Mold Novemberfest – Mold's annual November real ale music festival weekend

Novemberfest 2019

Mold’s Novemberfest is a festival of Real Ale, Real Food and Real Entertainment!
This year the eighth Novemberfest will take place from the 8th to 10th November 2019.

The main focal point is in St Mary’s Church Hall, hosting over 30 real ales, craft beers, real lager, local cider and great wines, accompanied by great food and live music. Other venues in and around Mold will be participating as all businesses are encouraged to enter into the spirit of Novemberfest by doing something special.

This event is organised by Mold Town Council with the support of Mold and Buckley Lions, the local CAMRA (Campaign for Real Ale) branch, and a group of volunteers. Novemberfest is a not-for-profit festival, all proceeds of the festival go towards putting on other events in the town and a nominated charitable cause.

Nominated Charity for 2019

We are very happy to lend our support this year to the mayor’s nominated charity – North East Wales Search and Rescue.

NEWSAR is a volunteer Search and Rescue (Mountain Rescue) Organisation whose primary operating area is in North East Wales mainly covering the
counties of Flintshire, Denbighshire, Wrexham and parts of Conwy and Powys. The team also regularly assists Mountain Rescue teams elsewhere in North Wales as well as Lowland Search and Rescue teams in Cheshire and Shropshire.

NEWSAR are a group of volunteers, available 24 hours / 365 days a year, who help the Police by looking for vulnerable people who are missing from home or those in need of rescue.

Sessions and Entertainment

2 – 4:30pm

Friday Afternoon

Starting the weekend is the connoisseurs quiet session.

6:30 – 10:30pm

Friday Evening

Established in 2013, Skariad are a North Wales based, 8-piece ska band playing upbeat hits from the two-tone and original ska eras. Their second visit to the North Wales Blues and Soul Festival guarantees to get the crowd dancing with drums, keys, horns, guitars and energy galore. Get ready to stomp!

Midday – 5:30pm

Saturday Afternoon

Acoustic Blues trio Cold Turkey will be accompanying the Saturday afternoon session.
Featuring:
PETE REANEY on harmonica and vocals, Pete has many years of experience in blues bands all over the country and is a regular session player in his native northwest. He has many TV and radio appearances to his name including a spot on the Mark Lamarr show. Pete is also a fine bass guitarist and was a member of the highly thought of, Superbad.
PAUL REANEY on Guitar and vocals. Paul has toured the country many times as a sideman in various genres of music ,but as he says “he always comes back to the blues”. He is also an award winning songwriter.
MARTIN TAYLOR on Double Bass and vocals. Martin was for many years the bassist with the ‘Rhythmaires’ and appeared at venues right across Europe, sharing the stage with Jimmy Witherspoon & Gene Vincent’s original Blue Caps. Martin also works with Mike Byrne and the Sunrockers.