Edmonton International Beerfest

Edmonton's International Beerfest (Edmonton BeerFest, International BeerFest, BeerFest Edmonton Beer Festival ) is an annual two-day beer and food festival held in early spring in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.[3][4] Gaining national and international recognition for its size, attendance, entertainment and beer school.

Edmonton's International Beerfest
StatusActive
GenreBeer festival
VenueShaw Conference Centre
Location(s)Edmonton, Alberta
CountryCanada
Years active2003–2019, 2021–
Previous event25–26 March 2022 [1]
Next event24–25 March 2023 [2]
Attendance25,000
Websitehttps://www.internationalbeerfest.com/
EDMONTON BEERFEST
EDMONTON INTERNATIONAL BEERFEST
EDMONTON INTERNATIONAL BEERFEST
EDMONTON BEERFEST

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 large focus on Alberta and Canada.[6][7]

The Festival includes:

  • Live entertainment on multiple stage
  • 10-20 bands
  • Magicians
  • Professional Hula hoop
  • Aerialist
  • Acrobats
  • Contortionists
  • Jugglers
  • Fire Spinners
  • Stilt Walkers
  • Beer School
  • Craft Beer Village
  • Games
  • Food Trucks
  • Food and Beer Pairing
  • Brewers
  • Breweries
  • Beer Judges
  • Celebrity Chefs
  • Restaurants
  • Hundreds of Beers from around the world
International BeerFest
International BeerFest

The first events sold out.[8] As a result, the organizers relocated the festival to the Shaw Conference Centre. Since March 2007, the event has been held annually at the Convention Centre in downtown Edmonton.

Edmonton's International Beerfest has won Vue Weekly's Golden Fork Awards for best Beverage Festival/Event in both 2014[9] and 2015.[10] Beerfest has received runner up in the same category in 2016,[11] 2017,[12] and 2018.[13]

Each year, approximately 25,000 people attend the event over its two-day span.[14]

The next festival is scheduled for March 22-23 2024 at The Convention Centre

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. "International Beer Fest celebrates tenth anniversary". Edmonton Examiner. Archived from the original on 10 March 2018. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
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