2nd CAMRA Spring Equinox Festival Horsham Drill Hall, 28th-29th March

Following the highly successful first event last March, we would love to see you at the second CAMRA North Sussex Spring Equinox Beer & Cider Festival. This year’s date has been moved back a week, due to hall availability and to avoid a clash with the Sussex CAMRA Branches Beer & Cider Festival, Brighton. The venue is the Drill Hall, Denne Road, Horsham, RH12 1JF, in the town centre about a twenty walk from the station. There will be over fifty beers, with a healthy mix of winter and spring ales available. All six of our excellent branch-area brewers will be featured, plus other local favourites and some gems from further afield. There will also be a great selection of local cider and perry.

Sessions are Saturday 12noon-4pm and 6-10pm; Sunday

12noon-4pm. Tickets are £6 Saturday, £5 Sunday, and include a souvenir glass, plus a free pint for card-carrying CAMRA members. A £1 donation will be made by the branch to a local charity for any returned souvenir glasses, along with the value of any donated surplus tokens. Hot and cold baguettes and snacks will be available at all sessions. The acoustic music scene in Horsham is particularly strong, and was a real feature of the first event. We will again be providing an excellent line up for the Saturday evening and Sunday afternoon sessions.

Tickets go on sale at the start of January, available from Beer Essentials, the Malt Shovel, and Kings Brewhouse, all in Horsham. Postal applications (cheques payable to CAMRA North Sussex) to The Treasurer, 19 Felbridge Avenue, Crawley, West Sussex, RH10 7BD. More info, including a beer list in due course, at camra.equinox@gmail.com; twitter@camraequinox; www.northsussexcamra.org.uk.