Edmonton International Beerfest Explained

Edmonton's International Beerfest
Nickname:Edmonton Beer Festival
Status:Active
Genre:Beer festival
Frequency:Annual
Venue:Shaw Conference Centre
Location:Edmonton, Alberta
Country:Canada
Years Active:2003–2020. 2023 - present
Founder Name:Sean Farmer
Prev:24-25 March 2023 [1]
Next:April 18-19, 2025
Attendance:25,000
Organised:Loud City Owns and operates the annual Festival
Website:https://www.internationalbeerfest.com/

Edmonton's International BeerFest / Edmonton BeerFest an annual festival held in early spring in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.[2] [3]

Event

The festival allows patrons to sample beers, lagers and ales from around the globe[4] brought in by different vendors, microbreweries, and pubs from around the world, with a focus on Alberta and Canada.[5] [6]

The first events sold out.[7] Since then, the event has won the City of Edmonton's local magazine Vue Weeklys Golden Fork Awards for best Beverage Festival in both 2014[8] and 2015.[9] Beerfest then received runner up in the same category in 2016,[10] 2017,[11] and 2018.[12] [13]

Each year approximately 25,000 people attend the event over its two-day span.[14] [15]

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Edmonton's International Beerfest - Edmonton | Globalnews.ca.
  2. Web site: Edmonton Beer Festival about craft beer advocacy, education. metronews.ca. 2 March 2018.
  3. Web site: Festival City: Edmonton's International Beerfest. The Wanderer. 24 April 2013. 5 March 2018.
  4. Web site: 100 bottles of beer in the hall: tales from Beerfest. Vue Weekly. 14 March 2018.
  5. Web site: Beer drinkers find heaven. metronews.ca. 5 March 2018.
  6. Web site: Rock 'n' roll on tap at Edmonton's International Beerfest – also, beer. gigcity.ca. 28 April 2011. 9 March 2018.
  7. News: Edmonton International BeerFest. 2008-02-27. Edmonton Journal. 2017-12-06. en-US.
  8. Web site: Golden Fork Awards 2014: Other Bests. www.vueweekly.com. en-US. 2018-03-14.
  9. Web site: Golden Fork Awards 2015: Other Bests. www.vueweekly.com. en-US. 2018-03-14.
  10. Web site: Golden Fork Awards 2016: Other Bests. www.vueweekly.com. en-US. 2018-03-14.
  11. Web site: Golden Fork Awards 2017: Other Bests. www.vueweekly.com. en-US. 2018-03-14.
  12. Web site: Golden Fork Awards 2018: Other Bests. www.vueweekly.com. en-US. 2018-03-14.
  13. https://edmontonjournal.com/news/local-news/longneck-ice-cold-beer-ever-break-your-heart-beerfest-returns-to-edmonton
  14. Web site: 4 March 2018 . International Beer Fest celebrates tenth anniversary . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20180310010719/http://www.edmontonexaminer.com/2015/03/04/international-beer-fest-celebrates-tenth-anniversary . 10 March 2018 . 31 December 2023 . Edmonton Examiner.
  15. Web site: Edmonton International Beerfest. Canadian Beer News.

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