Listen up, Swansea! Put down your lukewarm Carling and grab your fanciest beer-drinking flannel because The Rock & Hammer Ale, Cider & Craft Festival is smashing back into Hangar 18 like a hungover Viking with a thirst for chaos! 🛠️🍺
WHAT’S OCCURRING THEN? 🤘
A festival of booze, bands, and bad decisions – what more could you want?! Expect live music from Celtic Pride, Cancel The Transmission, and probably a few bands you’ll fall in love with after your 6th pint and forget by morning. Tidy.
🪕 Live music all day
🍻 Cask ales, craft brews, and enough cider to rehydrate a dragon
🎸 Two ticket types – for sensible sippers and full-send drink warriors
YOUR TICKET OPTIONS:
💷 £5 Entry + PAYG – Ideal if you plan on “just having the one” (lol, liar).
🍻 £25 Entry + 10 Drink Tokens – Now we’re talking. That’s £2.50 a drink, mun! Even Wetherspoons is weeping.
💰 £30 Door Price – For those who make all life decisions last minute, probably already wearing someone else’s sunglasses.
THINGS THAT MAY HAPPEN:
- You passionately debate why Electric Six should headline Download.
- You cry into your craft IPA because the cider “tastes like GCSE revision stress.”
- Someone dressed as a pint glass starts the conga during a power ballad.
- You get Celtic Pride’s lyrics tattooed on your shin “for the culture.”
- You wake up in Mumbles with a half-eaten scotch egg and a band’s drumstick.
BEER, BANDS & BAD DECISIONS – A WELSH TRADITION 🏴
Look, Swansea knows how to party. This isn’t your pretentious sipping session with someone explaining hops at you for 40 minutes. This is music loud enough to make your nan’s teacups rattle, beer strong enough to regret your texts, and vibes more intoxicating than the actual pints.
FINAL THOUGHTS (BEFORE WE BLACK OUT):
🍺 Bring your mates
🎸 Wear black
🥴 Pack paracetamol
🧀 Eat something cheesy before you start
📣 SHOUT “PROPER JOB!” after every band
Get your tickets: ticket247.co.uk
And remember – it’s not just a festival. It’s a Swansea beer baptism. 🍻🔥
See you at the bar, you absolute legends.
And if you see us passed out behind the cider barrels, throw us a sausage roll, yeah? 😅
#RockAndHammer #SwanseaSesh #AleYeah #TheRiffReport 🍻🤘
Michael is the founder, editor, and chief riff wrangler behind The Riff Report, an independent Welsh rock and metal publication built by fans, for fans. With a lifelong passion for loud guitars, unforgettable live shows, and the incredible community that surrounds rock and metal, he created The Riff Report to celebrate everything that makes the scene special—from legendary headline acts and grassroots venues to rising bands that deserve to be heard.
A familiar face at festivals across the UK, Michael spends much of the year covering events including Download Festival, Bloodstock Open Air, Steelhouse Festival, Firevolt, Plumpton Revival, and many more. Whether he’s battling the Welsh weather on a mountainside, surviving a weekend in a muddy campsite, or squeezed against the front barrier with thousands of fellow fans, he’s always searching for the next great story to share.
As editor of The Riff Report, Michael writes festival guides, breaking news, album reviews, gig reviews, interviews, opinion pieces, nostalgia features, and behind-the-scenes stories from across the rock and metal world. His writing combines honest opinions, humour, and a genuine love for live music, bringing readers closer to the bands, festivals, venues, and people that keep the scene alive.
Michael is particularly passionate about supporting independent artists, local venues, charities, and the wider UK rock and metal community. He believes every band deserves a chance to be discovered and every festival has a story worth telling. Through The Riff Report, he aims to shine a spotlight on both the biggest names in rock and the future stars waiting to break through.
When he’s not writing or interviewing artists, you’ll probably find him exploring festival campsites, photographing live shows, chatting with fellow fans over a pint, or planning the next road trip in search of more riffs, bigger crowds, and unforgettable moments.
Above all, Michael believes rock and metal are about more than music—they’re about community, friendship, and creating memories that last a lifetime. That’s exactly what The Riff Report exists to celebrate.
Proudly Welsh. Proudly Loud. Always chasing the next great riff. 🤘
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