Enter our competition to win one of three special entry packages up for grabs, including a souvenir glass and free beer tastings!
With all the food and drink festivals that take place in Geneva each year, it’s hard to believe that the city has never had it’s own open air beer festival.
So you can imagine how excited we were when we heard about Festibière de Genève – Geneva’s first open air beer festival, scheduled to take place between the 15th and 18th June at the Place de la Sardaigne in Carouge!
Developed in partnership with the Association des Brasseurs Artisans de Genève, this unique 4-day festival will provide visitors with the opportunity to taste some of the region’s best, locally produced “craft” beer, while listening to up-and-coming bands from the region and enjoying a relaxing night out with friends and colleagues.
Lots of beer and food!
Blonde, ambrée, dark, fruity, or bitter - there will be more than 25 brewers offering a selection of over 150 of the finest artisanale beers at the inaugural edition of the Festibière de Genève!
Wherever you look, food trucks and local food stands will also be on hand to meet the culinary needs of festival goers!
Festibière de Genève will have an international flare as well, with guest brewers invited to the festival each year. This summer’s event will showcase up-and-coming brewers from the province of Quebec.
Live concerts!
The festival will also be an occasion for local musicians to make their mark on the region. Two stages have been set up for live performances throughout the afternoon and evening, providing a great ambiance for the event.
Beer packages
Whilst access to the festival is entirely free of charge, you will need to purchase the souvenir Festibière de Geneve glass and tokens to taste the craft beers. There are numerous package options which include both the glass and varying quantities of tokens. Visitors are encouraged to buy these packages online before the event to benefit from special discounted rates. When purchasing your tickets, it is good to know that each tasting includes a 1dl sample of the beer, and most tastings cost 3 tokens each. The current online prices are:
- Fr. 15.- Et hop, je me lance: 1 souvenir glass and 10 tokens.
- Fr. 25.- Qu’importe, je passerai un bon moment: 1 souvenir glass and 24 tokens.
- Fr. 40.- Une sacrée soirée (ou je reviens demain): 1 souvenir glass and 45 tokens.
Additional tokens can be bought at the event, either individually or in packs of 12.
There is also a special membership package that can be purchased online before the festival starts, which costs Fr. 45.- and includes a free souvenir glass engraved with your name. It also includes 24 beer-tasting tokens, 15% discount on your Taxiphone lift home, a Fr. 6.- discount on beer purchased online from www.microbiere.ch, and exclusive access to the event.
Once your have completed your tour of the beer-tasting stands, you will have the option of buying your favorite beer to take home at the end of the day at the on-site store.
Sponsorship opportunities
With an average of 5000 visitors expected each day, the festival represents an ideal opportunity for local businesses to get involved to promote their brand and/or host clients. Whether you would like to see your logo on the main music stage or in the official program, get in touch with one of the organizers listed below!
To help promote the event, the organizers have kindly offered 3 of our readers the chance to win a special entry package to the event, comprising a souvenir glass and 24 tokens which equate to around 8 different beer tastings. To enter the competition, just fill in this form and let us know where the first edition of Festbière de Genève will take place this year.
Only one entry per person and per email is allowed. The competition closes at midnight on Wednesday, 7 June 2017. The names of all those submitting correct answers will be placed into the digital hat and the winners' names drawn at random on Thursday, 8 June 2017. The first 3 names to be drawn will each receive a souvenir glass and 24 tokens to the festival. The winners will be notified by email and their names will be added to this article after the competition closes.
Festibière de Genève
Place de la Sardaigne
1227 Carouge
15-18 June 2017
Thursday: 15h30 to 23h
Friday and Saturday: 11h30 to 23h
Sunday: 11h30 to 22h
www.festibieredegeneve.ch
Organizers:
Cindy Burwell
+41 78 825 13 33
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Sylvain Morin
+41 76 693 29 05
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Congratulations to the following people who each won a special entry package for the Festibière de Genève:
Audrey Puttemans
Marilee Grosshrim
Rolando Montecalvo
