Past

Festivals Past.....

The brainchild of a handful of members of the Brigg District Lions Club, the first Brigg Beer Festival was held in the Angel Hotel, Market Place, Brigg in 1990. Apart from the desire to spread the awareness of the wide variety of local and national brewers and their beers, the event was hopefully to prove to be successful in raising much needed funds for the Lions Club.

From shaky beginnings the message spread and further festivals were planned. It soon became clear that the Angel Hotel was not big enough for the amount of interest being shown so a move to the Corn Exchange to the rear of the town was found to be essential.

Unfortunately the Corn Exchange itself was not becoming a viable project for the town and was demolished - a new venue for the Beer Festival had to be found. The present location in an industrial unit on Atherton Way, Brigg was to be the ideal solution. Whilst the venue is within walking distance of the town centre, it also provides a large car park and facilities to develop the event further including the introduction of food and entertainment. Local folk bands are encouraged to join us and play live throughout the Festival.

By 1996 the Brigg Beer Festival had not only become an established annual event attracting many visitors from all over the country, but it had also become a key fundraising event for the Brigg Lions Club - all the profits from each Festival are distributed to those in need around the Brigg area.

The success of the Brigg Beer Festival has become well documented far and wide - as a direct result of our success has come the establishing of the Barton-upon-Humber Beer Festival in N.Lincolnshire. and the Keswick Beer Festival in Cumbria - both operated by the local Lions Clubs. We wish them both a happy future!!

Souvenir Glasses.....

Since it's inception the Brigg Beer Festival has produced a souvenir glass of the event annually, the logos used have ranged from the lions logo to historical monumments from around Brigg such as the Angel Hotel and the Buttercross. As time marches on, both a complete and an almost complete set, of these glasses will become valuable.

As far as is known the sale of a complete set has not as yet occured - if you know differently, please let us know!