Ossett Beercart Festival, a staple event which features a weekend of Morris dancing, family fun and beer drinking, will return this weekend.

The weekend begins with the opening of the beer festival in Ossett Town Hall at 6pm on Friday evening (June 5) – where a wide range of beers, ciders and craft ales and lagers will be on offer.

On Saturday (June 6), the Beercart procession through Ossett will take place.

Beginning at 10.15am at the Ossett War Memorial Community Centre, a cart of barrels pulled by one hundred Morris dancers from around the country will make its way through parts of Ossett and into the town centre.

Ossett Beercart will return this weekend. Photograph by Tony Johnson.

placeholder image — Ossett Beercart will return this weekend. Photograph by Tony Johnson.

Drivers should expect temporary holds on traffic and pedestrian crossings within the town.

Upon arriving in Ossett town centre, at around 11am, the traditional Beercart dance will be performed by the Wakefield Morris Dancers and the beer festival will reopen.

It will then remain open until 11pm.

From 10am to 4pm, there will also be a market, children’s rides, food stalls, and regular performances from the Morris dancers in the town centre.

The money raised from this year’s Beercart will be donated to Wakefield Hospice.

The full procession route can be found via: https://www.facebook.com/Ossettbeercart/posts/pfbid02MHyCEDSzP4gLtDvsbD7Ws7TEKMDcGrvDMZy7moGg2rRmhynSPK1JKEWhtpT22S2sl