2025 Harvest Auction
2025-09-26 19:30 - 23:00 UTC | The Red Lion, United Kingdom
One of the most highly anticipated events in the Red Lion calendar!
Hold the date in your diaries for the popular Red Lion Harvest Auction which takes place this year on the evening of Friday 26 September 2025.
More details to follow….

Preston Village Day 2025
2025-09-13 12:00 - 21:00 | The Red Lion, United Kingdom
We are looking forward to some fun and games at this years’ Village Day which takes place on Saturday 13 September.
Organised by The Preston Trust Committee, events will be taking place on The Green and around the village.
The Red Lion will be open as usual.
We also have the wonderful SG4 playing a set in the pub garden at around 6-8pm.
Come and join the village fun!

Harvest Auction
2024-09-27 20:00 - 23:00 | The Red Lion, United Kingdom
Bring in the harvest at the Red Lion Harvest Auction on the evening of Friday 27 September.
Would those donating produce for the auction bring their contributions to the pub in the afternoon – preferably after 3pm.

Covid-19 update 18th March 2020
2020-03-18 08:00 - 2020-04-30 17:00

Sandra Grant - Live Jazz
2020-03-15 15:00 - 17:00

Quiz Night - Sat 8th Feb - 7.30pm
2020-01-28 08:00 - 17:00
Come and join us for the first Quiz Night on 2020!
Saturday 8th Feb, 7.30 pm start.
£10 per person – includes a selection to Jo’s beautiful homemade curries. Sensational……..
Get a team. Go it alone…
Think you’re clever? We’ll see………..

Christmas Carols Friday 22nd Dec 8pm
2019-12-20 20:00 - 23:00
Join us at 8pm on Friday 20th December for Christmas Carols round the fire. Bring your snazzy Christmas Jumpers and festive voice!

The Preston Trust Christmas Tree Lighting - Sunday 1st Dec - 6pm
2019-12-01 18:00 - 23:30

Sausages & Cider Celebration - Saturday Nov 2nd - 2pm onwards
2019-11-02 14:00 - 23:30
Regretfully due to prohibitively high insurance costs, we will not be hosting fireworks this year.
Instead, we will celebrating another type of banger!
A variety of wonderful sausages will be on the grill from 2pm on Saurday Nov 2nd, including vegetarian and vegan options.
To wash them down we will have a selection of well sourced ciders to celebrate the amazingness of the humble apple. How very autumnal….
Live music throughout the afternoon and activities for our younger customers too!
The usual selection of fine real ales, wines, lagers will of course be also available to dive into.
01452 459 585
Look forward to seeing you…..

The Ploughmen - Live Friday Oct 4th
2019-10-04 20:00 - 23:30
Live Music from The Ploughmen to celebrate The Red Lion being awarded CAMRA East Anglia Regional Pub Of The Year 2019!

Harvest Auction - Fri Sept 27th 8pm
2019-09-27 20:00 - 23:30
Bring in the harvest at The Red Lion Harvest Auction.
We’ll have a sing-song as well as raise valuable funds for St Martins Church, Preston Primary School and junior cricket at Preston Cricket Club
Any donations of produce would be very welcome, so please drop off at the pub from 3pm onwards on the 27th.
Looking forward to seeing you on one of the most popular evenings of the year…!

CAMRA Award presentation - Friday Oct 4th 8pm. We are now the East Anglia Region CAMRA Pub of the Year 2019
2019-09-11 08:00 - 2019-10-04 23:30 | The Red Lion, United Kingdom
We are so over-the-moon that we have now not only been voted CAMRA North Herts Pub Of The Year 2019 , CAMRA Hertfordshire Pub Of The Year 2019 but we are now so proud to have been nominated and awarded the CAMRA East Anglia Regional Pub Of The Year Award 2019! Top 16 CAMRA pubs in the country! Massive thanks go to all our shareholders, our wonderful customers, supporters, suppliers and just everyone involved in whole venture and especially Ray and Jo Lambe and team who have achieved all this. Over 30 years of community ownership. Ray and Jo Lambe and the team have taken The Red Lion to new heights and it’s brilliant.
Award presentation will take place Friday Oct 4th at 8pm
Our great friends The Ploughmen will play some live music after that…Please do come along and see us….!

Open Mic Night & Live Music - Friday 2nd Aug
2019-08-02 19:00 - 23:00
Live Music and Open Mic evening – Friday 2nd August

Hertfordshire CAMRA Pub of the YEAR 2019!
2019-07-19 08:00 - 2020-01-22 17:00
We are super-delighted to have been nominated as Hertfordshire CAMRA Pub of the Year 2019!
We wanted to say a huge thank you to everyone who has supported us and acknowledged us and the team for what we do and as a pub that people like to visit.
It’s also a great endorsement for the power of community spirit. Having been bought by the villagers of Preston in the early 1980’s we have proven that with hard work and community involvement, community pubs can thrive!
Thanks also to North Herts CAMRA for their wholehearted support. We were lucky enough to win North Herts CAMRA Pub of the Year three times in succession …..but the whole of Hertfordshire CAMRA award was very unexpected. We’re thrilled.
Hope to see you all soon so come up and see us for a pint or a meal – or both!

Live Music from The Mighty Collider + The Chris Andrews Band + Marcus Watson - Saturday May 4th - 6.30 >
2019-05-04 18:30 - 23:00 | The Red Lion, United Kingdom

Music from SG4 - Live from The Bay Window Saturday April 20th - 8pm
2019-04-20 20:00 - 23:00 | The Red Lion, United Kingdom

2019-03-16 21:00 - 23:30
Celtic Krystal Returns! Live Folk Music on Saturday 16th March from 9pm….

Live Music from The Drive-By Buskers - Feb 23rd 9pm
2019-02-23 21:00 - 23:30

Christmas Carols - Friday 21st Dec
2018-12-21 19:00 - 23:30
The Red Lion Christmas Carols……Come and have a sing-song round the fire to welcome in Christmas. Merry Christmas. Everyone.

Live Folk Music from Celtic Krystal - Wed 19th / 8.30
2018-12-19 20:30 - 23:00
Live Music from The Bay Window to take us into the festive period from Celtic Krystal – Wed 19th Dec from 8.30pm.

Musical Quiz Night - Sunday 25th November - 7.30pm to start
2018-11-25 19:00 - 23:00
In aid of the Anne Robson Trust – A Musical Quiz Night to test the braincells. 6 per team – ish.
Hope to see you there and supporting this worthy cause.

New Guest Beers from Thornbridge Brewery
2018-11-22 08:00 - 2018-11-25 17:00
Beautiful New Guest Beers from Thornbridge Brewery – AM:PM 4.5% and Jaipur 5.9%

The Red Lion Fireworks - Friday 2nd Nov. 7pm.
2018-11-02 19:00 - 23:00
The Red Lion Fireworks – Friday 2nd Nov (change of date from one seen in village newsletter). 7pm launch time. Sausage BBQ with a selection of homemade meat, vegetarian and vegan bangers. Live music from The Driveby Buskers.

The Red Lion Sausage Festival - Saturday Oct 13th
2018-10-13 15:00 - 23:00 | The Red Lion, United Kingdom
Locally Sourced, Homemade Sausages from 3pm. Award Winning Beer.
Vegetarians Options Available. Curry Buffet later on from 6pm.
Live Music from….
Funky Face 3pm
Marcus Watson 7pm
Taylor Nathan 8pm
Bruce McRae 9pm
The Mighty Collider 10pm

Live Music - Sat July 21st - The Mighty Collider + Support
2018-07-21 17:00 | The Red Lion, United Kingdom

CAMRA North Herts - Pub of the Year Award Presentation Friday June 29 - 7.30
2018-06-29 19:30 - 23:00 | The Red Lion, United Kingdom
Come along and celebrate Ray, Jo and the Team’s amazing accolade as being 2018 North Herts Pub Of The Year.
CAMRA will present the award at 7.30pm on Friday June 29th…
See you there

Fathers Day Weekend at The Red Lion
2018-06-16 - 2018-06-17

Preston Village Gardens Open - Wood Fired Pizza and Live Music - Sunday May 27th
2018-05-27 12:00 - 23:59
The Pizza Oven will be lit from 2pm and Live Music from 3pm all afternoon.
Please call 01462 459 585 for more information

Royal Wedding & FA Cup Final
2018-05-19 11:30 - 23:00
Royal Wedding screened outside from 11.30am
FA Cup Final at 5.00pm

* BBQ & Wood Fired Pizzas *
* Mini Beer Festival *
* Pimms & Prosecco *
* Afternoon Tea *
* Live Music *
