Join us to celebrate the Christmas Season. A well mannered pre-Christmas get together with Christmas Beers, Mulled Wine and Spiced Cider, enjoying Carols and Christmas Songs. Come and watch, or come and join in! See you there. (and don’t forget to bring your Christmas Hat!)
Category: Announcements
Get ready, folks!! We’re thrilled to announce that this friday 15th November at Blackfriars Tavern, we’ll be welcoming back the incredible Ballard Bootleggers for an evening of live folk music!
Come along by yourself, or come with friends, grab a drink and settle in for a memorable night! Music starts at 7:30 and goes on until 9:30-ish
Our delicious pizzas will be available to order from 6:30 until 10pm in additional to the usual homemade pies and bowls of chips.
No entry fee, just bring your love for live music, and enjoy!
We can’t wait to see you here!
An Afternoon Of Music
8th November 2-5pm – Join us for an afternoon of relaxed music & light-hearted banter with local performers “Liquorice”
28/10/24 Update – We are now operating a waitlist for this (all places are currently taken)
31/10/2024, 20:00-22:00. Welcome to Tales at The Tavern: Halloween Edition! Join us for a spooky evening of ghost stories, folklore, and chilling tales at Blackfriars Tavern (East Anglia CAMRA Pub Of The Year and Norfolk CAMRA Cider Pub Of The Year). Grab a seat, order a drink, and get ready to be entertained by our storyteller, The Yarnsmith of Norwich (professional story teller and award winning author). This in-person event promises a night of thrills and excitement that you won’t want to miss. See you there! Light snacks available on the night. (Well behaved 12+ permitted; must remain with their accompanying adult at all times).
This is a free event, but you must have a ticket. Get your ticket here.
Ummmm, it’s us.!!! The announcement went out on the East Anglia CAMRA website, and also on East Norfolk CAMRA page. There will be an official presentation at 1pm on Saturday the 17th August at Blackfriars Tavern. There will be beer (all 18 handpumps working – that’s like a beer festival). We hope that as many of you as possible can make it. We will be issuing two pints of beer free to membership card carrying CAMRA members while stocks last. There will be some complementary food as well. This is not a CAMRA closed event, all our regulars are encouraged to give their support on this occasion.
Summer Quiz Series – 27th August
A quick reminder that the next quiz is Tuesday August 27th.
It’s time for our Summer Quiz Series. Still with our excellent selection of Real Ales and Real Ciders, still on the last tuesday of each month, but now with our Rachael asking the questions! Expect 2 rounds of 20 varied questions with either a picture, dingbats or a clues round in-between. A light snack will be served at half time. We look forward to seeing familiar faces as well as new. See you soon, book a table to secure your spot.
Presentation of Awards to Blackfriars Tavern on 1st July 2024 (7pm to 9pm) as CAMRA Norfolk Pub of the Year 2024 and CAMRA Norfolk Cider Pub of the Year 2024.
On the 1st July, there will be an event with the presentation of the certificates for both of these prestigious awards.
Earlier in the year, we were judged as East Norfolk Pub Of The Year and Cider Pub Of The Year, which was and continues to be amazing news which we are thankful for!
Then in April and May we received two special pieces of news. In April, we were told that we had been judged as the Cider Pub Of The Year for the whole of Norfolk and in May we were informed that we had been judged as the Pub Of The Year for the whole of Norfolk.
We are inviting regular customers and CAMRA members to come and help us celebrate.
We will be providing some complementary real ale or real cider* and a light snack to help the event go well.
The format of the evening is
7pm East Norfolk CAMRA Open Branch Meeting,
8pm Presentation followed by Music from the Ballard Bootleggers
8:30pm Complementary Snacks. 10pm event finishes.
*Complementary drinks can be claimed between 6:30pm and 9pm on 1st July 2024.
- either 2 free pints per Norfolk CAMRA member (on production of CAMRA membership card)
- or 1 free pint on production of a Blackfriars Tavern Loyalty Card containing at least two pints worth of stamps (this is in addition to the free pint that a full card will enable) or 2 free pints if your card contains 4 or more completed sections.
- In addition, the East Norfolk CAMRA branch is issuing tokens to people who have attended at least one of the open branch meetings this year which will entitle them to a free pint while stocks last!.
Monday 27th – noon to 6pm
Tuesday 28th and Wednesday 29th – Closed All Day to enable us to reset after the festival.
Thursday 30th onwards, open from noon as normal
CAMRA Norfolk Pub Of The Year 2024
🎉 Exciting news! We have been judged by CAMRA independent judges as the Best Pub for Real Ale in the whole of Norfolk, which builds on our being judged as the Best Pub for Real Ale and Cider in the East Norfolk Area.
Visit us to discover why. Enjoy some of the many ciders and perries in our multi award winning pub and celebrate this prestigious honour with us. Cheers to exceptional cider and great company! 🍻
30 Real Ales including many one off, unique and unusual beers, 60 Real Ciders including some unusual items not normally found in Norfolk!
Live Music in the evenings, Food and Activities
Blackfriars Tavern (Norfolk Cider Pub Of The Year, East Norfolk Pub Of The Year