Edmonton International Beerfest

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Edmonton's International Beerfest
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NicknameEdmonton BeerFest
StatusActive
Genre Beer festival
FrequencyAnnual
VenueEdmonton Convention Centre
Location(s) Edmonton, Alberta
Country Canada
Years active2003–2020. 2023 - present
FounderSean Farmer
Previous event24-25 March 2023 [1]
Next eventApril 18-19, 2025
Attendance25,000
Organised byLoud 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]

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Event

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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 Weekly's 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

References

  1. ↑ "Edmonton's International Beerfest - Edmonton | Globalnews.ca".
  2. ↑ "Edmonton Beer Festival about craft beer advocacy, education". metronews.ca. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
  3. ↑ "Festival City: Edmonton's International Beerfest". The Wanderer. 24 April 2013. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
  4. ↑ "100 bottles of beer in the hall: tales from Beerfest". Vue Weekly. Archived from the original on March 15, 2018. Retrieved 14 March 2018.
  5. ↑ "Beer drinkers find heaven". metronews.ca. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
  6. ↑ "Rock 'n' roll on tap at Edmonton's International Beerfest – also, beer". gigcity.ca. 28 April 2011. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
  7. ↑ "Edmonton International BeerFest". Edmonton Journal. 2008-02-27. Retrieved 2017-12-06.
  8. ↑ "Golden Fork Awards 2014: Other Bests". www.vueweekly.com. Archived from the original on May 16, 2014. Retrieved 2018-03-14.
  9. ↑ "Golden Fork Awards 2015: Other Bests". www.vueweekly.com. Archived from the original on June 17, 2015. Retrieved 2018-03-14.
  10. ↑ "Golden Fork Awards 2016: Other Bests". www.vueweekly.com. Archived from the original on May 16, 2017. Retrieved 2018-03-14.
  11. ↑ "Golden Fork Awards 2017: Other Bests". www.vueweekly.com. Archived from the original on September 15, 2017. Retrieved 2018-03-14.
  12. ↑ "Golden Fork Awards 2018: Other Bests". www.vueweekly.com. Archived from the original on February 26, 2018. Retrieved 2018-03-14.
  13. ↑ https://edmontonjournal.com/news/local-news/longneck-ice-cold-beer-ever-break-your-heart-beerfest-returns-to-edmonton
  14. ↑ "International Beer Fest celebrates tenth anniversary". Edmonton Examiner. 4 March 2018. Archived from the original on 10 March 2018. Retrieved 31 December 2023.
  15. ↑ "Edmonton International Beerfest". Canadian Beer News.
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