Useful Info

For the 9th Gateshead Beer Festival:

Fri 4th May 2018 – 12.00pm to 11.00pm
Sat 5th May 2018 – 12.00pm to 11.00pm
Sun 6th May 2018 – 12.00pm to 10.30pm

Your entry ticket includes Souvenir Glass, Festival Programme, and entry to the Festival Music Marquee (It does not include any drinks tokens). All visitors will be issued with a coloured wristband on entry. You must be wearing a wristband to be served. Please note under 18s will not be issued with a wristband but can buy soft drinks from our food zone or the clubhouse bar.

This is all very much dependent on stock levels and whether that specific day has sold out in advance. Once a day is sold out then unfortunately there won’t be any tickets available on the day.

The Music in the Marquee finishes at 10.30pm on Friday/Saturday and at 10pm on the Sunday.

All stage times/line-ups are listed on the music sections off our website.

Please note: All artists are subject to change occasionally due to circumstances beyond our control. Any line-up changes will be announced immediately via this website and social media.

Times also may be adjusted without notice.

All Beers, Ciders, Craft Ales and Premium Lagers are purchased using tokens. These can be purchased at the token sales counter.

The Gin, Prosecco, Whiskey, Vodka & Cocktail bar will be cash sales.

Should you wish to have your glass washed between drinks, please ask at the bar.

In addition to our pop-up festival bars (Cider, Ales, Craft, Premium Lager, Fizz, Gin and Prosecco Cocktails), we have two permanent bars located in the bar/hall and Lounge areas which sell a fine array of draught drinks, spirits, wines, soft drinks and hot drinks.

There certainly is, this year we have introduced an indoor food court, in addition the guys in the kitchen are working hard to put on a great choice of food with plenty of vegetarian choices for you all to enjoy.

Paella
Vegetarian paella
Chips
Meat pies
Chilli
Vegetarian chilli
Doner kebabs
Chicken kebabs
Chips
Nachos loaded

Crepes -Sweet

More dishes & info coming soon!

Yes there will be a disabled portaloo located outside the marquee.

Children are very welcome at the festival and there is no charge to bring your child along. We do insist that children must be supervised by a responsible adult.

Dogs on a lead are allowed onto the field and in the Music Marquee, however, they are not allowed in the clubhouse.

You are welcome to bring your own picnic to the festival, but no open fires are allowed.

Due to the strict terms of our licence, you are not allowed to bring your own alcohol into the grounds or premises of the rugby club. Unfortunately, if you are found to have done this we will have to ask you to leave. The ongoing organisation of events such as the music and beer festival is dependent on us working closely with the licensing authorities and we cannot afford to put this at risk, therefore, this area of the event will be closely monitored – we hope you comply with our request and refrain from bringing along any alcohol.

Unfortunately not all seat is unreserved, so we would recommend arriving early.

No, there are no ATM’s at the festival although we do cash-back at the clubhouse bars.  You can also pay for your drinks tokens etc using our chip & pin devices.

There are also cash machines on Durham road (Low Fell High Street) and at the Nisa on Old Durham Road (Sheriff’s Highway).

Our marquee is located on the Rugby pitch, so it’s probably best to avoid heels if possible.

You may only know as as the the home of the Gateshead Beer & Music Festival, however we organise many events throughout the year.

On the Rugby side we run 3 senior sides and we have a huge Junior and Mini Rugby section which welcomes players of all levels.

Socially we run the Gateshead Gin Festival, Summer Rum-shack, Gateshead Family Fun day, Gateshead Ladies Day, Gateshead Fireworks night and many more events.

If you loved the beer festival then you also need to check out our Summer Fest (All of the info is available on the website).

We have recently become the home of the Gateshead Comedy Lounge run by independent company Cutting Hedge Comedy

As you may see our club house has also gone through a huge modernisation project and our rooms are available for hire for private functions….

Call 0191 420 0207 for hire information.