2000 more tickets on sale due to demand

Strong demand for tickets to The Great Kiwi Beer Festival being held in Hagley Park on 25 February has forced the release of a further 2000 tickets.

Team Event director Callam Mitchell confirms 2000 more general admission tickets have been made available. “We’re thrilled with the response from Cantabrians to this premier beer connoisseur’s festival.”

“We’ve finalised the line up of speakers for the Beer Appreciation Seminars. It includes two people whose surnames are synonymous with brewing in New Zealand, Richard Emerson and Emma McCashin. They’ll join others including The Press beer columnist Carl Hadler.”

The Great Kiwi Beer Festival will also feature beer food matching seminars from the likes of Johnny Schwass from Gorilla Bar, Andrew Brown from Burgers and Beers, and Nick Mavromatis from the Mediterranean Food Café & Store.

More than 100 brews on offer give festival goers the rare opportunity to sample in one place some of the most innovative and enjoyable beers on the market. Confirmed exhibiting breweries include Tuatara, Moa, Old Mout Cider, Mike’s Organic Brewery, Epic, Wigram Brewing Company and Yeastie Boys.

The festival atmosphere will be completed with live music performances from The Black Seeds, AHoriBuzz, The Nudge, The Unfaithful Ways and DJ’s Nacoa and Seth Hamilton.

Security will be on hand to ensure the festival is a family friendly event for all Cantabrians. Intoxicated persons will not be served and will be removed from the premises.

Tickets to The Great Kiwi Beer Festival are for sale with Eventfinder for $29.50. Visit www.greatkiwibeerfestival.co.nz or The Great Kiwi Beer Festival Facebook page for more information and announcements.

 

Editor’s notes:

The Great Kiwi Beer Festival is run by Team Event and is its second independently organised and privately funded festival in Christchurch. Team Event recently delivered the successful New World Wine & Food Festival in December (rated by NZ’s top wine judge Bob Campbell as “the most enjoyable event of its type that I've ever experienced”) and is committed to revitalising Christchurch’s festival scene.

Programme

Beer Appreciation Seminars:
12:00 – 12:45pm Richard Emerson on Emersons and the Rise of Craft Beer in New Zealand
1:00 – 1:45pm Luke Nicholas & Dickie Fife, both from the Dux de Lux, debate Malt vs Hops
2:00 – 2:45pm Beer judge and writer Kieran Haslett-Moore on beer, chocolate and cheese
3:00 – 3:45pm Press columnist Carl Hadler on Christchurch Beer & Breweries
4:00 – 4:45pm Beer commentator, writer and judge Geoff Griggs talks about the world of beer & beer styles
5:00 – 5:45pm Emma McCashin talking about her famous family and their latest brand Stoke

LIVE MUSIC STAGE
ARTISTS                                        START                       FINISH
Nacoa & Seth Hamilton            11.00am                  12.30pm
The Unfaithful Ways                  12.30pm                     1.30pm
The Nudge                                    2.00pm                     3.00pm
AHoriBuzz                                      3.30pm                     4.30pm
The Black Seeds                         5.00pm                      Close

Beer & Food Matching Seminars:

12:00 – 12:45pm RICHARD HINGSTON: CHRISTCHURCH CASINO
1:00 – 1:45pm SARAH TURPIN: THE NOR’WESTER CAFÉ
2:00 – 2:45pm ANDREW BROWN – BURGERS AND BEERS
3:00 – 3:45pm JONNY SCHWASS: GORILLA BAR
4:00 – 4:45pm NICK MAVROMATIS: MEDITERRANEAN FOOD CAFE & STORE