Real ale connoisseurs can celebrate Norfolk's top brews at Aylsham Round Table's two-day beer festival which begins this Friday, April 15.

The festival, now in its sixth year, has raised thousands of pounds for Aylsham-area causes since it was launched in 2006.

This year's event, at The Old Cinema, on Cawston Road, Aylsham, will include 35 real ales, with many from breweries large and small around the county, eight ciders and wine.

Among Norfolk breweries featured will be Blackfriar's, Buffy's Chalk Hill, Fat Cat, Fox, Grain, Humpty Dumpty, Ole Slewfoot, Panther, Tipple's, Winter's, Wolf, Woodforde's and Yetman's.

The event will include live music on both nights. Entry is �12 which includes a commemorative glass and three pints of either real ale or cider. Entry for Saturday afternoon visitors, between 11am and 5pm, is �10. The festival is open from 6pm to midnight on Friday, and 11am to midnight on Saturday.