Edmonton International Beerfest

Edmonton's International Beerfest
Status Active
Genre Beer festival
Venue Shaw Conference Centre
Location(s) Edmonton, Alberta
Country Canada
Years active 2006 - present
Previous event March 24-25, 2017[1]
Next event April 13 & 14, 2018[2][3]
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.[4][5]

The festival allows patrons to sample beers, lagers and ales from around the globe[6] brought in by different vendors, microbreweries, and pubs from across Alberta and Canada.[7][8]

The first event in 2006 sold out and over 700 patrons were turned away at the door.[9] 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[10] in downtown Edmonton.

Edmonton's International Beerfest has won Vue Weekly's Golden Fork Awards for best Beverage Festival/Event in both 2014[11] and 2015[12]. Beerfest has received runner up in the same category in 2016[13], 2017[14], and 2018[15].

Each year approximately 25,000 people attend the event over its two-day span.[16]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "The Aviary empties its nest of music merch, 'cool stuff' with garage sale". metronews.ca. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
  2. ↑ "Edmonton Beerfest". Explore Edmonton. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
  3. ↑ "48 Super Fun Edmonton Things To Do In 2018: Super Fun Things To Do In March & April 2018". Narcity Edmonton. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
  4. ↑ "Edmonton Beer Festival about craft beer advocacy, education". metronews.ca. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
  5. ↑ "Festival City: Edmonton's International Beerfest". The Wanderer. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
  6. ↑ "100 bottles of beer in the hall: tales from Beerfest:". Vue Weekly. Retrieved 14 March 2018.
  7. ↑ "Beer drinkers find heaven". metronews.ca. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
  8. ↑ "Rock 'n' roll on tap at Edmonton's International Beerfest – also, beer". gigcity.ca. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
  9. ↑ "Edmonton International BeerFest". Edmonton Journal. 2008-02-27. Retrieved 2017-12-06.
  10. ↑ "Edmonton's International Beerfest - Shaw Conference Centre". Shaw Conference Centre. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
  11. ↑ "Golden Fork Awards 2014: Other Bests". www.vueweekly.com. Retrieved 2018-03-14.
  12. ↑ "Golden Fork Awards 2015: Other Bests". www.vueweekly.com. Retrieved 2018-03-14.
  13. ↑ "Golden Fork Awards 2016: Other Bests". www.vueweekly.com. Retrieved 2018-03-14.
  14. ↑ "Golden Fork Awards 2017: Other Bests". www.vueweekly.com. Retrieved 2018-03-14.
  15. ↑ "Golden Fork Awards 2018: Other Bests". www.vueweekly.com. Retrieved 2018-03-14.
  16. ↑ "International Beer Fest celebrates tenth anniversary". Edmonton Examiner. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
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