The Brigstock Beer Festival is entering its 18th year and as we roll through the summer, the team has been busy sourcing new beers, great food and some fabulous new music and entertainment.

The Festival is an annual charity fund-raising event, open to all village groups to contribute and raise funds for their local projects. In addition, the Beer Festival committee supports a main charity and other local causes. To date we have raised a quite magnifi cent £103,000 which has helped amongst others Lakelands Hospice, the Kettering General Hospital Children’s Unit, our local Air Ambulance, the Brigstock Latham Primary School, the Bladder and Bowel Foundation, Corby Nightlight and Headway. We have also provided funds to help build the bridge between the Village Hall and the meadow, the MUGA sports area, seating and signage around the village.

The Festival will commence a little earlier this year on Friday 1st September with a Comedy Evening featuring three of the best acts on the comedy circuit; ticket details at www. brigstockbeerfestival.com The Festival continues on Saturday 2nd September with a day for all the family starting at 1pm with free entry. A variety of food stalls will offer something for everyone, including Tacos, Punjabi food, fi sh and chips, burgers, ice cream, cakes and coffee.

A music stage will be situated on the meadow next to the Village Hall, providing an afternoon of quality folk/acoustic acts including local favourite Lucy Brown and Brigstock’s own Molly and Michael. There will also be a number of attractions on the meadow for adults and children including a bouncy castle, penalty competition, archery, fairground rides, face painting, toy stall, jewellery stall and a bird of prey display.

The festival then heads into the evening with a children’s disco, followed by a live DJ and ‘Hope and Glory’, a great local 7-piece Ska and Two-Tone tribute band, covering the greatest hits of Madness, The Specials, The Beat and Bad Manners.

Throughout the event you will fi nd a great selection of beers in keg and cask, including our own festival beer, speciality ciders, lager, prosecco and wine.

The aim of the festival has always been to entertain visitors while raising money for local charities and worthy causes; this year there are two main charities being supported. Cransley Hospice is a well-known fantastic local charity that provides a number of services for patients requiring management of diffi cult symptoms or end of life care. Corby Foodbank, organised by the Church of Corby, helps local individuals and families in crisis through the provision of food supplies and offers links to supporting services.

The entire Festival is run as a not-for-profi t charity fund-raiser; add the date to your diary and make your way to Brigstock to donate generously, drink responsibly and have a great day with family and friends in the late summer sunshine.

For further details please visit www.brigstockbeerfestival.com