The hottest tickets in town go on sale today! (Friday, August 20).

Seal your place at the brilliant Hitchin Beer and Cider Festival by booking your ticket from 10am this morning!

The all ticket event returns for the eighth time to Hitchin Rugby Club between September 23 and 25.

Our main Hitchin Nub News sponsor, Lyndhurst Financial Management Limited are pleased to announce that they will be sponsoring this event and are excited to be involved in another local event that can bring the community and surrounding areas together.

Use this exclusive link to get in early and let the organisers know you're a Hitchin Nub visitor here

Why all ticket? Well, the festival is usually in June when there's no rugby on. Eager to bring a festival back to Hitchin this year as soon as possible, the joint organisers, CAMRA North Hertfordshire, Hitchin Rugby Club and Hitchin Round Table, figured out how to run the festival in the rugby season and to maintain visitors' health and safety.

So, this year, it will somewhat smaller and be run as five sessions starting between Thursday (September 23) at 530pm and Saturday (September 25) at 530pm, with a cleaning session in between the Friday and Saturday afternoon and evening events.

However, as usual there'll be an exciting selection of Real Ale, Real Cider, 'KeyKeg' draft beer, international beers and some mead.

And there will be food provided by local vendors and the Rugby Club barbecue.

Details of the event and the final drinks list will be shared to ticket holders, on social media and via Hitchin Nub News.

Expect the tickets to sell fast, so check it out soon, as national CAMRA members and visitors are expected to flock there and take an early opportunity to attend a beer festival after none for more than a year.

Website northherts.camra.org.uk

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