The Fox & Goose 10 Year Anniversary Weekend

As you've hopefully seen, the Fox and Goose will be marking its landmark 10th anniversary as a co-operatively-owned pub with celebrations running from 21-25 March 2024. Events – to which old and new customers are welcome – are set to include a mini beer festival showcasing beer from the pub’s favourite local breweries, DJs, live music, food, and an anniversary quiz. Anniversary t-shirts, beer mats and window stickers will be available very soon, but we thought we'd take this opportunity to let you know exactly what is going on over the weekend.

Over the next 10 months, a different collaboration will be unveiled each month between the Fox & Goose and 10 local breweries, with Mallinsons revamped Co-Hopped first up and others in the pipeline. We will be inviting staff, shareholders and customers to join us in making these beers, so do let Andrew Brown know if you are interested in being involved in these collaboration brews. What better way to celebrate our 10 years in community ownership and highlight the importance of the breweries that have supported us along the way!

ANNIVERSARY WEEKEND TIMETABLE

THURSDAY 21st MARCH

8-10.30pm Townfolk session
Townfolk run regular folk sessions on the first and third Thursday of the month at the pub at 8pm. Everyone is welcome to friendly sessions of any type of music that could be described as having its roots in folk music.
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FRIDAY 22nd MARCH

4-10pm Mini Beer Festival
The mini beer festival will include brews from Big Trip, Bingley, Chin Chin, Eagles Crag, Mallinsons, Nightjar, Pictish, Sunbeam and Wishbone Breweries, as well as Big Udders Orchard. It will feature the launch of this month's collaboration brew, Co-hopped, a session pale dry-hopped with American hops and brewed by Mallinsons Brewery in Huddersfield - it is a tribute to the popular Co-hoperative that was brewed to celebrate our 1st anniversary back in 2015. As well as the main bar, there will be a pop-up bar in the garden open 4-10pm and if you want to volunteer to do a short shift on this bar in exchange for a couple of pints, please message Andrew Brown or sign up on the sheet in the pub.

8.30-11pm Catfish Skillet
Catfish Skillet played for us at the very start of our co-operative journey and they, like ourselves, are still going 10 years later. They produce fast driving tunes and old timey harmonies from the Pennine Appalachia. Guitars, bass, mandolin, banjo, harmonica. We look forward to welcoming them back in another 10 years’ time!
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SATURDAY 23rd MARCH

10.30am Andy's Walk
A 6-mile circuit onto the moors above Old Town and Pecket Well. Meet outside the pub and return for a drink mid afternoon. Bring lunch.

12-10pm Mini Beer Festival
The mini beer festival will include brews from Big Trip, Bingley, Chin Chin, Eagles Crag, Mallinsons, Nightjar, Pictish, Sunbeam and Wishbone Breweries, as well as Big Udders Orchard. As well as the main bar, there will be a pop-up bar in the garden open 12-10pm and if you want to volunteer to do a short shift on this bar in exchange for a couple of pints, please message Andrew Brown or sign up on the sheet in the pub.

4-8pm Kelle Welle (Authentic Ghanaian Street Food)
Babs brings her incredible flavours to the Fox & Goose garden, featuring goat stew, bean fritters, jollof rice and plantain. https://kelewelefoods.co.uk/

4-8pm Is Is Is DJs
An afternoon of cosmic dreamy folk and ambient liquor-soaked rock with Craig and pals.

SUNDAY 24th MARCH

12-7pm Mini Beer Festival
The mini beer festival will include brews from Big Trip, Bingley, Chin Chin, Eagles Crag, Mallinsons, Nightjar, Pictish, Sunbeam and Wishbone Breweries, as well as Big Udders Orchard. As well as the main bar, there will be a pop-up bar in the garden open 12-7pm and if you want to volunteer to do a short shift on this bar in exchange for a couple of pints, please message Andrew Brown or sign up on the sheet in the pub.

3-5pm Hebden Bridge Hill Millies
The Hill Millies are a regular feature at Fox & Goose events, and will be celebrating their own 20th anniversary this year. We are delighted to welcome this colourful women's morris dancing side back to the pub.
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3-7pm What the Folk DJs
What the Folk DJs will present their usual worldwide smorgasbord of eclectic folk records, gathered during David (Folklore Tapes) & Nick's (Tod Only Knows) extensive worldwide wanderings…!

8-10.30pm Shabbycats
Shabbycats are a familiar sight and sound in The Fox & Goose from their regular Sunday sessions. They are an acoustic duo playing popular pub songs from the 20s/30s/40s/50s & music hall era, using a unique combination of instruments (from ukuleles and chromatic harmonica, to accordions and kazoo) to create a proper old-fashioned pub atmosphere.
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MONDAY 25th MARCH

8pm Anniversary Quiz
A mix of general knowledge and Fox & Goose-centric questions with Chris Goddard and Andy Carter.