Bendigo Craft Beer & Cider Festival 2023

Sat 18 Mar 11:00pm

Bendigo Craft Beer & Cider Festival 2023

Beer. Food. Music. It's a timeless winning combination, and one that's on offer in multitudes each year at the Bendigo Craft Beer And Cider Festival. 

The 2023 event has been locked in for March 18 at the Bendigo Racecourse, where you'll be able to spend eight hours immersed in the good stuff. 

More than 100 locally produced beers and ciders will be on offer, from the likes of St Andrews Beach Brewing, Inner North Brewing, True Brew, Venom, Tooborac Brewing, Bright Brewery, Wild Life Brewing, Shedshaker, Dog Brew, Shepparton Brewery, Philter, BentSpoke, Hawkers, Hop Nation, Akasha, Blackman's Brewery, Dainton and more. 

A wide menu of street food/food truck fare will be dished up, ranging from seafood to bao buns, wood fired pizza to smokey barbecue deliciousness.

And you can enjoy all of that to the backdrop of entertainment from the varied sounds of Amy Tie, The Ratbags, Erica Hawkey Band, Tillerman Pete, Grim Fawkner, and the Funk Junkies. There will also be meet the brewer sessions and festival games. 

There's a range of ticket options, from general admission to VIP marquees and private tables, all of which are available through the festival website below. And there are also shuttle buses from Bendigo train station, leaving at 10.30am, 11.30am, 12.30pm and 1.30pm then returning from 5pm, 6pm and 7pm.


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Beer Club Bonus!

We've lined up a stack of tickets for members of our beer club, The Crafty Cabal. If you'd like to get your hands on a double pass, head here! (GIVEAWAY NOW CLOSED)


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