Edmonton International Beerfest

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]

Edmonton's International Beerfest
StatusActive
GenreBeer festival
VenueShaw Conference Centre
Location(s)Edmonton, Alberta
CountryCanada
Years active2006–2019, 2021–
Previous event22–23 March 2019 [1]
Next event26–27 March 2021 [2]
Attendance25,000
Websitehttps://www.internationalbeerfest.com/

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
  1. https://globalnews.ca/event/4975284/edmontons-international-beerfest-2/
  2. https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/edmonton-international-beerfest-tickets-79933105069
  3. "Edmonton Beer Festival about craft beer advocacy, education". metronews.ca. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
  4. "Festival City: Edmonton's International Beerfest". The Wanderer. 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. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
  8. "Edmonton International BeerFest". Edmonton Journal. 2008-02-27. Retrieved 2017-12-06.
  9. "Edmonton's International Beerfest - Shaw Conference Centre". Shaw Conference Centre. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
  10. "Golden Fork Awards 2014: Other Bests". www.vueweekly.com. Retrieved 2018-03-14.
  11. "Golden Fork Awards 2015: Other Bests". www.vueweekly.com. Retrieved 2018-03-14.
  12. "Golden Fork Awards 2016: Other Bests". www.vueweekly.com. Retrieved 2018-03-14.
  13. "Golden Fork Awards 2017: Other Bests". www.vueweekly.com. Retrieved 2018-03-14.
  14. "Golden Fork Awards 2018: Other Bests". www.vueweekly.com. Retrieved 2018-03-14.
  15. "International Beer Fest celebrates tenth anniversary". Edmonton Examiner. Archived from the original on 10 March 2018. Retrieved 5 March 2018.


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