A BEER festival is back with a bang at a popular watering hole, which lays claim to a city’s best beer garden.

The Woodman Inn, in Durham, holds its third annual Beer, Bangers and Cocktail Festival from tomorrow.

Apart from a selection of 30-plus real ales, ciders and perries, there will also be a cocktail and prosecco bar, plus an array of food and entertainment on offer.

The Gilesgate pub hosted an impressive 800 guests at last year’s festival and hopes to top that figure, with two days added by licensees Sean and Jane Quilty.

The festival runs until Tuesday, and is free to enter, with a limited number of VIP opening night tickets available.

They entitle guests to a festival t-shirt, a Durham Campaign for Real Ale tankard glass, half-pint drinks tokens, a barbecue sausage bap, plus discount ale card.