SMODFEST season 2026 is nearly upon us!  

For the past 6 years at SMOD we've put on one of the best (little) lager festivals on the British Isles.  This year it is once again four weekends long!

SMODFEST is inspired by summertime folk/bierfestivals that we've been to in Franconia, Germany, like Annafest in Forchheim, Kulmbach Bierwoche and the Bergkirkweih in Erlangen. These festivals are a time to grab seats with friends and family, hunker down with lagerbier, and laugh, sing, dance, eat...

Expect 4 SMOD lager beers on tap, gravity poured "stichfass" barrels, pitch-lined wooden "holzfass" barrel SMODFESTBIER (limited dates/stay tuned) food, tons of schlager music and just plain old fun. This year we will be premiering a brand new German lager glass design at the SMODFEST!

Please join us on the following Fridays and Saturdays, July 24th & 25th, July 31st & August 1st, August 7th & 8th, and August 14th & 15th.  

SMODFEST is held at the brewery at 90 Stevenson Road, Attercliffe, Sheffield S93XG

There is no entry fee to SMODFEST - just bring your best vibes!

You can reserve seats at a smodfest table, please email SMODTAPROOM@GMAIL.COM with "SMODFEST" in the subject line. Reservations can only be accepted by email. If you don’t reserve, please feel free to show up, but we can’t guarantee we’ll have a seat for you. Reservations must have a start time and a leaving time. If you don’t give a leaving time you’ll be reserved for 3 hours. Reservations are available beginning at 2pm and if you want to stay until 8, you can, just tell us!

Seating is mostly outdoors. We may move tables inside if the weather is looking like it will be wet - in which case seating will be limited. Emergency ponchos will be available, which might or might not help.

All lagers are poured in 2/3's quantity only (due to the fact that we are using 500ml seidla glasses and pouring with a traditional foam crown.)

Wearing of tracht (dirndl & lederhose) is encouraged and super fun but by no means necessary.  If you are interested in purchasing trachten for SMODFEST, check out eBay or Vinted for bargains (beware of cheap party costumes) or a UK trachten site like alpenclassics.co.uk or this one.

Light food options will be available for purchase.

Gates open at 2:00 PM and last orders are promptly at 7:30 PM.

This is a lager festival and our guests should be prepared to drink lager, lager and nothing but lager!!!!

(soft drinks, wine and cider will be available, along with an array of snacks that will change from week to week)

See you there!