Looking for a GLOBAL guide to September 2008 Beer Festivals?

What is the main event on our September 2008 Beer Festivals guide? Oktoberfest in Munich of course! Ah, those amusing Germans, naming a festival after one month but beginning it in another!

It's grown so very large that they have to start it the month before.

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Always wanted to go? Don't leave it any longer! Read about our exclusive Oktoberfest tours discount here.

Squirrels LOVE beer. Didn't you know?! Meanwhile, in every corner of our fair globe, there's Beer Festivals to enjoy. So explore to your heart's (and stomach's) content!

As we discover more and more festivals, or receive updated information, we'll amend our September 2008 Beer Festivals calendar. Can you help? Click here to submit information to the calendar!

September 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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1st
Mercian Regiment Formation Day (CAMRA tent)
Castle gronds, Tamworth, Staffs, UK
Website

4th-6th
Furness Beer Festival
Ulverston, Lake District, UK
Website

5th-6th
Great Canadian Beer Festival
Victoria, BC, Canada
Website

5th-7th
Ashford Rugby Club Beer Festival
Ashford, Kent, UK
Website

5th-7th
Belgian Beer Weekend
Brussels, Belgium
Website

TBA
Flatlanders Beer Festival
Winnipeg, MB, Canada
Website

6th-8th
Sandgrounder Beer Festival
Southport, Lancs, UK
Website

6th-8th
South Devon CAMRA Beer Festival
Newton Abbot, Devon, UK
Website

6th-8th
Tamworth Beer Festival
Tamworth, Staffs, UK
Website

TBA
Silloth Music and Beer Festival
Silloth, Cumberland, UK
Website

7th-8th
Shrewsbury Beer Festival
Shrewsbury, Shropshire, UK
Website

7th-9th
Grantham Beer Festival
Grantham, Lincs, UK
Website

TBA
Clearwater Beer Festival
Eau Claire, WI, USA
Website

8th
Maidstone Beer and Hop Festival
Maidstone, Kent, UK
Website

TBA
Kent & East Sussex Railway, Hoppers Weekend
Tenderden, Kent, UK
Website

9th-13th
Chappel Beer Festival
Colchester, Essex, UK
Website

12th-13th
Lytham Beer Festival
Lytham-St-Anne's, Lancs, UK
Website

12th-13th
Autumn Beer Fest
Chester, UK
Website

12th-14th
Boots and Beer Walking Festival
Hawes, N. Yorks, UK
Website

12th-14th
Bay Horse Inn Beer Festival
Totnes, Devon, UK
Website

12th-14th
European Beer Festival
Copenhagen, Denmark
Website

12th-14th
Telluride Blues and Brews
Telluride, CO, USA
Website

13th
Great Lakes Brew Fest
Racine, WI, USA
Website

13th
Ommefest
Cooperstown, NY, USA
Website

13th-14th
South Devon Railway Gala and Beer Festival
Buckfastleigh, Devon, UK
Website

13th-14th
Bruxellensis Beer Festival
Brussels, Belgium
Website

13th-15th
Saltaire Beer Festival
Saltaire, W. Yorks, UK
Website

13th-15th
Birmingham Beer Festival
Birmingham, UK
Website

13th-15th
Rhythm and Brews
Darlington, UK
Website

13th-15th
Booze on the Ouse
St Ives, CAMBS (not Cornwall!!), UK
Website

13th-16th
Severn Valley Railway Beer Festival
Bridgnorth, Shropshire, UK
Website

14th-16th
Black Dog Beer Festival
Dalton-in-Furness, Lake District, UK
Website

15th
Organic Beer Bash
Counter Organic Wine and Martini Bar, NYC, USA
Website

18th-20th and 25th-27th
Stockholm Beer and Whiskey Festival
Stockholm, Sweden
Website

18th-21st
Frankenmuth Oktoberfest
Frankenmuth, MI, USA
Website

18th-21st
Equinox Beer Festival
The Black Horse, Darwen, Lancs, UK
Website

19th-20th
Plymouth Oktoberfest
Plymouth, WI, USA
Website

20th-22nd
Burton Beer Festival
Burton on Trent, Notts, UK
Website

20th-5th October
Munich Beer Festival “Oktoberfest”
Munich, Germany
Exclusive UNOB discount here

TBA
Dukeries Beer Festival
Worksop, Notts, UK
Website

24th-27th
St. Albans Beer Festival
St. Albans, Herts, UK
Website

Festivalpig
The lads from Festivalpig.com are experienced Oktoberfest veterans
and provide excellent information and funny photos for the festival

25th-28th
Abbfest Abbotskerswell Charity Beer Fest
Abbotskerswell, Devon, UK
Website

26th-27th
Llanbedr Beer Festival
Gwyl Cwrw, Llanbedr, Wales, UK
Website

26th-27th
Wessex Beer Festival
Shepton Mallet, Somerset, UK
Website

26th-28th
Abbfest Beer and Food Festival
Newton Abbot and Totnes, Devon, UK
Website

26th-12th October
162nd Stuttgart Beer Festival
Stuttgart, Germany
Website

27th
Central Florida Beer Festival
Orlando, FL, USA
Website

27th
DC Bacon Festival and Oktoberfest
Washington, DC, USA
Website

27th-29th
Redcar Ale at Sea Beer Festival
Redcar, Cleveland, UK
Website

28th-29th
Wessex Beer Festival
Shepton Mallet, Somerset, UK
Website

28th-30th
Greyhound Beer Festival
Greyhound, High Street, Mansfield Woodhouse, UK
Website

28th-30th
Horse Chestnut Beer Festival
Horse Chestnut, Radcliffe on Trent, UK
Website

TBA
Oktoberfest Beer Festival
The Bell Inn, Angel Row, Nottingham, UK
Website

TBA
Belgian Beer Festival and collector’s market
Website

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