The 40th Stoke Beer and Cider Festival is set to take place later this year - with tickets on sale soon. 

The event, run by the Potteries branch of the Campaign For Real Ale, attracts tourists and day trippers to the city to sample ale, cider, beer and spirits.

The festival will take place between 15-18 October in the King's Hall and features over 140 ales and over 50 ciders and perry made by breweries from Staffordshire and across the UK.

Nick Pellington from Stoke CAMRA said: "Our festival brings together the very best breweries from across the region and UK all under one roof.

"Each year we attract tourists and day trippers from near and far who want to sample the local drinks and food while learning more about our brewing history.

"Along with real ales and ciders, we will have a foreign beer bar and a gin and rum bar.

"Tickets will be on sale soon and I'd encourage people to put the dates in their calendar now."

The Lord Mayor, Cllr Lyn Sharpe, has a long history of supporting the real ale sector and in 2017 was named CAMRA's National campaigner of the year- one of only six women to get this award in the organisation's history.

Cllr Sharpe said: "There aren't many cities that have been able to host 39 annual beer festivals. I'm proud to have volunteered every year at this festival since the eighth one.

"And I'll be there in October with my fellow hard-working volunteers from CAMRA. It's a lovely coincidence that this 40th festival is happening in the same year we celebrate the city turning one hundred."

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