2007 Warrington Rotary Beer Festival
Cain’s rescue 11th Oktoberfest
The Rotary Club of Warrington’s popular Beer Festival nearly did not happen! At the beginning of September the previous main sponsor dropped out and they were in trouble. Then the Dusanj brothers from Cain’s brewery, galloped to the rescue and from there on everything went smoothly. This year’s Oktoberfest broke all previous records for attendance at each session. It is suspected that as much as £16,000 may have been raised for local and Rotary charities, but the final figure will not be known until all the bills have been paid. Around 60 local firms and individuals sponsored beers which just about held out until late Saturday night. Warm weather and record attendance made some of the beers warmer than ideal but most of the customers were too busy having a great time to complain. Live music at every session went down well and there was no trouble for the security men.
The national President of RIBI honoured the occasion on Thursday, together with a group of Rotarian Group Exchange Students from
The club gives a huge thank you to Cains, the sponsors, Parr Hall staff, their helpers who all work themselves to a standstill (including 89 year old Sam Cawdron!) and especially the customers who were 99% delightful and glad to help the very grateful charities. For more details and photos, see if you are in the Oktoberfest Gallery.
Festival Dates 2007
This year's festival was from 11th - 13th October with sessions every evening and also on Saturday afternoon.
Session times as follows
Thursday (11th): 5.30pm - 11.30pm
Live music: Pete Harrison with his guitar and Jezebel’s Alibi (Carl and Brandi Pownall) ,
Friday(12th) 5.30pm - 11.30pm
Live music: 'Beer for Breakfast', A regular band at the Warrington Rotary Beer Festival
Saturday (13th) 12.00- 4.00pm
Live music: 'Lazy River' Jazz quartet
Saturday (13th) 7.00pm -11.30pm
Live music: 'No Stamp Required' Back by popular demand! No Stamp required, the local band of ‘aging’ rockers – formed 11 years ago when they all worked for Warrington Borough Council (5 of them still do!) they play all your ‘old’ rock & pop favourites from the 50 to the 90’s such as great ball of fire/Runaround Sue / Pretty woman/Brown-eyed girl/Spirit in the Sky/Honky tonk woman/Dance the Night Away/ etc ., etc.
Location
The Festival is held in the Parr Hall, off Palmyra Square in the centre of Warrington. This is a short walk from the Bus Interchange or either of Warrington's two railway stations, Central and Bank Quay (Click for map).
Sponsors
The beer festival is in aid of charity (see the full list below). Sponsors form an important part of the fund raising process.
The main sponsor for this years beer festival is Cain's Brewery of Liverpool owned by Ajmail and Sudarghara Dusanj
Sponsors each promoted their companies and received 10 complementary entry tickets and also the opportunity to meet representatives from the nominated charities and sample some of the beers on the Thursday before the doors open at 5:30pm.
2007 Charities
A carefully selected group of local and international rotary supported charities that will benefit from this year's beer festival.
2007 Sponsors
The companies and indivuduals that have already been confirmed as sponsors of this year's beer festival. If you prefer to remain anonymous, that can also be arranged.
2007 Beers
A list of the beers that we expect to be available at this year's beer festival. The list is till growing - we normally have around 60+ beers available.