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2019 Australia's Favourite Beer Festival

2019 Australia's Favourite Beer Festival

Posted by Richard Kelsey on 17th Oct 2019

Australia's Favourite Beer Festival 2019 (By Attendance) - Top 10

Australia's favourite beer festival for 2019 is GABS Beer, Cider & Food Fest. GABS originated in 2011 and has gone from strength to strength, with the festival now taking place in Brisbane, Melbourne, Sydney and New Zealand.

Full results:

Festival % Attended Total
GABS Beer, Cider & Food Fest (Brisbane, Melbourne, Sydney, Auckland) 19.5%         4,527        
BeerFest (Sydney, Melbourne, Launceston, Perth, Fremantle) 6.8%         1,579        
Adelaide Beer & BBQ Festival (Adelaide) 4.9%         1,136        
Beer Incider Experience (Brisbane) 4.2%         973        
Perth Craft Beer Festival 3.0%         702        
Ballarat Beer Festival (Ballarat, Victoria) 2.1%         477        
Crafted Beer & Cider Festival (Gold Coast, Queensland) 2.0%         463        
Canberra Craft Beer & Cider Festival (Canberra) 2.0%         460        
Sydney Beer & BBQ Festival 2.0%         456        
Brewers Feast (Abbotsford Convent, Melbourne) 1.9%         449        
WA Beer & Beef Festival (Perth) 1.9%         441        
Bendigo on the Hop (Bendigo, Victoria) 1.7%         396        
Craft Beer Sunshine Coast Festival (Sunshine Coast, Queensland) 1.6%         374        
Oktoberfest Brisbane 1.6%         363        
Australian Hotel Beer Festival (Sydney) 1.6%         362        
Great Australian Beer Festival (Albury & Geelong) 1.6%         361        
Newcastle Beer Fest (Newcastle, New South Wales) 1.5%         343        
Oktoberfest in the Gardens (Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide & Perth) 1.4%         320        
Bitter & Twisted Boutique Beer Festival (Maitland, New South Wales) 1.2%         280        
Cheers Fest (Sydney) 1.1%         267        
Yarra Valley Beer & Cider Festival (Yarra Valley, Victoria) 1.1%         264        
Warners at The Bay Craft Beer Festival (Newcastle, New South Wales) 1.1%         247        
Bendigo Craft Beer Festival (Bendigo, Victoria) 1.0%         227        
High Country Hops (Beechworth, Victoria) 1.0%         223        
Beer Day Out (Canberra) 0.9%         207        
Fresh Hop Beer Festival (Launceston, Tasmania) 0.8%         192        
South West Craft Beer Festival (Busselton, Western Australia) 0.8%         182        
Central Coast Craft Beer & Cider Festival (Kincumber Hotel, Central Coast) 0.7%         174        
Williamstown Heritage Beer and Cider Festival (Melbourne) 0.6%         136        
OktoberWest (Sydney) 0.5%         127        
Royal Melbourne Oktoberfest 0.5%         118        

*Includes all beer festivals where over 0.5% of craft beer drinkers attended.

To see the full results of the 2019 Australian Craft Beer Survey click here.