Looking for a GLOBAL guide to April 2008 Beer Festivals?

To celebrate April showers, our April 2008 Beer Festivals guide will shower you with opportunities to get seriously bent out of shape in the quest for tasting good beer, in a myriad of exotic locations.

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If the Easter bunny brings you nothing but chocolate, stick him in a pot, steal the car keys and hightail it to your nearest, beerest Festival!

April showers, right? Singing in the beer... er, Drinking in the rain... whatever. As we discover more and more festivals, or receive updated information, we'll amend our April 2008 Beer Festivals calendar.

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April 2008 Beer Festivals guide

If you're planning to travel to any Beer Festival, please contact the organisers to double-check the festival date and location.

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27th March-14th April(!)
International Real Ale Festival
JD Weatherspoon pubs, various locations
Website

2nd-5th
Newcastle Beer Festival
Newcastle, UK
Website

3rd-5th
Wallsall Beer Festival
Wallsall, UK
Website

4th-5th
Okanagan Fest-of-Ale
Penticon, BC, Canada
Website

4th-5th
Oldham Beer Festival
Oldham, UK
Website

5th
Gitchee Gumee Beer Fest
Superior, WI, USA
Website

5th
Beer, Bourbon and BBQ Festival
Timonium, MD, USA
Website

5th
Wine and Beer Festival
Plaza 500 Hotel, Vancouver, Canada
Website

5th
Portchester Beer Festival
Portchester, Hants, UK
Website

6th
Classic City Brew Fest
Atlanta, GA, USA
Website

6th-7th
Planet Thanet Easter Beer Festival
Margate, Kent, UK
Website

6th-9th
The Feathers Easter Beer Festival
Hedley-on-the-Hill, Stocksfield, Northumberland, UK
Website

8th-13th
Scottsdale Culinary Festival
Scottsdale, AZ, USA
Website

9th-12th
Maldon Beer Festival
Maldon, Essex, UK
Website

9th-12th
Frodsham Beer Festival
Frodsham, Cheshire, UK
Website

10th
Ultimate Belgian Tasting
NYC, NY, USA
Website

10th-13th
Pump and Truncheon Beer Festival
Blackpool, Lancs, UK
Website

10th-13th
Mansfield Beer and Cider Festival
Mansfield, Notts, UK
Website

11th-12th
Frodsham Beer Festival
Frodsham, Cheshire, UK
Website

11th-12th
Ware Beer Festival
Ware, Herts, UK
Website

11th-12th
Coventry Beer Festival
Coventry, UK
Website

11th-12th
Helsinki Beer Festival
Helsinki, Finland
Website

11th-13th
Exeter Festival of Southwest Food and Drink
Exeter, Devon, UK
Website

11th-14th
5th Maldon Beer Festival
Maldon, Essex, UK
Website

12th
Great International Spring Beer Festival
Providence, RI, USA
Website

12th
The Tower Mini Beer Festival
Winchester, Hants, UK
Website

12th
Repeal of Prohibition Beer Festival
Maplewood, MO, USA
Website

12th-4th May(!)
Stuttgart Spring Festival
Stuttgart, Germany
Website
[ed's note: we are assured that this IS a beer festival, though you'd never guess from the website!]

12th-14th
Bexley Beer Festival
Sidcup, Kent, UK
Website

13th-14th
Coventry Beer Festival
Coventry, W. Mids, UK
Website

13th-14th
Helsinki Beer Festival
Helsinki, Finland
Website

14th
Alefest
Chicago, IL, USA
Website

17th-20th
Bamber Bridge FC Beer Festival
Preston, Lancs, UK
Website

17th-20th
Devonshire Arms and Coopers Tavern Festivals
Burton on Trent, UK
Website

18th-19th
Tally Ho Beer Festival
Broughton, Hants, UK
Website

18th-19th
Ommegang Bed and Brew
Ommegang, NY, USA
Website

18th-20th
English Heritage Beer Festival
Whitby, N Yorks, UK
Website

19th
Cheese and Beer Festival
Kenosha, WI, USA
Website
Editor's note: their site loads VERY slowly!

20th
10th Nanaimo Beer Festival
Nanaimo, BC, Canada
Website

20th
Peoria Jaycees International Beer Festival
Peoria, IL, USA
Website

21st
8th International Wine and Beer Festival
CLAS, Arizona State University, AZ, USA
Website

21st-27th
Ship and Royal Beer Festival
Lytham St Anne's, Lancs, UK
Website

22nd-23rd
Southwest Festival of Beers
Scottsdale, AZ, USA
Website

23rd
St George's Day Festival
The White Horse, SW London, UK
Website

23rd-26th
East Anglia Beer Festival
Bury St Edmunds, UK
Website

24th
Reinheitsgebot Day German Cheese and Beer Pairing
With UNOB Delegate Sam Corbeil
Toronto, ON, Canada
Contact Sam

24th-26th
Maltings Beer Festival and SIBA SW Beer Competition
Newton Abbot, Devon, UK
Website

24th-26th
Farnham Beer Festival
Farnham, Surrey, UK
Website

24th-27th
Black Horse April Beer Weekend
Darwen, Lancs, UK
Website

24th-27th
Maisel's Weissbierfest (Wheat Beer Festival)
Maisel Brewery, Bayreuth, Germany
Website

24th-27th
Cirencester Beer Festival
Cirencester, Gloucs, UK
Website

25th-26th
Chippenham Real Ale Festival
Chippenham, Wilts, UK
Website

25th-26th
Calgary Beer Fest
Calgary, AB, Canada
Website

26th
San Francisco Beer Festival
San Francisco, CA, USA
Website

26th
World Beer Festival
Raleigh, NC, USA
Website

26th-27th
Enjoy the Taste of Scotland
Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Website

26th-27th
Tap New York
Hunter, NY, USA
Website

26th-29th
April Beer Weekend
The Black Horse, Darwen, Lancs, UK
Website

30th-May 3rd
Nerax: New England Real Ale Exhibition
Somerville, MA, USA
Website

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