FOLIO TITLE GOES HERE www.ludlowspringfestival.co.uk 1 FOLIO TITLE GOES HERE CONTENTS Brewery, Bar & and OPENING TIMES: CELEBRATING Friday: 5pm - 9pm Visitor Centre Saturday: 10am - 9pm CONTENTS Sunday: 10am - 5pm Festival Guide: 4-6 TEN YEARS!!! A quick guide to the festival 12th - 13th May Inside Ludlow Castle PRICES ON THE DOOR: Festival Pub: 7-9 Spring Festival PROUD TO SUPPORT Adults £9 What’s in the Festival Pub including our music line up Opening Times: Can you believe it’s 10 years since the Children (aged 5-13) £2 Under 5’s Free The Beers: 9-19 Friday 11th Ludlow Spring Festival started? All the beers in our Festival Pub 10am - 6pm Family (2 adults & A simple idea, to stage a prestigious national finals; up to 4 children Beer Map: 10 Saturday 12th glorious weekend of food, so, it’s all to play for! aged 5-13) £15 This year we have drink and automobile heaven 10am - 5pm BRINGING YOU We’ll have all the prize- mapped the beers! - a decade later and we Two day tickets winning beers and more for Sunday 13th know you love this fixture you. Saturday and Sunday Adults £11 Talks & Tipples: 20 11am - 5pm CLASSIC DISHES & in the Festival calendar. means food and vehicles Children £4 Our talks area for 2018 It’s also a really important galore too. Grab a seat in Weekend Family £23 Masterclass: 21 CLASSIC CARS event for local brewers too the Talks and Tipples tent, Cocktail expert Phillip Jeffrey DAILY BREWERY TOURS – it’s the official venue for eat and shop the tastiest Friday: Meet the Brewer DURING THE FESTIVAL - the Wales and West regional food on the planet and Adults only. 5pm - 9pm £5 Kids Stuff: 22 SEE FESTIVAL WEBSITE 2 QUALITY SQUARE, LUDLOW, heats of the SIBA Independent chat to classic car owners SHROPSHIRE, SY8 1AR Our Kids activities FOR BOOKING DETAILS Beer Awards. Judging takes about their pride and joy. CHEAPER TICKETS ONLINE: and a chance to win www. TEL. 01584 879450 place behind closed doors We guarantee you’ll want Tickets are cheaper if a Ludlow Hamper before the Festival opens to to drive at least one of the theludlow you buy them in advance BOOK ONLINE AT the public and the winners cars home! Happy birthday brewingcompany Find us 50 metres from our website. Cars: 23-26 .co.uk north of Ludlow www.pizzaten.co.uk go on to compete at the Ludlow Spring Festival! Automotive perfection Railway Station (off Station Drive) LUNCH 12-2:30PM Don’t forget this year’s Food Festival is 7th - 9th September. Make sure you put the date in your diary and book tickets early at Exhibitors: 27-31 DINNER FROM 6PM the Festival website www.foodfestival.co.uk. Contact us at: Ludlow Marches Food and Drink Festival, Unit 12, The Business Quarter, Over 60 Producers Eco Park Road, Ludlow, Shropshire, SY8 1FD. Email: [email protected]. Programme by Pebble PR and The Visual Works. 2 In The Castle & The Town 12th - 13th May www.ludlowspringfestival.co.uk 3 FESTIVAL GUIDE FESTIVAL GUIDE your time to browse over 150 fine examples of motoring heritage and learn how their owners have lovingly Kids restored these vehicles. Activites This year Land Rover is GATE B celebrating 70 years of FE Cocktail FP the Defender and we’ll Masterclasses be joined by members of FE Entrance to the Marches Leafers with inner bailey FP Inner some classic examples of Bailey Grow the original off-roader. Cook Learn FE Talks & Tipples From British charcuterie Music to biodynamic wines, ‘hot Bridge Stage right now’ vermouth and Talks & Festival Pub Outer delicious cheeses, our ‘Talks Tipples ESSENTIAL GUIDE TO THE FESTIVAL Bailey Beer Tokens Hot Food and Tipples’ programme is FP Barbers There’s so much to see inside the castle & around town! bursting with great flavours Stalls Hot Food and speakers. See page 20 FE Here’s our round-up of all things Ludlow Spring Festival. Tills Castle Gardens for the full programme. FP of live music. Cheers! FE SIBA Real Ale Gorgeous Bodywork ES Kids Activities P.A. and Live Music Beer not your thing? Then The Outer Bailey is also the Covered Seating Trailer If you’re bringing little ones, Dog The very heart of the event: how about wine, spirit place to see an impressive FE then we have fun activities Creche the ‘Festival Pub’ marquee. based cocktails, cider display of classic and vintage GATE A Hot Food especially for them. This Here you can get your and perry from the very vehicles, some dating back year Grow Cook Learn will bearings, buy your beer best local producers, and to the early years of the last be combining science and Entrance tokens, grab a pint or glass of course delicious soft century. Gleaming bodywork, GATE C food in a really fun way to of wine and plan your day. drinks and mocktails. exceptional engines and answer questions such as: ‘do The Festival Pub is also enthusiastic owners will be breakfast cereals have real the venue for our line-up the order of the day. Take 4 In The Castle & The Town 12th - 13th May www.ludlowspringfestival.co.uk 5 FESTIVAL GUIDE THE FESTIVAL PUB iron in them?’ There will be see the exhibitors section of There are also plenty of great cooking classes from Outside the programme or website. independent traders around the Box, and Asmodee UK will Ludlow, you’ll be amazed by be bringing their amazing what you find. You could selection of family games. Around Town even win a gift hamper if These activities are all free, Enjoy a leisurely meander you pick up the ‘Only in and there’s no need to book through Ludlow with our Ludlow’ Loyalty Card. See in advance... food-based trails - could page 22 for more details. there be a better way to spend an hour or two? Food Glorious Food! You loved the Pie Trail Enjoying yourself can be last year, so it’s back on thirsty work and you’ll Saturday while the oh-so need some food to go with popular Pudding Trail serves your chosen beverage. up all your sweet dreams JOIN EXPERT BEER WRITER Experts in Beer & Beards Rest assured there will on Sunday. Buy tickets be plenty of hot and cold online or visit the Festival food available to eat at Information Point outside Taste the ‘Official’ Best Independent Craft Beers the Festival from Street the castle on the weekend. in the region first with our Friday night session Food to gourmet burgers. SUSANNA There are also Brewery 5pm to 9pm, only at the Ludlow Spring Festival. We’ll also have more than 60 Tours at Ludlow Brewery CELEBRATE handpicked food producers throughout the weekend, Judging for the SIBA Wales Acclaimed beer writer And don’t miss Ludlow exhibiting, so you can take and a Produce Market and West heats of the Best Susanna Forbes of Imbibe barbers Buck & Bear - they home the very best food on the market square FORBES Beer Awards takes place in Magazine, the ultimate guide produced in Ludlow and keep true to the roots of a on Sunday. a closed session throughout across the Welsh Marches. to drinks, will be talking early traditional barber shop, but ON FRIDAY NIGHT the day with expert judges Stock up on fabulous rare bird beer-lovers through a TEN tasting around 200 cask and with a modern twist. Come breed meats, cheeses, tasting of the champion beers 130 small pack (bottled and and join Scott and his team homemade cakes, honey, TO TASTE THE on Friday evening between 5 canned) beers, before the for a fun weekend of clean preserves and a whole lot YEARS and 7pm, before the Festival doors are swung open to the more. To see a full list of WINNING BEERS cuts and close shaves. public for an exclusive tasting kicks in to full swing on exhibitors and plan your visit, OF SPRING of the newly crowned winners! Saturday and Sunday. 6 FESTIVAL! www.ludlowspringfestival.co.uk 7 THE FESTIVAL PUB - LIVE MUSIC THE BEER 2.45 - 3.45pm THE FRIDAY Bluzebox SUNDAY 7 - 9pm It’s Rhythm and Blues, 11.30 - 1.00pm THE GREAT FESTIVAL BEER LISTINGS... Hot Climate Rock ‘n Roll and Boogie hour. Anthony Doyle Walking into the Festival Pub is an All beer must be purchased Friday night means it’s 4.15 - 5.15pm 1.30 - 2.30pm with tokens to speed up SOUND time to party with Hot awe-inspiring sight with row upon row Cantaloop service. Beer tokens are Climate. Expect a lively Saint Loe BUY BEER £1.75 each, making ALL of blend of pop, funk, soul, Midlands-based Funk Soul of shiny barrels. Whether you prefer Original melodic indie the draught beer in the R&B, disco and reggae. group that has already a porter, an interesting IPA or a bold performed across Europe and covers tent £1.75 1/2 pint and £3.50 a pint TRACK at such well-known festivals 3.00 - 4.30pm British bitter, we have them all. TOKENS! as Glastonbury and the SATURDAY Montreaux Jazz Festival. Trevor Burton Band Use this handy guide Speciality Light Beers Session IPA <4.3% British Dark Beers 4.5-6.4% TO YOUR A true British icon from and get to know the Light in colour and containing Prominent hop characteristics, Embraces the following 11 - 12.45pm 5.45 - 6.45pm 60’s band The Move, different styles of ale on ingredient at a level intended to and many will feature high levels styles: Dark Mild, Stout, Anthony Doyle Arcadia Roots Steve Gibbons Band offer before you arrive.