Selected Events (from The Real Beer Page's events database, and beyond!) - July 2002
July 3 - 7, 2002 - Tallinn, Estonia
Beersummer 2002
Location: Tallinn Song Festival Grounds
The largest beer festival in the Nordic countries takes place at the Tallinn Song Festival Grounds, included among the world heritage list of Top 100 architectural and cultural sites. The huge territory is filled with different stages, beer tents, entertainment and, naturally, lots of beer.In addition to music and dance, you can enjoy various attractions such as sumo wrestling, volleyball, bungee jumps, cliff climbing, balloon rides, sauna, and a bunch of surprises awaiting adventurous explorers.
The Farsons Beer Festival is back, and it's bigger and better than ever. The 22nd edition of the annual Farsons Great Beer Festival will be held between Friday 26th July and Sunday 4th August at the Ta' Qali National Gardens.The entertainment on all the ten days of the Beer Festival will start at 7.30pm. Entrance is absolutely free and the fest will feature the very best in local entertainment, international cuisine and an assortment of games including an area for children. As in previous editions, a food court will be setup, serving international styles of cuisine such as Chinese, Turkish, Italian, Traditional Maltese food and various others. After 22 years, the Farsons Great Beer Festival has become part of the Maltese Summer Tradition - this is a festival for the people which nobody affords to miss.
Celebrating its 15th year in 2002, the Oregon Brewers Festival is North America's largest gathering of independent brewers. Seventy-two breweries offer handcrafted brews to approximately 80,000 beer lovers during the three-day event. There is no judging at this event; rather, it is an opportunity for craft-brew lovers to enjoy 72 products from some of the nation's finest breweries. World of Beer will be there, and so should you.
Admission: Free, but a $3.00 tasting glass is required; Tasting tokens are $1.00 each; 1 token for a 3oz. taste, 4 tokens for a 14oz glass Hours: Noon - 9:00 pm Friday & Saturday; Noon - 7:00 pm Sunday Organization: Portland Brewers Festival Association of Oregon Contact Phone: 503-778-5917
Web: www.oregonbrewfest.com
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