Rail Ale & Blues Festival

Friday 11th – Sunday 13th September 2026
Lakeside Station, Cleethorpes Coast Light Railway

The blues rides the rails again as the Rail, Ale & Blues Festival returns to Lakeside Station for a weekend of outstanding live music, traditional real ales and heritage railway journeys.

The award-winning Signal Box Inn will be serving a carefully selected range of real ales throughout the weekend, with an additional bar available inside the Luggage Shed Lounge. Meanwhile, a packed programme of live blues will take to the Lakeside stage, curated by Sheffield’s Honey Bee Blues Club and featuring performers from across the country.

Trains will also be running along the Cleethorpes coastline throughout the weekend, bringing together three great British traditions: railways, real ale and live blues.

Friday 11th September

• 7:00pm – David Broad and the Mean Valley Stompers
• 9:00pm – Slim Jim Blues

Saturday 12th September

• 1:00pm – Karen Macleod
• 3:00pm – Sticky Bones Jones
• 5:00pm – GREEN
• 7:00pm – Cookin’ Fat Jack and the Chimney Stacks
• 9:00pm – Kaspar “Berry” Rapkin and the Swamp Dogs

Sunday 13th September

• 1:00pm – Tom Killner
• 3:00pm – Juke Joint Kings

Entry to the festival and live music is completely free, with charges applying for drinks and train journeys. The bars open from 11:00am each day.

Please note that Cleethorpes Coast Light Railway is a cashless venue and performance times may be subject to change.

Trains. Real ales. Live blues. All aboard for one unforgettable weekend at Lakeside Station.

The event is free to enter with charges applying for drinks and train rides - bars open from 11:00am.

Please note we are a cashless venue.