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Real ALErts

Our Real ALErts feature emails you when beers from your favourite breweries are available to drink at The Red Lion.


February Quiz & Curry: Evesham Dementia Action Alliance

The EDAA campaigns to create a dementia-friendly community in Evesham and across the Vale. They help raise awareness of people who are living with dementia, and their carers, and provide support and training for businesses, community organisations, and carers. The February quizzers raised a fantastic £445 to help their cause.


January Quiz & Curry: Roundabout, Evesham

Roundabout is a non-profit furniture and homewares charity; they take donations of furniture, some of which is sold in their Blackminster shop, some is shared with other charities, some is given directly to local people in need. The money they raise from furniture sales and donations is used to help other charities, and to purchase January Quiz & Curry: Roundabout, Evesham


In memory of Pete Hodge, 1949–2025

We were honoured to say a few words at Pete’s funeral on Tuesday 6th January, 2026. These are not just my thoughts and memories, but I’m speaking on behalf of the many customers, musicians, and staff at The Red Lion, whose lives have all been positively impacted — in some cases utterly transformed — by In memory of Pete Hodge, 1949–2025


New Year’s Eve 2025

An incredible evening to welcome in 2026. Live music from The O.B. Band, joined by superstar Marion Fleetwood, Pete & Mads Jones. We packed the place out — apologies if we had to turn you away at the door, but there simply wasn’t room for anyone else. A fantastic atmosphere, fantastic music, and a fantastic New Year’s Eve 2025


Christmas & New Year Opening Hours

Our opening hours over the next few days…. Christmas Eve: Open as usual Christmas Day: Open 11am–1pm Boxing Day: Open 3pm–11pm (Bow Brook Border Morris dancing at 3pm, but note we don’t have any music scheduled in the evening) 27th–30th: Normal hours, open from noon NYE: Open from noon–1am, with live music from The O.B. Christmas & New Year Opening Hours


Gluten-Free Real Ale / Beer

We have a permanent gluten-free line on the bar. Normally it’s a pale or golden beer, but we do get some darker stours and porters in too sometimes. Gluten-free beer tastes identical to ‘normal’ beer. It is treated with an enzyme during fermentation, which breaks down the gluten proteins, reducing the gluten level to below Gluten-Free Real Ale / Beer