Edmonton's International Beerfest
StatusActive
GenreBeer festival
VenueShaw Conference Centre
Location(s)Edmonton, Alberta
CountryCanada
Years active2003–2019, 2021–
FounderSean Farmer
Previous event24-25 March 2023 [1]
Next event21-23 March 2024 [2]
Attendance25,000
Websitehttps://www.internationalbeerfest.com/

Edmonton's International BeerFest is an annual festival held in early spring in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.[3][4]

Event

The festival allows patrons to sample beers, lagers and ales from around the globe[5] brought in by different vendors, microbreweries, and pubs from around the world, with a focus on Alberta and Canada.[6][7]

The first events sold out.[8] Since then, the event has won the City of Edmonton's local magazine Vue Weekly's Golden Fork Awards for best Beverage Festival/Event in both 2014[9] and 2015.[10] Beerfest then received runner up in the same category in 2016,[11] 2017,[12] and 2018.[13] [14] Approximately 25,000 people have attended in past years.[15][16]

See also

References

  1. "Edmonton's International Beerfest - Edmonton | Globalnews.ca".
  2. "Edmonton International BeerFest".
  3. "Edmonton Beer Festival about craft beer advocacy, education". metronews.ca. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
  4. "Festival City: Edmonton's International Beerfest". The Wanderer. 24 April 2013. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
  5. "100 bottles of beer in the hall: tales from Beerfest". Vue Weekly. Retrieved 14 March 2018.
  6. "Beer drinkers find heaven". metronews.ca. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
  7. "Rock 'n' roll on tap at Edmonton's International Beerfest – also, beer". gigcity.ca. 28 April 2011. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
  8. "Edmonton International BeerFest". Edmonton Journal. 2008-02-27. Retrieved 2017-12-06.
  9. "Golden Fork Awards 2014: Other Bests". www.vueweekly.com. Retrieved 2018-03-14.
  10. "Golden Fork Awards 2015: Other Bests". www.vueweekly.com. Retrieved 2018-03-14.
  11. "Golden Fork Awards 2016: Other Bests". www.vueweekly.com. Retrieved 2018-03-14.
  12. "Golden Fork Awards 2017: Other Bests". www.vueweekly.com. Retrieved 2018-03-14.
  13. "Golden Fork Awards 2018: Other Bests". www.vueweekly.com. Retrieved 2018-03-14.
  14. https://edmontonjournal.com/news/local-news/longneck-ice-cold-beer-ever-break-your-heart-beerfest-returns-to-edmonton
  15. "International Beer Fest celebrates tenth anniversary". Edmonton Examiner. 4 March 2018. Archived from the original on 10 March 2018. Retrieved 31 December 2023.
  16. "Edmonton International Beerfest". Canadian Beer News.
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