The Ninth Annual Guildford Beer Festival, 2018

Commenting on the Eighth GBF which took place in June 2017, James Faulkner (Chairman of the GBF Organising Committee) said: “This was our most ambitious festival yet. We are delighted that despite being the largest ever, the event has kept its unique atmosphere, which so many people enjoy. It is fantastic the event keeps going from strength to strength. The feedback on social media and in person from those who attended has been universally positive.”

For the third year, the GBF had its own App. The App provided tasting notes on the different beers and enabled attendees to create their own personal list to try, and also to vote for the Beer of the Festival.

Live music was a hit

New to The Guildford Beer Festival in 2017 were audition nights, held to choose some of the local musical talent who performed during our three sessions in the Anderton’s Music Tent. This year’s winners were The Sheratones who were our headline act on Friday night. Headliners Tom Worrall and his band and Sun House kept the crowd entertained with fantastic live music on Saturday.