The summer Cambridge Beer Festival is the longest-running CAMRA beer festival in the United Kingdom, having started in 1974.[1] It is held at the end of May just before the Whitsuntide Bank Holiday. The winter beer festival is a smaller, indoor event at the University Social Club,[2] and since 2018 has been held in November. Both festivals are run by Cambridge & District CAMRA. The 2020 festival was cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic, and it did not run again until 2023.[3]