Durham Craft Beer Festival

2024 has been a challenging year.

As Ontario Craft Brewers continue to struggle with the aftereffects of the Global Pandemic, it was a welcome return of many of them to the Festival circuit.

The expansion of alcohol and ready to drink products to the grocery chain brought us an LCBO strike but also improved the marketability of and access to many of our Craft Brewers.

Our Spring Durham Craft Beer Festival saw some great additions to the Craft Brewers in attendance and some unique and fun activities including the Game Zone, Ctrl V virtual reality booth and the Khuva Labs blind tasting. Unfortunately, our food vendors didn’t follow through on their commitments and we struggled to make last minute arrangements. More importantly, we have learned yet another valuable lesson and vow to make appropriate corrections for future.

We thank all our vendors and patrons for their support and attendance, because we cannot be successful without you.

Intentions were to bring you two festivals in 2024, to help mark the 100th anniversary of Oshawa becoming a city, and our second festival was scheduled for Saturday October 5.

Unfortunately, we encountered an unexpected family health matter that has taken much of our attention, time, and emotions over the past 4 months. While we are grateful for the incredible care our family member is now receiving and we hope for positive outcomes, we have been unable to provide the required time and attention to planning necessary for the October event and advised the City of Oshawa in late July to cancel our venue booking.

We apologize for any inconvenience. We thank you for your thoughts and well wishes.

We are also very excited and pleased to announce that we have confirmed our venue bookings for 2 events in 2025 at Children’s Arena, Oshawa, and have begun planning to meet your expectations. We look forward to the return of the Durham Craft Beer Festival on Saturday May 10, 2025 and again Saturday October 4, 2025.

Life is short, enjoy a Craft Beer with your loved ones while you can!

Cheers,

Murielle and Jeff

Drink Responsibly. Please do not drink and drive

Thank You to our glassware sponsor

and Supplier

Fall 2024 Festival details

Saturday October 5, 2024

Children's Arena

155 Arena St.,

Oshawa, ON

Doors open 1 pm-7 pm

This is a 19+ event, id required

Entertainment provided by :
DJ DOMN8T

Our super discounted advance tickets sales coming soon

No need for a tear in your beer!

Your advance ticket includes:
Site admission and full access
Collectable Souvenir serving glass
3 sampling tokens

Entertainment and Games
Weather protected indoor venue

*additional tokens for purchase onsite.
ATM on site.

Please note: Advance tickets are non-refundable. All Sales are final

Saturday May 10, 2025

Drop off your empties to support

Cans for Change

Known on Instagram as Oshawabeerguy, retired teacher Bob Giulietti operates Cans for Change to support the Durham Black Students Network

There will be a special drop off point at the parking lot entrance on your way to enjoy many great samples of Ontario Craft Beer.

You can make a difference, one can at a time!

Our Logo

Designed by local artist Dani Crosby, there are 8 steins to represent each of the Durham Region lower tier municipalities.
The steins are filled with various colors to represent some of the organizer's favourite beer styles, from crisp and clear lagers, hazy and citrusy IPAs, Red Ales, Brown Ales, and rich dark Porters and Stouts.

The smiling faces represent the patrons, enjoying some of the best craft beer Ontario has to offer.

Learn More about Dani

Our Background

How We Got Here

Since being established in 2013, Durham Craft Beer Festival has been known for an unparalleled commitment to customer satisfaction. It’s this standard of excellence that has provided the impetus for us to grow into the business we are today. After a lapse due to pandemic social distancing requirements, the Durham Craft Beer Festival is back under new ownership but with the same desire for customer satisfaction.

Under new ownership, the Durham Craft Beer Festival made its return in the fall of 2022,

and will return back to a June date for 2023.
https://www.insauga.com/durham-craft-beer-festival-returning-to-downtown-oshawa-this-fall/

https://www.insauga.com/re-born-durham-craft-beer-festival-will-be-held-october-22-at-oshawas-biltmore-theatre/

https://www.insauga.com/durham-craft-brewing-festival-at-oshawas-childrens-arena-good-for-what-ales-you/