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What is the entrance fee?

Entrance to the event on the day costs

  • Adult Weekend  £20.00
  • Adult Friday £15.00
  • Adult Saturday £15.00
  • Under 18’s FREE

Those wishing to consume alcohol, need to purchase a Burghfest 2024 branded polycarbonate glass, bring a Burghfest glass from a previous year,  or rent a Santa Recycles glass for use for the day.

Glass rental and alcoholic drinks are purchased with £2.50 tokens. 1/2 pint of cask ale costs 1 token, a glass of wine costs 2 tokens. See Price List for full details.

Advance Tickets  available now.
Save £5 on admission plus the option to buy 12 drink tokens for the price of 10!

On-sale now at TICKETSOURCE1

1Booking fee applies

Terms and Conditions

  • Only alcohol purchased on the premises can be consumed at Burghfest.
  • Drinking alcohol on the premises requires an age verified ID band, obtained from the ticket desk in exchange for a ticket. 
  • Under 18s will be issued with a wristband, identifying their restricted access. It is strongly recommended that children under 15 are supervised by an adult, and that parents/guardians write emergency contact information on the wrist band.
  • The Management reserves the right to refuse entry to anyone, at any time
  • Burghfest is a Drugs-free zone.  Any form of drug use will result in ejection and barring from the Premises
  • As Burghfest is a Licensed Premise, if the Management request you leave, it is a criminal offence not to do so
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How much do drinks cost?

Those wishing to consume alcohol, need to purchase a Burghfest 2024 branded polycarbonate glass, bring a Burghfest glass from a previous year,  or rent a Santa Recycles glass for use for the day.

Glass rental and alcoholic drinks are purchased using tokens. Cash is not accepted at the bars.

Tokens cost £2.50 each and are available from the ticket desk.

Drinks pricing is:

Santa Recycles Glass Rental Per day 1 token
Glass can be swapped for a different type at no charge
Cask Ale 1/2 Pint 1 token
Craft Beer 1/3 Pint 1 token
Lager 1/2 Pint 1 token
Cider 1/2 Pint 1 token
Wine 175ml1 2 tokens
Carafe 10 tokens
Carafe Re-fill 7 tokens
Prosecco 125ml 2 tokens
175ml 3 tokens
Bottle 10 tokens
Aperol Spritz 3 tokens
Pimms & Lemonade 1/2 pint 2  tokens
3pt Jug 10 tokens
Gin & Tonic 25ml 2 tokens
50ml 3 tokens
Soft Drinks 330ml 1 token

1 125ml available at the same price

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Can you bring your own alcohol?

No alcohol is to be brought on to the site.

Due to licensing laws, it will be taken from you or you will be asked to leave the site. We have bars and catering throughout the festival site where over 18’s can purchase alcohol.

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Subject to Change?

The festival programme is subject to change without notice. The organisers accept no responsibility if, for example, an act fails to attend or a particular beer or cider is not available.

If the event has to be canceled, all monies paid for advance tickets and beer tokens will be fully refunded by our ticketing partner, Ticket Source.

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Murdochs Crazy Eye

Friday 21:00 – 23:00

Best party covers

facebook.com/MCEmusic

No introduction required, Dom (lead singer) dominates the stage with the most amazing performance you will ever see. A huge amount of love for these highly energetic and talented guys at Burghfest, they get better every time.

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Squint

Friday 18:35 – 19:20

Young, bright and full of life

Young, bright and a ton of talent. An exciting new local band destined for bigger things as they hit the stage for the first time with us to open for us at Burghfest

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The Small Strings

Saturday Bar Stage

Uke

thesmallstrings.com

The Small Strings is a band comprising numerous ukulele players, a rhythm section of bass and cajon, and a number of vocalists. The band, led by Dave Stewart, meets weekly in Reading, learning new playing skills, fine-tuning its repertoire, and, most of all, having a ton of fun.

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Burghfest 2023

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Burghfest 2023 featured:

  • Over 50 Cask Ales and Craft Beers from 20+ local brewers including our very own Burghfield Santa’s Peel-y Good Brew brewed in collaboration with Reading Amateur Brewers and Elusive Brewing.
  • A selection of still and fizzy Cider from our local cider producers
  • A gin bar, featuring the award-winning Blowing Stone range from local distiller, Hawkridge.
  • Top-quality range of Wine and Prosecco as well as Pimms
  • An exciting program of Live Music from local acts including Burghfest favourites Murdoch’s Crazy Eyes and Dirtbag.

and rasied £24,000   for Thames Valley Air Ambulance and other local good causes.

Want to know more?  Download our Event Report

Thanks for your support

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Burghfest 2022

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Burghfest 2022 featured:

  • Cask Ale and Craft Beer from 20+ local brewers including our very own Burghfield Santa’s Reinbeer of the Mohicans brewed in collaboration with Reading Amateur Brewers and Elusive Brewing.
  • A selection of still and fizzy Cider from our local cider producers
  • A gin bar, featuring the award-winning Blowing Stone range from local distiller, Hawkridge.
  • Top-quality range of Wine and Prosecco as well as Pimms
  • An exciting program ofLive Music from local acts including Burghfest favourites Murdoch’s Crazy Eyes and Indie Generation.

and  rasied £11,000   for Thames Valley Air Ambulance.

Thanks for your support

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Wine & Gin

Burghfest will feature award-winning gins from local distiller, Hawkridge, and a top-quality range of Wine and Prosecco.

Our drinks list will be published below once the final selections have been made.

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Red, White & Rose wine and Prosecco.
Gin and your choice of tonic
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Wine & Gin

Burghfest will feature award-winning gins from local distiller, Hawkridge, and a top-quality range of Wine and Prosecco.

Our drinks list will be published below once the final selections have been made.

WineGinBeers
Red, White & Rose wine and Prosecco.
Gin and your choice of tonic
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Beers

The Burghfield Santas have spent the last few months tasting a wide range of beers and ciders from all our amazing local brewers and cider makers to select the very best for Burghfest. It was hard work but somebody had to do it!

Our drinks list will be published below once the final selections have been made.

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Real Ale from the cask
Craft Beer served chilled
Still and fizzy Real Cider
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Beers

The Burghfield Santas have spent the last few months tasting a wide range of beers and ciders from all our amazing local brewers and cider makers to select the very best for Burghfest. It was hard work but somebody had to do it!

Our drinks list will be published below once the final selections have been made.

CaskCraftCiderWine&Gin
Real Ale from the cask
Craft Beer served chilled
Still and fizzy Real Cider
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Beers

The Burghfield Santas have spent the last few months tasting a wide range of beers and ciders from all our amazing local brewers and cider makers to select the very best for Burghfest. It was hard work but somebody had to do it!

Our drinks list will be published below once the final selections have been made.

CaskCraftCiderWine&Gin
Real Ale from the cask
Craft Beer served chilled
Still and fizzy Real Cider
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Burghfest 2021

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Burghfest 2021 featured:

  • Cask ale and Craft beer from 20+ local brewers including our very own Burghfield Santa’s – Summer Reinbeer brewed in collaboration with Elusive Brewing.
  • A selection of still and fizzy  cider from our local cider producers
  • A gin bar featuring the award-winning Blowing Stone range from local distiller, Hawkridge.
  • Top-quality range of Wine & Prosecco as well as Pimms
  • An exciting program of Live Music from local acts including Burghfest favourites Murdoch’s Crazy Eyes and Indie Generation.

and  rasied £10,000   for Thames Valley Air Ambulance.

Thanks for your support

Beer Award Winners

As voted by you on Untappd.

Beer of Festival

Burghfield Santa’s – Summer Reinbeer
IPA
Brewed by us in collaboration with our friends at Elusive Brewing!

Best Cask Ale

Siren Craft – Lumina
Session IPA
Usually only available in keg or can this was awesome in cask.

Best Craft Beer

Double-Barrelled – Hello Simcoe
Pale Ale
Amazing craft beer from Phantom Brewing Co on their first appearance at Burghfest.

Congratulations to all the award winners.

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Burghfest 2018 Beer & Cider Awards

 

Best Bitter or Amber  & Beer of the Festival

New Wharf – Santa Brews
Specially brewed for Burghfest. 
We drank 6 cask of this. Now we need to persuade New Wharf to brew it again!

Best Pale Ale or IPA

New Wharf – Tea with Erin
American Ale infused with Earl Grey Tea
The first beer we sold out of this year.

Best Dark Beer

Elusive – Shadow of the Beast
An unusual black IPA 
An IPA and a stout in one. Awesome!

Best Cider or Perry

Crazy Dave’s – Berkshire Rebel
At 7.3% it’s not for the faint hearted!
People kept coming back for more until they couldn’t.

Congratulations to all the award winners.

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Burghfest 2017

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Last years event was awesome. Over 3,000 people came along and consumed:

and enjoyed Live Music from some awesome local bands.

Most importantly £20,000 was raised for Thames Valley Air Ambulance.

Festival Awards

Beer of Festival

New Wharf Voyage
Brand new beer from our newest local brewery

Best Pale Ale or IPA

Loddon Forbury Lion
An IPA as an IPA should be

Best Bitter

Little London Pryde
A best bitter full of spicy hop notes

Best Mild or Stout

West Berkshire Maggs Magnificent Mild
CAMRA Beer of Britain 2017 Silver Medal

Best Cider or Perry

Tutts Clump Traditional Farmhouse
A crisp refreshing Eastern Counties style Cider

Congratulations to all the award winners.

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Burghfield Santas

The Burghfield Santas are a group of local residents that create fun events for the residents of Burghfield and the surrounding area to raise money for Thames Valley Air Ambulance and other local charities.

It all started with Santa Cruise 19 years ago when a group of mates went out for a few drinks after making and wrapping many presents. We wore our red suits and raised a little money for the Thames Valley Air Ambulance.

We did this again and again many times and somewhere along the way we realised that charity fundraising is not just for Christmas but Easter too. The Bunny Hop was born, closely followed by Burghfest which satisfied our need for good music, good company & good local beer.

The next challenge was to return racing to the historical home of the Auclum Hill Climb, so in 2017 we launched the annual Box Kart Bash.

2018,  saw the launch of  The Bulging Sack, our very own Pop Up Pub. This came to its own in 2020 when due to the coronavirus our major events were canceled.  It opened Friday and Saturday evenings in the summer and raised almost £10,000 for Thames Valley Air Ambulance as well as providing a chance for the community to get together.

In 2023 we raised £41,654 for Thames Valley Air Ambulance and over £10,000 for other local groups and charities through our Do Your Bit scheme.

 

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Sponsor

Sponsoring Burghfest is a great way to show that you support the local RG7 community and Thames Valley Air Ambulance.

We are expecting 2,000 visitors so take advantage of this opportunity now.

Sponsorship opportunities start from as little as £100 and include:

    • Sponsoring a beer or cider barrel
    • Display your advertising banner or flag
    • Exclusive: Sponsorship of the Beer Bar
    • Exclusive: Sponsoring the Craft Beer and Cider Bar
    • Exclusive: Sponsoring the Lager Bar
    • Exclusive: Sponsorship of the Prosecco  Bar
    • Exclusive: Your logo on Volunteer Vests
    • Exclusive: Your logo on Burghfest Beer or Wine Glasses RESERVED
    • Exclusive: Headline Stage Sponsor
    • Band Sponsor
    • Exclusive: Sponsorship of the Ticket Desk and festival wrist bands RESERVED

All sponsors get discounted admission tickets, receive a framed certificate, and appear on our event web-sites allowing you to publicise your involvement.

For more details download our Sponsorship Guide or contact us at admin@burghfieldsantas.org.uk.