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26th, 27th and 28th October 2007 More Trains - More Beer - More Food - More Space Even Bigger and Better than ever before!
Photos - Colin May & Joel Rowbottom Webpage Updated 14th October. Most recent updates are highlighted in blue. The fifth annual Beer & Music Festival will be held on the above dates. Improved for 2007:
There will be real ale bars conveyed on trains during the Friday, Saturday and Sunday (after 11am). The Oxenhope Exhibition Centre will be transformed into the huge carpeted and heated Festival Bar, and live music will be performed at selected times throughout the festival. In addition Morris and folk dance sides will be travelling around the railway (Saturday and Sunday Afternoon), and there will be acoustic music on the train on Sunday. Steam and Diesel Trains will run during all opening times (see below), and a series of connecting bus services will also operate.
Festival Opening Times Friday 26th October - 1100 to 2300 Saturday 27th October - 1100 to 2300 Sunday 28th October - 1100 to 1800 In Addition to the main Festival Bar at Oxenhope, the 'Old Spot Brewery' will be running a bar at Keighley Station, serving a wide selection of their locally brewed beers. This will be open (approximately) 1200 to 2200 Friday & Saturday and 1200 to 1700 Sunday. For full details of train times and fares see below. Performers in Oxenhope Exhibition Shed
Friday Afternoon – 5pm - 7pm – Herr Jens Oompah Band Based in Haworth, this local 10 piece band plays in the German oompah style. Friday Evening – from 8pm – Martin Sharpes Mighty Seven 7 piece traditional New Orleans Jazz Band. The band started in the early eighties playing mainly private birthday parties,weddings, and advertising events in Yorkshire and Lancashire. Over this 25 year period Martyn Sharp, leader and trumpet, has played lengthy stints in the Silver Bell band in Preston, Malcolm Webb’s band in Bingley, and Dave Brennan’s Heritage Parade band in Rotherham, also Les Moore’s French Quarter band. Most of their tunes are 50 to 100 years old... their repertoire runs to over 800 tunes. They have been active in the Yorkshire/Lancashire area for over 25 years, and have appeared twice on Radio Lancashire Saturday Afternoon – 3pm until 7pm – Bluekings & The Welsh T BandThe Bluekings are a five piece blues combo who have played together for over 10 years. Although individual influences may vary, they are blues lovers rock solid in their appreciation of a genre that is without doubt popular music's most vital and emotional genre. The Welsh T Band have regular invitations to blues clubs up and down the country, support slots with Dr Feelgood and superb German touring band Bad Penny and are annual darlings of Colne's Great British Rhythm and Blues Festival...and experience like that you just can't beat. It's made a band that is supremely at home in their natural habitat. Saturday Evening – from 8pm – ‘Dr Busker and the Dorset Rats’Dr. Busker continues Victorian Pub Pianist tradition with his wide repertoire of songs to suit all tastes, accompanied with great skill on piano-forte and squeezebox. His act will include post-watershed material as the evening progresses. Not Suitable for Children or those of a sensitive disposition! Saturday Evening - at Keighley Station - Neil Wilde Piano showman with a touch of Jools Holland - playing a mixture of original songs and good old favourites, Boogie Woogie style. This is the first time we have had a Saturday evening performance at Keighley Station, and with regular steam heated trains conveying bar facilities and the 'Old Spot Brewery Bar' at Keighley, this is sure to be an enjoyable alternative to the busy Oxenhope. Sunday Afternoon – mid afternoon – "The Worth Rail Stompers" - The First Rehersal !A Band which has not yet been christened! Playing in a Jazz Style, musical Railway volunteers and friends come together to form a 6 peice band.
The Beer List The most recent list of real-ales and bottled beers which will be available at the event is available to donwload in pdf format here. This may be updated nearer the event as things change. Not all these beers will be in the festival bar, and beers will be split between the on-train, Festival and 'Old Spot' bars. Festival Food A wide selection of hot food will be available from a special food outlet at Oxenhope. Situated away from the main festival bar, this venue will provide a selection of hot burgers, jacket potatoes, chips and other tasty bites. The station buffets will also be available at both Oxenhope and Keighley, serving their usual selection of sandwiches, pasties and drinks. Beer GlassesWe can sell you a Worth Valley souvenir festival glass (£1.50 half pint, £2.50 pint non-refundable); you can hire an ordinary glass (£1 fully refundable on return of undamaged glass); you can bring your own government stamped glass from another beer festival; or we can serve you in plastic. Beer TokensThe festival bar will deal in tokens, one token per half pint / two tokens per pint but with an extra 10p per half / 20p per pint for beers 5.0% ABV. Bottles are £2.50 unless otherwise marked. Tokens are £1 each and are available singularly or on cards of 10 to save queuing and to save change. Please note that tokens are non-refundable so please don’t buy more than you need. The on train bars will deal in cash and tokens. Soft drinks and hot drinks will be the usual Worth Valley prices. Train and Bus times (adobe pdf required to open these files): Friday 26th October TRAIN TIMES CONNECTING BUS TIMES Saturday 27th October TRAIN TIMES CONNECTING BUS TIMES Sunday 28th October TRAIN TIMES CONNECTING BUS TIMES
How to get here To fully enjoy the event we encourage visitors to travel by Public Transport. The Station Car Park at Oxenhope will be partly closed to allow for an extended festival area, so parking at Oxenhope will be limited. Please park elsewhere on the Railway and use the frequent train service to reach the main festival. By Train KWVR Trains operate from Keighley to Oxenhope all day on Friday, Saturday & Sunday. Keighley station is also served by Northern Rail -there are frequent trains from Leeds, Bradford and Skipton - with daytime trains from further afield. Fares on Northern Rail services within West Yorkshire are cheap. For details on direct rail services at Keighley Click Here. Alternatively, to find times of trains from your local station, Click Here. Please note that the timetable above only shows weekday times. Due to engineering works throughout this period weekend times have not been published, however there is NO engineering work over the Beer Festival weekend affecting local services through Keighley. For details of weekend train times please Click Here.
By Bus Oxenhope is served by direct buses throughout the day from Keighley, Oakworth, CrossRoads, Hebden Bridge and some Keighley Suburbs. To compliment these services, we will also be running a connecting FREE bus service in the evening from Hebden Bridge railway station using ex-West Yorkshire Bristol RE 1403 'OWT 776 M' which is part of the Aire Valley Transport Collection For details on all bus services in West Yorkshire, and to plan your journey Click Here. For details on public and free bus services to the festival from Hebden Bridge, please see the links further up the page. For details on Direct Trains to Hebden Bridge station, Click Here. Fares Single and Day Return Fares are available between any station on the KWVR Branch. Normal KWVR fares will be in operation throughout this weekend. As we are a purely voluntary organisation, which receives no subsidy we DO NOT accept Metro Day Rovers, or any other Metro or National Rail ticket or concession. However, we do give discounts to Retired people and Students, as well as Children aged 5-15 inclusive. Local Residents who reside in the BD20, 21 or 22 Postcode areas are also entitled to reduced fares, but you must hold a valid a Local Residents Railcard. To find out about this discount scheme, Click Here. If you intend to get a Railcard, please do so before the event, as we cannot guarantee being able to issue one on the day of the event itself. We recommend the purchase of an All Day Ticket. All Day Ticket Allows unlimited travel all day between Keighley & Oxenhope. Also allows entry to the Award Winning Museum of Rail Travel at Ingrow West Station. This ticket also allows entry to the Festival Bar. Adult - £12 Concession (Retired / Student) - £9 Child - £6 Family (Up to 2 Adults and any three concessions or children) - £27 Full Line Return Valid for one complete round trip of the line from any station. This ticket does not allow entry to the Festival Bar. Adult - £9 Concession (Retired / Student) - £7 Child - £4.50 Family (Up to 2 Adults and any three concessions or children) - £22
Not travelling by train? All Day Tickets - irrespective of class of issue, will give free entry to the Festival Bar. There is a Festival Bar Only admission of £5 for those persons not purchasing an All Day Ticket. This £5 admission ticket also includes a commemorative glass. Can You Help? We’ll need more volunteers than ever before for this event to enable us to look after the growing number of visitors. There will be many activities from serving beer to washing glasses to keeping the place clean and tidy. You don’t need to be a regular working member and you don’t need beer festival experience, especially during the times when we are serving. If you think you can help us run the event, in any way, please Click Here.
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