East Malling Beer and Cider Festival - Saturday 5th September 11am to 6.30pm

70+ Real Ales & 35+ Ciders & Perries. Live music + hot & cold food vendors. Free hourly shuttle bus from Maidstone East Station, West Malling Station and Aylesford Station.

Can you help at the festival? This is the biggest CAMRA beer festival in the area and help is always needed for a variety of jobs throughout the day. If you re able to spare any time, please contact the staffing officer at ku.gro.armac.kmm@gniffats.fcbme, it’s a great way to get involved and ensure the festival will run for many years to come.

CAMRA Bar at the Faversham Hop Festival - Saturday 5th & Sunday 6th September

CAMRA bar, run by Canterbury Branch and Swale Branch, is a street bar during the colourful, free entry Faversham Hop Festival. The festival features food and drink, stalls, music and camping - see https://www.favershamhopfestival.org/ for details. The bar has cask beers from 7 Kentish brewers, and cask cider from 2 Kentish cider producers. Open from 10am to 5.30pm on both days. The bar is usually on East Street, ME13 8AF.

Gadds’ (Ramsgate Brewery) - Green Hop Day 19th September 12pm – 5pm

Celebrating the 2026 Kent Hop harvest. Ceremonial tapping of the cask (12:30). Music from Gaddzukes (2pm-4pm). Food serving all afternoon.

Pysons Road Industrial Estate, 4 Hornet Close, Broadstairs. CT10 2YD.

St Margaret’s Green Hop Beer Festival (Rainham) – 2nd & 3rd October

Friday 2nd – 4pm – 11pm. Saturday 3rd – 12pm – 11pm. 24 Cask Ales (mostly green hop) + Kent Ciders & Kent Wines. BBQ, Hog Roast & Live music. Tickets are £15 which includes a festival pint glass, beer menu and your first pint. See https://rainhamchurch.co.uk/events-2/arts/ for full details.

Gadds’ (Ramsgate Brewery) - Green Hop Beer Festival 10th October 12pm – 5pm

Guest Green Hop ales from Kent’s finest breweries. Live music & on-site food vendor.

For information on the festivals in the county, visit the Kent CAMRA website - https://kent.camra.org.uk/ and go to the Social & Festival Diary tab.