European-style beer hall and outdoor cocktail, spritz and gin bar at Cromford Mills Beer Festival featuring bumper line-up of live music
An historic mill building in the Derbyshire Dales has been transformed into a vibrant European-style beer hall for a festival at Cromford Mills this weekend
Vistors can enjoy ales supplied by breweries from across Derbyshire and the East Midlands, live music and street food during the Cromford Mills Beer Festival, taking place from June 26 to 28, 2026.
There will be cask ales, craft beers and cider and an outdoor cocktail, spritz and gin bar. Pie and peas, fried chicken,classic barbecue and Indian street food will be available.
A bumper line-up of entertainers includes Doghouse, Big Sur, 5 Hills Out, The Yeah Ducks, John Gill, Rat & The Jazz Cats, Xanthe Summer, Jig for a Kiss, The Longmen, Lime Stone Cowboys, Wuzzalele, Shameless Cronyism, Stone Valley Highway, Cassopeia, Shannon Walker, Mike Richardson and Michael John Sweete.
Free admission to the festival which runs from 12 noon until 10pm.
This annual event take place in the birthdplace of the modern factory system. It’s an opportunity to enjoy great local beer in one of the most important industrial heritage sites in the world while helping support its future.
Cromford Mills is run by the Arkwright Society whose charitable aims are maintaining free access for visitors, sustaining local employment and providing training for young people.