As part of the opening day of St Albans Beer & Cider Festival, we're delighted to welcome three special guests to officially open our 2025 event.

We'll be joined by legendary beer writer Roger Protz; the national chairman of CAMRA Ash Corbett-Collins; and the member of parliament for St Albans Daisy Cooper. All three will be speaking from our stage as we officially kick off our amazing four-day celebration of the very best in beer and cider.

Our opening afternoon is also when we welcome our trade guests, so there are great opportunities to chat with brewers and publicans about their work.

Everyone's welcome along - all you need is a Wednesday festival ticket!