They said they reached the decision with “great regret” amid uncertainty over when host venue The Borough Hall will reopen following its March closure on health and safety grounds.
So why not raise a glass to the round table’s fundraising efforts over the years by looking back at these nostalgic photos from past festivals?
![Drinkers at the opening night of the 2012 Hartlepool Beer Festival.](https://www.hartlepoolmail.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjM4ODVmYmRhLTZjZTItNDgyMS1iZjE1LTUzOTc1ZWQyMmE4Yjo5Nzg5MTc0Ny1hMzIwLTRlNjMtYTY5MS02YjJlYjZjNzM2YWQ=.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=800)
5. Hartlepool Beer Festival
Drinkers at the opening night of the 2012 Hartlepool Beer Festival.Photo: TY
![Hartlepool Beer Festival co-organiser and round table chairman Graeme Smith tests a drink ahead of the 2011 festival.](https://www.hartlepoolmail.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjA5Nzg3ZWVlLWUwOTUtNDM1Ny1hYTUxLTcwY2UxMzRmYjVjNjpjMzM3NTM3Ni1kNDA2LTQ3NTktOWY2Mi02ZGYzNGU1YzFjYjU=.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=800)
6. Hartlepool Beer Festival
Hartlepool Beer Festival co-organiser and round table chairman Graeme Smith tests a drink ahead of the 2011 festival.Photo: Picture by Tom Yeoman
![The opening night of the 2012 Hartlepool Beer Festival.](https://www.hartlepoolmail.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjkyMmY5NjBhLTQ3ZWQtNGM5Zi04NjU5LTcyNmMwNTRkOThlYzowNmZhYjQ1MC0xN2IzLTRmMjMtOWQ3MS0wNGY0YmNlYTJlNjA=.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=800)
7. Hartlepool Beer Festival
The opening night of the 2012 Hartlepool Beer Festival.Photo: TY
![The Mail's Tracy Walker helps out at the 2013 festival with fellow bar staff, from left, Allan Wise, James Black, Tim Boagey, Derek Wheatley and Mike Craddy.](https://www.hartlepoolmail.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjEwMmUzOWIwLTAwMzQtNDc3Mi1iYmUzLTg5NjQ2MWY4M2Y4Yjo4MGZkODQ0OS01MWIxLTRiZDktYTE4NS05NDdmZWVlMzJmNTI=.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=800)
8. Hartlepool Beer Festival
The Mail's Tracy Walker helps out at the 2013 festival with fellow bar staff, from left, Allan Wise, James Black, Tim Boagey, Derek Wheatley and Mike Craddy.Photo: TY