The Great Yarmouth Winter Beer and Cider Festival returns for its third year to St George’s Theatre.

This seasonal version runs over the first weekend of December and features over 40 real ales, craft beers and ciders, many produced by Norfolk and Suffolk’s micro brewers. Winter ales will be a feature while live music will form part of the weekend.

The festival opens 11-3pm and 5-11pm on December 1 and 2, and 11-4pm on December 3.

Tickets are available on the door at £3 for lunch and £5 for evening sessions while the Sunday afternoon session is £2 entry.

Advance tickets are available through St George’s booking office and Mercury readers can get £1 off all advance tickets by entering “Mercurybeer17” when booking online at www.stgeorgestheatre.com or by quoting the code over the phone or in person to the box office on 01493 331484.

The discount code is active until November 24.