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Craft beer events · British Columbia
Vancouver
2 published events in Vancouver · updated hourly
Vancouver is one of Canada's most-established craft-beer cities, with more than sixty breweries in the metro area and a walkable brewery cluster in East Vancouver — locals call it Yeast Van — that packs a dozen taprooms into a few blocks. The city's event calendar runs strongest from late spring through early fall, with Vancouver Craft Beer Week bracketing everything else, and a busy indoor Oktoberfest and holiday season through Q4.
The biggest annual dates on the Vancouver beer calendar are Vancouver Craft Beer Week (late May–early June — the largest craft-beer celebration in Western Canada, spanning 10+ days of programming), Vancouver Craft Beer & Music Festival at PNE, Brewery & the Beast at Concord Pacific Place (late August), and Harvest Haus at the PNE Forum in October (Vancouver's Oktoberfest).
Vancouver's brewery clusters: Yeast Van in East Vancouver (Strange Fellows, Callister, Storm, Powell Street, Andina, Off the Rail, Doan's, Superflux and more), Mount Pleasant along Main Street (33 Acres, Brassneck, Main Street Brewing, Red Truck), Port Moody's Brewery Row (Yellow Dog, Twin Sails, Parkside, Moody Ales) as a short SkyTrain ride, and New Westminster (Steel & Oak, Steamworks).
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Signature festivals
- Vancouver Craft Beer Week
- Vancouver Craft Beer & Music Festival
- Brewery & the Beast Vancouver
- Harvest Haus (Vancouver Oktoberfest)
- Great Canadian Beer Festival (nearby Victoria)
Brewery districts
- Yeast Van (East Vancouver)
- Mount Pleasant / Main Street
- Port Moody Brewery Row
- New Westminster
Frequently asked
▸When is Vancouver Craft Beer Week?
Vancouver Craft Beer Week runs from late May through early June each year — typically 10 days of programming across dozens of breweries in the metro area, culminating in a large festival weekend at PNE. It's the largest craft-beer week in Western Canada.
▸What is Yeast Van?
Yeast Van is Vancouver's informal name for the East Vancouver brewery cluster — roughly bounded by Powell Street, Clark Drive and Hastings — where a dozen breweries and taprooms sit within a few walkable blocks. It's the densest brewery district in the city and hosts most Vancouver brewery-crawl events.
▸Are there Vancouver craft beer festivals this weekend?
Use the This Weekend quick filter above to see every Vancouver craft-beer event scheduled Friday through Sunday. Peak weekend density is May through October.
▸How do I get to Port Moody's Brewery Row from downtown?
Port Moody's Brewery Row is a short SkyTrain ride from downtown Vancouver on the Millennium Line to Moody Centre station. Four breweries (Yellow Dog, Twin Sails, Parkside, Moody Ales) sit within a five-minute walk of the station.
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