VE Day 80th Anniversary Celebration at the Park

On 8 May 2025, we mark the historic 80th anniversary of VE Day, with the peoples, families and communities of our great nation coming together to unite and celebrate 80 years of peace since the end of World War II in Europe that so many millions paid the ultimate sacrifice to achieve it.

VE Day 80 is not only a tribute to those who fought for the freedom we all enjoy today, but also a powerful reminder of the resilience and unity that have defined our country ever since.

There is a mix of sadness as we remember those who gave their lives during the conflict and joy as we celebrate the end of the war.

Wythall Community Association are proud to be the hosts of one the thousand beacons spread across our countryside, which we will be lighting, alongside hundreds of lamp lights of peace to shine across the country.

The full program of events at the Park on Thursday are as follows:

At 4pm, Bounce and Ride, who proved such a hit last summer, will be setting up their bouncy castles and other fun childrens’ entertainment, and Dobson’s Fair are providing a couple of rides!

6pm, Wythall Community Club opens. We have a Temporary Event Notice, so it is open to all, and thanks to the generous support of Alice Batham, your first chance to try Batham’s Best Bitter in Wythall! As well as, of course, all the other fine beers, ciders, wines and spirits!

Twisted Kitchen will also be on site with their fabulous wood-fired pizzas and burgers from Dobsons.

8pm sees the return of the Cheswick Green Ukulele Orchestra to the Britannia Room with a range of hits from the 40’s and on.

Beer, pizza and singalong songs! Can it get any better?

At 9pm we have the start of the celebratory part of the event. Thanks to Bromsgrove District Council, we have fireworks from Wythall’s award winning team.

When the smoke has cleared, Marcus Pagnum from St Mary’s Church will read the Exhortation and Kohima, assisted by Sam Hewitt from Kings Norton Marching Band with the Last Post and Reveille, and Albert Bishop raising the Royal British Legion Standard.

Then at 9:30pm, Craig Smith, Royal Navy veteran, will temporarily cease pizza-cooking duties, and light the beacon of hope.

Then it is back to the Community Club for more music from the CGUO! And more beer and pizza?

The car parks will be free from 3pm to midnight.

Wythall Cider Festival

Saturday 5 July we have the Wythall Charity Cider Festival from noon ‘till late.

An eclectic range of Ciders, with something for everyone, including, of course, Lashford’s sausages, but make sure you pack your dancing shoes for the Samba band on in the afternoon.

Volunteer slots behind the bar or on the door are open (and some already booked), so if you fancy helping out, please get in touch.

Wythall Beer and Cider Festival

Wythall Charity Beer and Cider Festival 11-12 October 2024

LOCATION
Britannia Room at Wythall Park.

OPENING HOURS
Fri 11 Oct: 12pm until 11pm
Sat 12 Oct: 12pm until 11pm (or the bar runs dry!)

The final list looks like this:

- - AJ’s Ales Decade – 4.00% – Pale Gold Pale Ale or IPA Hazy
  - Beowulf Black & Blueberry – 4.50% – Black Old Ale
  - Beowulf Dragon Smoke – 4.70% – Black Porter & Stout
  - Black Sheep Brewery Black Sheep Ale – 4.40% – Medium Amber Pale Ale or IPA
  - Broadoak Cider Moonshine – 7.50% – Deep Gold Cider – Medium Dry V/GF
  - Caney’s The Officer – 8.40% – Deep Gold Cider – Medium V/GF
  - Castle Rock Brewery Elsie Mo – 4.70% – Deep Gold Golden Ale
  - Celtic Marches Lily the Pink – 4.50% – Pink Cider – Medium V/GF
  - Celtic Marches Slack Alice – 4.60% – Pale Gold Cider – Medium V/GF
  - Church End Vicars’ Ruin – 4.40% – Pale Straw Bitter
  - Copper Beech Common Ground – 4.50% – Pale Gold Pale Ale or IPA Hazy
  - Enville Brewery Enville Ale – 4.50% – Pale Gold Bitter
  - Enville Brewery Ginger – 4.60% – Pale Gold Bitter
  - Fownd Elephant Riders – 4.00% – Pale Amber Golden Ale
  - Green Duck Bostin’ Mild – 3.20% – Ruby Brown Mild
  - Green Duck Session IPA – 4.00% – Pale Straw Pale Ale or IPA
  - Gwynt Y Ddraig Ancient Warrior – 6.50% – Pale Gold Cider – Dry V/GF
  - Gwynt Y Ddraig Black Dragon – 7.20% – Deep Gold Cider – Medium Dry V/GF
  - Gwynt Y Ddraig Two Trees Perry – 4.50% – Pale Gold Perry – Sweet V/GF
  - Hogan’s Got Anything Fruity! – 4.00% – Pink Fruit Cider – Medium Dry V/GF
  - Hogan’s Hazy Rays – 3.90% – Deep Gold Cider – Medium Sweet V/GF
  - Hogan’s Libertine – 6.20% – Deep Gold Cider – Medium Sweet V/GF
  - Hogan’s Lonely Partridge – 5.80% – Deep Gold Perry – Sweet V/GF
  - Holdens Brewery Dragons Blood – 5.60% – Deep Amber Bitter
  - Holdens Brewery Golden Glow – 4.40% – Pale Gold Golden Ale
  - Hook Norton Flagship – 5.30% – Medium Amber Pale Ale or IPA
  - Infinity Smash – 5.00% – Deep Gold Pale Ale or IPA V/Hazy
  - Just Pressed Cider Blindside – 4.00% – Pale Gold Cider – Medium Sweet V/GF
  - Lilley’s Cider Mango Zero – 0.00% – Pale Gold Fruit Cider – Sweet V/GF
  - Lilley’s Cider Winter Fruits – 3.40% – Purple Fruit Cider – Sweet V/GF
  - Trinity Hopwas Juicy Extra Pale – 5.00% – Pale Gold Pale Ale or IPA Hazy
  - Twisted Barrel Redemption – 4.00% – Pale Gold Pale Ale or IPA Hazy
  - Windmill Hill Pale Juicy IPA – 6.00% – Deep Gold Pale Ale or IPA
  - Wye Valley Voodoo – 3.90% – Medium Amber Old Ale

You can download the list here >>> Beer & Cider Festival 2024.

ENTRY FEES
£2 per adult – pay at the door – cash or credit card.
Under 18s allowed in free when accompanied by an adult.

TOKENS

- - All real ales and ciders in the festival are £4 a pint / £2 a half.
  - Tokens are easier for our volunteers and allow us to serve everyone a lot faster than paying for individual drinks.
  - £10 tokens can be bought at the Tokens Bar – this is equivalent to 2.5 pints or 5 halves.
  - Tokens can be bought with cash or credit/debit card.
  - Tokens can also be used on the other Club Bars to purchase real ales.
  - Tokens are valid for the whole festival.

FOOD

- - Friday Evening – Burger Off
  - Saturday afternoon – Kings Heath Concorde
  - Saturday evening – Twisted Kitchen
  - Crisps and snacks available from the Club Bars throughout.

ENTERTAINMENT

- - Friday Evening
    - Steve Ajao and the Blues Giants
  - Saturday Afternoon
    - Cheswick Green Ukulele Orchestra
  - Saturday Evening
    - The Frenzies

GLASSES
To minimise cost and maximise the amount we raise for our charity, we have not produced a specific glass for the festival.
We will provide you with a glass that may be recycled from another beer festival.

PARKING
Fri 11 Oct: parking is chargeable until 6pm – please pay for parking and bring your receipt to the festival to redeem against your entry charge. Parking is FREE from 6pm.
Sat 12 Oct: parking is chargeable until 12pm. Parking is FREE from 12pm.

Wythall Beer and Cider Festival

LOCATION
Britannia Room at Wythall Park.

OPENING HOURS
Fri 11 Oct: 12pm until 11pm
Sat 12 Oct: 12pm until 11pm (or the bar runs dry!)

The final list looks like this:

- - AJ’s Ales Decade – 4.00% – Pale Gold Pale Ale or IPA Hazy
  - Beowulf Black & Blueberry – 4.50% – Black Old Ale
  - Beowulf Dragon Smoke – 4.70% – Black Porter & Stout
  - Black Sheep Brewery Black Sheep Ale – 4.40% – Medium Amber Pale Ale or IPA
  - Broadoak Cider Moonshine – 7.50% – Deep Gold Cider – Medium Dry V/GF
  - Caney’s The Officer – 8.40% – Deep Gold Cider – Medium V/GF
  - Castle Rock Brewery Elsie Mo – 4.70% – Deep Gold Golden Ale
  - Celtic Marches Lily the Pink – 4.50% – Pink Cider – Medium V/GF
  - Celtic Marches Slack Alice – 4.60% – Pale Gold Cider – Medium V/GF
  - Church End Vicars’ Ruin – 4.40% – Pale Straw Bitter
  - Copper Beech Common Ground – 4.50% – Pale Gold Pale Ale or IPA Hazy
  - Enville Brewery Enville Ale – 4.50% – Pale Gold Bitter
  - Enville Brewery Ginger – 4.60% – Pale Gold Bitter
  - Fownd Elephant Riders – 4.00% – Pale Amber Golden Ale
  - Green Duck Bostin’ Mild – 3.20% – Ruby Brown Mild
  - Green Duck Session IPA – 4.00% – Pale Straw Pale Ale or IPA
  - Gwynt Y Ddraig Ancient Warrior – 6.50% – Pale Gold Cider – Dry V/GF
  - Gwynt Y Ddraig Black Dragon – 7.20% – Deep Gold Cider – Medium Dry V/GF
  - Gwynt Y Ddraig Two Trees Perry – 4.50% – Pale Gold Perry – Sweet V/GF
  - Hogan’s Got Anything Fruity! – 4.00% – Pink Fruit Cider – Medium Dry V/GF
  - Hogan’s Hazy Rays – 3.90% – Deep Gold Cider – Medium Sweet V/GF
  - Hogan’s Libertine – 6.20% – Deep Gold Cider – Medium Sweet V/GF
  - Hogan’s Lonely Partridge – 5.80% – Deep Gold Perry – Sweet V/GF
  - Holdens Brewery Dragons Blood – 5.60% – Deep Amber Bitter
  - Holdens Brewery Golden Glow – 4.40% – Pale Gold Golden Ale
  - Hook Norton Flagship – 5.30% – Medium Amber Pale Ale or IPA
  - Infinity Smash – 5.00% – Deep Gold Pale Ale or IPA V/Hazy
  - Just Pressed Cider Blindside – 4.00% – Pale Gold Cider – Medium Sweet V/GF
  - Lilley’s Cider Mango Zero – 0.00% – Pale Gold Fruit Cider – Sweet V/GF
  - Lilley’s Cider Winter Fruits – 3.40% – Purple Fruit Cider – Sweet V/GF
  - Trinity Hopwas Juicy Extra Pale – 5.00% – Pale Gold Pale Ale or IPA Hazy
  - Twisted Barrel Redemption – 4.00% – Pale Gold Pale Ale or IPA Hazy
  - Windmill Hill Pale Juicy IPA – 6.00% – Deep Gold Pale Ale or IPA
  - Wye Valley Voodoo – 3.90% – Medium Amber Old Ale

You can download the list here >>> Beer & Cider Festival 2024.

ENTRY FEES
£2 per adult – pay at the door – cash or credit card.
Under 18s allowed in free when accompanied by an adult.

TOKENS

- - All real ales and ciders in the festival are £4 a pint / £2 a half.
  - Tokens are easier for our volunteers and allow us to serve everyone a lot faster than paying for individual drinks.
  - £10 tokens can be bought at the Tokens Bar – this is equivalent to 2.5 pints or 5 halves.
  - Tokens can be bought with cash or credit/debit card.
  - Tokens can also be used on the other Club Bars to purchase real ales.
  - Tokens are valid for the whole festival.

FOOD

- - Friday Evening- Burger Off
  - Saturday afternoon – Kings Heath Concorde
  - Saturday evening – Twisted Kitchen
  - Crisps and snacks available from the Club Bars throughout.

ENTERTAINMENT

- - Friday Evening
    - Steve Ajao and the Blues Giants
  - Saturday Afternoon
    - Cheswick Green Ukulele Orchestra
  - Saturday Evening
    - The Frenzies

Wythall Beer and Cider Festival

Wythall Beer & Cider Festival

Friday 6th & Saturday 7th October 2023

Open both days from 12pm to 11pm

Beer Range: 20+ Real Ales and 5 Ciders (Tasting Notes)

How much? £2 charitable donation (which includes a graduated pint or half pint festival glass, and to help pay for the entertainment), and then £4 per pint. Tokens only at the festival bars, and tokens can be bought in multiples of £10.

What Beers and Ciders? The full details / tasting notes can be found here, but in summary:

Beers

- - Weatheroak – Bee’s Knees, a 3.7% Bitter
  - Church End – Goats Milk, a 3.8% Bitter
  - Green Duck – Bostin’ Bitter, a 3.8% Bitter
  - Woodcote – X P A, a 3.9% Pale Ale or IPA
  - AJ’s Ales – Dukeys Delight, a 4.1% Pale Ale or IPA
  - Twisted Barrel – Dream Attack, a 4.1% Pale Ale or IPA
  - Beowulf – Mango Sypian , a 4.3% Pale Ale or IPA
  - Trinity – Lichfield West Coast Pale, a 4.3% Pale Ale or IPA
  - Infinity – Perspective, a 4.4% Mild
  - Brew 61 – Black Bull Rye IPA, a 4.5% Pale Ale or IPA
  - Copper Beech – Birdie, a 4.6% Pale Ale or IPA
  - Wye Valley – Talisman, a 4.7% Golden Ale
  - Infinity – Smash, a 5% Pale Ale or IPA
  - Hook Norton – Flagship, a 5.3% Pale Ale or IPA
  - Trinity – Accept All Cookies, a 9% Porter & Stout

Ciders

- - Hogan’s – Hazy Rays, a 3.9% Medium Sweet Cider
  - Barbourne – Cherry Bakewell Cider, a 4% Fruit Cider
  - Hogan’s – French Revelation, a 4.8% Medium Dry Cider
  - Barbourne – Rhoobarb & Custard Cider, a 4% Fruit Cider
  - Hogan’s – Harvest Press, a 5% Medium Dry Cider
  - Barbourne – Traditional Worcestershire Cider, a 6% Medium Cider
  - Hogan’s – Libertine, a 6.2% Medium Sweet Cider
  - Sandford Orchards – Apple and Oak, a 6.7% Dry Cider
  - Barbourne – Oak Cask, a 7.4% Dry Cider
  - Sandford Orchards – The General, an 8.4% Medium Dry Cider

What Entertainment?

- - Saturday afternoon
    - Cheswick Green Ukulele Orchestra – 2:30pm and 4:30pm
  - Saturday evening
    - We have the lovely Rosanne who will be performing pop and soul covers for your entertainment! 7:30pm and 9pm

What Food?

- - Saturday afternoon:
    - Pearls of Wythall WI with Lashford Sausages in Wedges finger rolls from 12:30pm to 4pm
  - Saturday afternoon / evening:
    - Zindiya – the finest Indian Street Food from 4pm

Wythall Beer and Cider Festival 2023

Wythall Beer & Cider Festival

Friday 6th & Saturday 7th October 2023

Open both days from 12pm to 11pm

Beer Range: 20+ Real Ales and 5 Ciders (Tasting Notes)

What Beers and Ciders? The full details / tasting notes can be found here, but in summary:

Beers

- - Weatheroak – Bee’s Knees, a 3.7% Bitter
  - Church End – Goats Milk, a 3.8% Bitter
  - Green Duck – Bostin’ Bitter, a 3.8% Bitter
  - Woodcote – X P A, a 3.9% Pale Ale or IPA
  - AJ’s Ales – Dukeys Delight, a 4.1% Pale Ale or IPA
  - Twisted Barrel – Dream Attack, a 4.1% Pale Ale or IPA
  - Beowulf – Mango Sypian , a 4.3% Pale Ale or IPA
  - Trinity – Lichfield West Coast Pale, a 4.3% Pale Ale or IPA
  - Infinity – Perspective, a 4.4% Mild
  - Brew 61 – Black Bull Rye IPA, a 4.5% Pale Ale or IPA
  - Copper Beech – Birdie, a 4.6% Pale Ale or IPA
  - Wye Valley – Talisman, a 4.7% Golden Ale
  - Infinity – Smash, a 5% Pale Ale or IPA
  - Hook Norton – Flagship, a 5.3% Pale Ale or IPA
  - Trinity – Accept All Cookies, a 9% Porter & Stout

Ciders

- - Hogan’s – Hazy Rays, a 3.9% Medium Sweet Cider
  - Barbourne – Cherry Bakewell Cider, a 4% Fruit Cider
  - Hogan’s – French Revelation, a 4.8% Medium Dry Cider
  - Barbourne – Rhoobarb & Custard Cider, a 4% Fruit Cider
  - Hogan’s – Harvest Press, a 5% Medium Dry Cider
  - Barbourne – Traditional Worcestershire Cider, a 6% Medium Cider
  - Hogan’s – Libertine, a 6.2% Medium Sweet Cider
  - Sandford Orchards – Apple and Oak, a 6.7% Dry Cider
  - Barbourne – Oak Cask, a 7.4% Dry Cider
  - Sandford Orchards – The General, an 8.4% Medium Dry Cider

What Entertainment?

- - Friday evening
    - Dave Langley 8pm and 9pm

What Food?

- - Friday afternoon / evening:
    - Pizza Heaven from 4:00pm

New Year’s Eve Party

Following the great music and entertainment from Streamline last New Year’s Eve, we’re delighted to announce that we’ve invited them back for this year. Streamline will be playing 60s, 70s and country music.

Ticket Only Event
As with other events at the club, the event is ticket only to help control numbers for your comfort and safety. Tickets must to be booked in advance by members only. You will need to present your membership card when booking. At the time of booking you will be asked to select your table from our plan. Tickets will be available from the club bar Monday to Friday between 8pm and 10pm.

Bring your own supper.

Prices
Members – £5
Temporary Membership – £10, which includes a two week temporary membership from 20th Dec to 3rd Jan.

Wythall Beer Festival 2022

Over 20 of the best local ales, live bands and great food makes the annual Wythall Beer Festival in October, one of the best in the region.

Wythall Beer Festival 2022

Over 20 of the best local ales, live bands and great food makes the annual Wythall Beer Festival in October, one of the best in the region.