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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.