Name: 14th Real Ale, Cider & Music Festival!
Start: 2025-10-16T18:00:00+01:00
End: 2025-10-19T19:00:00+01:00
Location: Spa Valley Railway - Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent

14TH REAL ALE, CIDER & MUSIC FESTIVAL - 16TH TO 19TH OCTOBER!
Back this October for its 14th year our festival promises to be a highlight of a beer and cider lovers calendar!
We’ve confirmed over 190 Real Ales from breweries across the UK, including the Isle of Wight, Orkney Isles, Wales, Devon, Essex and of course true to our roots, Kent, Sussex and Surrey.
At least 30 famous Kent Green Hop beers are booked to have their place on the racks accompanied by 14 Keg Beers.
If you love cider then we’ve boosted our offering to over 70 different ones for you to taste at this years event. From dry to sweet and fruity, we’re sure you’ll love this years selection.
Many of the brewers have promised specials for our event, including some keg beers being available in a cask as a one off, wooden barrel aged stouts and more infused ales you can’t buy in the supermarkets.
For years we’ve hosted an incredible selection of bands for our live music performances courtesy of TW Music Production. For 2025 this expands to include even more live entertainment across the railway!
The main stage at Tunbridge Wells West will be hosting great local bands from lunchtime each day until late evening. A full list of acts will be released shortly.
For the first time at our festival we’ll have live music at Groombridge and Eridge. Duos will be at Groombridge and singles at Eridge throughout the afternoon until early evening.
To keep hunger at bay we’ll have our food stalls at Tunbridge Wells with the Fullers Butcher BBQ, Khao Thai Food and Hollys Cakes. At Groombridge we’ll have a Pizza stand and at Eridge Reynolds Family Catering will be in a pop up on the station platform.
Of course linking all this together is our steam and diesel trains, complete with real ale and cider on board!
Train tickets are now available to purchase via our website, with discounts available at our ticket offices and the beer sales desk on the day, as in previous years, for CAMRA members.
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