Edmonton International Beerfest
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Edmonton's International Beerfest | |
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Status | Active |
Genre | Beer festival |
Venue | Shaw Conference Centre |
Location(s) | Edmonton, Alberta |
Country | Canada |
Years active | 2006–2019, 2021– |
Previous event | 22–23 March 2019 [1] |
Next event | 26–27 March 2021 [2] |
Attendance | 25,000 |
Website | https://www.internationalbeerfest.com/ |
Edmonton's International Beerfest (formerly the Edmonton Beer Festival) is an annual two-day beer and food festival held in early spring in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.[3][4]
The festival allows patrons to sample beers, lagers and ales from around the globe[5] brought in by different vendors, microbreweries, and pubs from across Alberta and Canada.[6][7]
The first event in 2006 sold out and over 700 patrons were turned away at the door.[8] As a result, the organizers relocated the festival to a 40,000 sq foot hall within the Shaw Conference Centre. Since March 2007, the event has been held annually at the Shaw Conference Centre[9] in downtown Edmonton.
Edmonton's International Beerfest has won Vue Weekly's Golden Fork Awards for best Beverage Festival/Event in both 2014[10] and 2015.[11] Beerfest has received runner up in the same category in 2016,[12] 2017,[13] and 2018.[14]
Each year approximately 25,000 people attend the event over its two-day span.[15]
This Beerfest went on hiatus in 2020 & will return in 2021.
See also[]
- Festivals in Edmonton
References[]
- ^ https://globalnews.ca/event/4975284/edmontons-international-beerfest-2/
- ^ https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/edmonton-international-beerfest-tickets-79933105069
- ^ "Edmonton Beer Festival about craft beer advocacy, education". metronews.ca. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
- ^ "Festival City: Edmonton's International Beerfest". The Wanderer. 24 April 2013. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
- ^ "100 bottles of beer in the hall: tales from Beerfest". Vue Weekly. Retrieved 14 March 2018.
- ^ "Beer drinkers find heaven". metronews.ca. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
- ^ "Rock 'n' roll on tap at Edmonton's International Beerfest – also, beer". gigcity.ca. 28 April 2011. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
- ^ "Edmonton International BeerFest". Edmonton Journal. 2008-02-27. Retrieved 2017-12-06.
- ^ "Edmonton's International Beerfest - Shaw Conference Centre". Shaw Conference Centre. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
- ^ "Golden Fork Awards 2014: Other Bests". www.vueweekly.com. Retrieved 2018-03-14.
- ^ "Golden Fork Awards 2015: Other Bests". www.vueweekly.com. Retrieved 2018-03-14.
- ^ "Golden Fork Awards 2016: Other Bests". www.vueweekly.com. Retrieved 2018-03-14.
- ^ "Golden Fork Awards 2017: Other Bests". www.vueweekly.com. Retrieved 2018-03-14.
- ^ "Golden Fork Awards 2018: Other Bests". www.vueweekly.com. Retrieved 2018-03-14.
- ^ "International Beer Fest celebrates tenth anniversary". Edmonton Examiner. Archived from the original on 10 March 2018. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
- Beer festivals in Canada
- Alberta stubs
- Festivals in Edmonton
- Alcohol in Alberta