Bullapalooza 2026: Our Biggest Weekend Yet

Another Bullapalooza is in the books, and what a weekend it was.

Every June, we throw our annual street festival, Bullapalooza, at Bullhouse East. Bringing together great beer, live music, local food, independent makers and the people who make Bullhouse what it is. This year's event was our biggest to date, with thousands of people joining us across the weekend to celebrate everything we love about our local community.

10,000 Pints Poured

Over the course of the weekend, we poured more than 10,000 pints, keeping the taps flowing from start to finish.

Whether you were sticking with your Bullhouse favourite or trying something new, we loved seeing so many people enjoying fresh beer straight from the source. The queues may have been busy, but the beer was cold and the atmosphere never let up.

A Huge Weekend for Music

This year's partnership with If You Know You Know brought something new to Bullapalooza. Normally an invite-only, exclusive festival but this time they opened the doors for everyone across the whole weekend. With a line up including Faux DJs, Lisa Forbes, Lucky Cat and Ryan Vail, they helped make Bullapalooza feel bigger than ever.

Supporting Local

Bullhouse has always been about more than what's happening behind the bar. Every year at Bullapalooza we welcome an incredible lineup of independent food vendors and local craft businesses, giving festival-goers plenty to explore between pints. Supporting local producers, independent makers and small businesses is what Bullhouse is all about, and we love sharing our space with so many talented people.

Built Around Community

One of the best things about Bullapalooza is seeing everyone from all walks of life enjoying the weekend together. Families, groups of friends, regulars, first-time customers (and plenty of dogs) filled the taproom and Manderson Street from opening until close each day. Creating a neutral space that's genuinely welcoming for everyone has always been part of the plan, and it's something we're proud to see grow year after year.

Giving Back

This year's festival also gave us the opportunity to support our Charity Partner of the Year, Newforge Taggers. We donated 10% of all bar sales from Bullapalooza to the club, helping support the fantastic work they do providing inclusive tag rugby opportunities for people with learning difficulties.

Community has always been at the heart of Bullhouse, and being able to use one of our biggest events of the year to support another local organisation makes the weekend even more worthwhile.

Thanks

A huge thank you to everyone who came along, bought a pint, grabbed some food, supported our traders or simply spent the weekend with us.

Thanks as well to our team, the vendors, musicians, partners and everyone working behind the scenes to make Bullapalooza happen. Events like this take a lot of people pulling in the same direction, and we're lucky to have such a great community around us.

As we continue celebrating 10 years of Bullhouse Brew Co., weekends like Bullapalooza are a reminder of what we've built together.

We'll see you next year!