ORGANISERS of Worcester Beer Festival said this year's event is no longer going ahead after a suitable venue could not be found.

Organisers revealed they had been having meetings with Worcester Racecourse but had to take the decision not to run the festival in 2022.

It is not gone for good though with organisers stating that they were hard at work finding a venue for its 21st anniversary next year.

The popular event usually attracts thousands of people from around the country to Worcester to sample the beer, ciders and perries.

A statement from Worcester Beer Festival said: "After several in-depth meetings and discussions with the Operating Officers of Worcester Racecourse, festival Committee Members, and other stakeholders, the decision has been sadly taken by the Organising Committee to not proceed with our 2022 Festival.

"Several factors were instrumental in this decision - with the unavailability of a suitable venue this year for the length of time required for the festival and due to other exceptional circumstances.

"Alternative venue options and formats for a 2022 Festival have been considered at length but the Committee felt they would not be able to host a festival of suitable quality due to constraints imposed by other venues.

"The Committee is therefore earnestly starting plans to secure a venue to celebrate our twenty-first festival in 2023 - with planning meetings commencing in May of this year."

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Every year thousands of beer and cider lovers travel to Pitchcroft to sample some of the finest locally-sourced drinks.

In 2019, around 8,500 people were expected to attend, enjoying 303 beers and 170 ciders.

For the last two years, the pandemic has meant the beer festival was unable to run.