Thank you to all who attended the 8th annual harrison beer festival! We hope that you enjoyed meeting our brewers and look forward to celebrating craft beer with you again next year! Tickets for the 2020 Harrison beer festival will go on sale in august.
Make it a weekend Getaway, stay at one of our local accommodations!
Cask night- Friday, October
Irish themed, wear your Tartans and your Green! House band blackthorn will get you dancing.
Look for ticket sales in August 2020
Beer festival- Saturday, October
Come and taste the best beers in bc! This year we are welcoming 21 craft breweries at the st.alice hall. vote to win for your favourite beer!
Look for ticket sales in August 2020
OKTOBERFEST Dance - SATURDAY OCTOBER
WEAR YOUR LEDERHOSEN OR YOUR DIRNDL, WHILE SAMPLING
TRADITIONAL GERMAN BEER OR SOME OF BC'S BEST GERMAN-STYLE BEER! THE BEER BARRELS WILL GET YOU UP AND DANCING THE GERMAN POLKA!
Look for ticket sales in August 2020.
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Looking to attend more than one event? Combo your tickets and save some money! COMBO tickets are now on sale!
Cask night and Beer Festival
October 25-26 Irish themed Cask Night and the afternoon beer tasting!
Combo tickets are now sold out
Beer Festival and Oktoberfest Dance
October 26 Afternoon tasting and the german themed oktoberfeSt dance!
combo tickets are now sold out
Beer LOvers
October 25-26- Attend all Three! Irish themed cask night, afternoon beer tasting, and the oktoberfest dance!
combo tickets are now sold out
2019 highlights
CONGRATULATIONS TO OLD YALE BREWING CO. FOR WINNNING TOP CASK ON THE FRIDAY NIGHT! This is Old Yale’s third year winning top cask!
CONGRATULATIONS TO Red Collar Brewing Co. FOR FIRST PRIZE AT THE BEER FESTIVAL!
CONGRATULATIONS TO Old Yale Brewing Co. FOR SECOND PRIZE AT THE BEER FESTIVAL!
AND CONGRATULATIONS TO Foamers' Folly FOR THIRD PRIZE AT THE BEER FESTIVAL!
THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS:
BLACK PRESS
TOURISM HARRISON HOT SPRINGS
HARRISON HOT SPRINGS RESORT AND SPA
ERDINGER BEER
AGASSIZ-HARRISON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
VILLAGE OF HARRISON HOT SPRINGS
THE GEORGIA STRAIGHT
Valley Water
In October, we like to cheers to our favourite beers by celebrating Craft Beer Month. This year, we celebrated our 8th annual Harrison Beer Festival! The Harrison Beer Festival is comprised of 3 events; Cask Night, Beer Festival, and the Oktoberfest Dance. Each event includes access to a themed buffet, provided by the Harrison Hot Springs Resort. Look for tickets in early August 2020.
On Friday, October 25th, we welcomed back Cask night! Cask Night's theme is Irish Party! With live Irish music performed by our house band Blackthorn, 10 tasty casks, and fun games; including lucky charms. Wear your tartans and your green!
The Beer Festival Tasting took place on Saturday, October 26th, this is where we welcome 21 craft breweries to the St. Alice Hall. Bringing you the best breweries in BC that surely should not be missed. One lucky brewer will take home the coveted First Prize Best beer award, chosen by you! Vote on-site for the Best Beer! Take a look to the left for 2019's lucky winners! Look for tickets in early August!
A beer festival in October would not be complete without an Oktoberfest Dance! On Saturday October 26, the Beer Barrels Band got us up and dancing the polka and the chicken dance! During the break, we enjoyed German-themed games; including the hilarious Das Boot non-alcholic beer drinking competition. Try traditional German beer or some of BC's best german-style beer!
Tickets will go on sale in early August, get your tickets early as they sell out fast! For prices and details check out the different headings at the top of the page.
Thank you to all those that attended and supported the event these last 8 years. We are excited to bring you another year of Beer, and fun in beautiful Harrison Hot Springs.
Think about making it a weekend getaway. There are hotel packages available, hot springs to enjoy, restaurants to dine in. Plus eagles are starting to dine on the spawning salmon. Fall is the perfect time of year to take a boat tour down the Harrison River to see this spectacular site of thousands of eagles.
CASK NIGHT
Bringing in 10 of BC's best craft breweries, for an evening of friendly competition comparing a variety of unique, one of a kind brews. With a warm and friendly Irish pub feel complete with food, music and games.
Harrison Beer Festival
Armed with your complimentary tasting glass, compare a selection of awesome craft beers. You will then vote to decide the winner of this year's Harrison Beer Festival. See the list of Brewers or the list of beers they will be pouring.
Oktoberfest Dance
October and beer means Oktoberfest and tonight you will experience great music with the Beer Barrels, great beer & a great time. Come dressed to celebrate and the best male and female costumes will win a great prize.
Ticket Sales
Tickets for each event are available on line. All events will take place in the St. Alice Centre of Harrison Hot Springs Resort & Spa.
Festival food
Each of our events has a unique menu of food and is included with your ticket price . As well, many of the restaurants in town have joined in to make Harrison an Oktoberfest culinary delight.
Accommodations
We encourage our festival patrons to either come with a designated driver or to stay overnight at one of our many hotels.