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N.B. These are the archived details for the 2008 festival. If you are looking for the current festival details ... this is not the place!!
Atherton and Tyldesley Round Table, in association with CAMRA, present the 19th Bent and Bongs Beer Bash, January 24 - January 26, 2008.
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| Dates and Times | | |
Opening times for the 2008 festival are:
| Thursday 24 January |
6pm - 11pm |
£4.00 |
| Friday 25 January |
5pm - 11pm |
£6.00 |
| Saturday 26 January |
12pm - 4pm
7pm - 11pm |
£4.00
£4.00 |
Admission includes programme and souvenir glass
CAMRA members receive a £1.00 discount on entry (proof of membership required)
We are again opening early for the Friday night session to try to reduce the queue times, however ...
The Friday session always fills up very quickly so please aim to arrive as early as possible to avoid having to queue
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The venue is the Formby Hall, Atherton. Click here for a map.
The closest railway station is Atherton, shown on the above map (top right corner). Walking time from the station to the Formby Hall is about 5 minutes, although the return trip can take much longer after a few pints. A good place to check the train times is at The Train Line.
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| Beers | | |
| Music and Entertainment | | |
All sessions will feature live entertainment.
The bands lined up for the 2008 event are:
| Thursday night |
Tipitina |
A bit of modern jazz seems a great way to kick-off the 2008 festival.
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| Friday night |
Juke Box Heros |
Pop-tastic, rock and pop band guaranteed not to stand in the way of the drinking.
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| Saturday afternoon |
Cracked Flag |
They came back for us in 2006, they were awesome in 2007 and we've got them again for 2008.
Check them out at the Cracked Flag website.
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| Saturday night |
Spider Monkeys |
The Spider Monkeys will again bring their extensive selection of blues-rock covers to keep the festival rocking right up until the clock runs out or the beer runs out. Get a sneak preview at the Spider Monkeys' website
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| Food and Festival Fodder | | |
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A wonderful selection of sausages, black puddings, home made pie and other fabulous festival fodder will be available at all sessions. The perfect partners for a few good pints.
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| New To The Festival - Getting Your First Pint | | |
As you enter the hall you will be given a festival programme and your souvenir glass. The glass will be your drinking vessel for the whole night (or afternoon) and is yours to keep when you finally head for home. Look after your glass. Treat it as your friend. Keep it out of harm's way. There are no spare glasses behind the bars so remember, no glass = no beer!
The festival runs on a token system. To buy beer you must first buy tokens. The tokens are then exchanged for beer, at face value.
When you first enter the hall the token desk will be on your right, past the lagers towards the front of the hall.
Once you have your tokens just head for the bar of your choice and start sampling the wonderful beers. Please do not try to pay with cash. Those nice people on the other side of the bar cannot accept it, have no way to give you any change and will just send you across to the token desk to buy tokens. Remember, no tokens = no beer!
The food stall is able to accept both cash and tokens.
The hall is organised into 3 bars. As you enter the hall and face the stage the bar to your right has the draught lagers, fruit beers and bottled beers. The token desk is next to the lagers closer to the front of the hall. The bar to your left is the smaller of the two real ale bars. The other real ale bar is in the seperate mini-hall off to your left. Festival fodder is at the front left, next to the stage.
The real ales are organised alphabetically (more or less) by brewery so when looking for the beer of your choice just follow the letters.
| Sponsor the Festival | | |
Full details of the sponsorship packages for the 2008 beer festival are available on the sponsor's page.
If you are coming with a group of friends why not consider a sponsorship package?
| Photography | | |
This year's photographers are Garry Rawlinson, Gary Heywood, Richard Moore and Steve Harrison. Huge thanks chaps for photographing the 2008 festival. Same time next year egh??
If you are an experienced photographer and are willing to donate a few hours to a good cause to photograph future festivals please get in touch. Ask not what your festival can do for you, but what you can do for your festival.
| Meet The Organisers (The Bent and Bongs Charitable Trust) | | |
The beer festival is organised by the Atherton and Tyldesley Round Table, a group of like minded lads who believe that it's possible to sink a few pints, have some good times and still do good deeds. Why not take a moment to get an idea of what the round table are about but taking a quick look at The Round Table Website.
| Keep Me Informed | | |
We operate our 'better than a bookmark' service to let you you know what is happenning in the world of Bent & Bongs and to keep you informed about future beer festivals. You can register for this service here simply by telling us your email address. If you worry about giving out your email address and receiving lots of spam mail in return then please do read about why this website exists and how it treats your privacy.
Why do we call it 'better than a bookmark'? Well, let's face it, how many sites that you have bookmarked do you routinely check back with for changes? A couple of emails a year make a nice reminder to what is going on in the world of Bent & Bongs.
In case you're a beer festival fanatic, or just plain curious, the 2007 details are here for comparison.
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