2HA
Woolston Beer Festival returns for 2024 on the 1st and 2nd November. This year's festival features 4 open sessions:

Friday 1st November 11:30-16:30
Friday 1st November 18:00-22:30
Saturday 2nd November 11:30-16:30
Saturday 2nd November 18:00-22:30

With up to 30 Cask Ales, Ciders, Craft Beer and range of Bottled/Canned Beers. This year food will be provided by the popular Piecaramba.

Entertainment at the sessions are:
Friday afternoon will be a 'quiet' session
Friday evening will feature Jon Walsh's Blues Dogs
Saturday afternoon will be a 'quiet' sessions with a quiz
Saturday evening will feature Drew Hall & The Star Shaped Pegs.

Tickets are on sale at £7.00 each and includes a commemorative glass and program.
Tickets can be purchased cash only from:
Bottle and Stoat, Bedford Place, Southampton
Olaf's Tun Craft Ale Bar, Portsmouth Road, Woolston
The Park Inn, Carlisle Road, Shirley

Or online (no booking fees) at
https://tckty.camra.org.uk/e/290/woolston-beer-festival-2024

For more information, please visit the festival website at https://woolstonbeerfestival.camra.org.uk/
 Contact Kevin Wooton for more information. Phone: 07708 698318.
Tue 12th
8:00pm
November Branch Meeting
Bookshop Alehouse, 21 Portswood Road, Southampton, SO17 2ES
Join us for our November Branch meeting, 8pm at The Bookshop Alehouse, Portswood.
Find out what is happening in your branch area, sharing the latest brewery news, pub updates, beer festival information, latest campaigns and beer scores, all while enjoying a pint with like-minded members.
We always welcome all CAMRA members, new or old, and look forward to seeing you
 Contact Kevin Wooton for more information. Phone: 07708 698318.
Thu 21st
12:00 noon
Park Inn Thursday
Park Inn, 37 Carlisle Road, Southampton, SO16 4FN
Join us again for our monthly get together and enjoy a beer with some of our friends and CAMRA members from New Milton, Dorchester, Salisbury and Basingstoke. Everyone welcome whether a CAMRA member or not, you just need to enjoy good beer and good company.
 Contact Norman Clinnick for more information. Phone: 07974 837868.

December 2024

Sat 7th
3:00pm
Branch Christmas Social / Bedford Place Walkabout
Belgium & Blues, 184 Above Bar Street, Southampton, SO14 7DW
Another Branch Meeting / Social amalgamation!

I'm going try it again... as discussed at previous branch meetings, our branch Christmas social will be held around the 'Bedford Place Area', with visits to venues such as The Cricketers Arms, Raven & Bine, Bottle & Stoat and Beards & Boards - with the option to continue up towards The Guide Dog and Bookshop Alehouse too!

As its Christmas, this social will be held on Saturday 7th December, the first venue will be Belgium and Blues at 3pm where a branch meeting will be conducted before heading up the road.

Same rules, EVERYBODY is welcome! I'll be getting onto our neighbouring branches too. See you there!
 Contact Owen Jackson for more information. Phone: 07568 488876.

 
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