BEER FESTIVAL CANCELLED

Next month’s Knutsford Beer Festival has been cancelled because of concern over the spread of the coronavirus.

The 2020 festival was due to be held at The Courthouse on four sessions over three days from April 23 to 25.

It was set to feature more than 40 real ales and craft beers and a gin bar run by Adam and Katy Rickitt of Dexter and Jones

The festival attracted more than 1,000 people last year, and this year was set to be its second year at The Courthouse.

A festival spokesman said on Instagram today (Friday): “I’m sad to say we’ve had to make the decision to cancel the Knutsford Beer Festival.

“It’s not going to be running this year. We did look to postpone it until later in the year, but we just can’t get a date that’s going to work, so unfortunately there will be no beer festival this year.

“But we will back next year bigger and better. We are going to be doing other things to keep the Knutsford Beer Festival community going.”