Worlington Beer and Cider Festival enjoys 'great' weekend with car show and cornhole tournament

A Suffolk village hosted a beer and cider festival which saw more than 2000 people attend the event during the weekend.

The occasion at Worlington Cricket Club lasted from Friday to Sunday evening with a host of entertainment including a car show, morris dancing and a cornhole tournament - a popular American lawn game in which players or teams take turns throwing fabric bean bags at a raised, angled board with a hole in its far end.

The festival has risen in popularity over the years after beginning in 2013 and enjoyed its second year back following the coronavirus pandemic.

Paul Marston, Worlington Cricket Club Chairman, said: “It was a great, great year. We had some brilliant music, a lot of people, and some top-quality beer. Everyone was in really good spirits, I think having the fantastic weather really helped too.

“It’s such a friendly atmosphere and the beer is good because we look after it. We put a lot of effort into getting a wide selection of drinks, food and music. It’s also the right price point too which is really important.”

Entrance to the festival cost £3 per adult and children went free, and the entrance fee covered the whole weekend as long as attendees brought back the free glass given (to keep) on the Saturday.

A variety of drinks were on offer including; ales, ciders, gin and rum as well as soft drinks and plenty of food options also available.

Mr Marston said: “What we try to do each year is introduce something new. So, historically the whole of our bar has been tables, whereas this year we’ve built a full palette bar. So, its more of an event rather than just a load of tables lined up.

“This year, we also had a small dance floor set up in front of the stage too for the first time. People are drawn to dance on something rather than just the grass so I thought that was good too."

On Saturday, the car and bike show ran from noon till 4pm with 240 cars on display which was then followed by a cornhole tournament on the final day.

Bury Baggers Cornhole Club had asked to be involved with the festival and put on a competitive tournament which went down really well with the crowd.

“It was really popular, I think it got very addictive for some people,” said Mr Marston.