Taking place in May each year, Brewhalla Fort Langley is a terrific craft beer and music festival that’s very popular and lots of fun. It’s an awesome event!
The festival features over 30 local craft breweries as well as cideries, wineries and food vendors in Fort Langley. In 2024 it took place on May 18th, which was the Saturday of the May Day Long Weekend. It’s an amazing event and highly recommended, especially for folks who like craft beer! (TIP: The very next day, on May 19th, there was Spirits in the Park which is a similar event, but with a focus on craft spirits (like gin, vodka and whiskey) instead of beer (although there is beer at that event too).
NOTE: Two other related events in 2024 are Brewhalla New Westminster on August 10th and Brewhalla Chilliwack on October 5th.
For the event’s official website, visit brewhalla.ca.
This article contains the following information about Brewhalla Fort Langley:
Where and When | What to Expect | Other Information
Brewhalla Fort Langley Beer & Food Festival
The Fort Langley Beer & Food Festival began in 2017. It’s a local event which focuses on local craft beer, wine and cider. A few years ago it changed its name to Brewhalla Fort Langley.
At the event, in addition to lots of craft beer and breweries, there is also live music, entertainment and lots of food options. Visitors to the beer festival must be 19+ with two pieces of valid government-issued ID.
Brewhalla is a series of similar festivals in four different cities in the Lower Mainland. In 2024 the first event was in North Vancouver. The second happened in Fort Langley on May 18th. The other two events take place in New Westminster on August 10th and in Chilliwack on October 5th.
To learn more about Brewhalla as a whole, check out our article about the Brewhalla Beer & Music Festival Series. For more details about the Fort Langley Beer Festival specifically, continue reading.
Where and When
The Fort Langley Beer Festival (or now Brewhalla Fort Langley) used to take place at the Fort Langley National Historic Site. However, the event has since moved to Fort Langley Park at 9089 Nash Street.
Brewhalla Fort Langley took place at the park on Saturday, May 18th in 2024. The festival ran from 12:00 pm to 6:00 pm.
General admission tickets cost about $45 per person. They included three beer tokens and a souvenir glass. Additional drinks and any food cost extra. VIP tickets were also available for $75 this year. They came with early access and four additional beer tokens.
Additional tokens for the beer and other beverage samples cost $2.50 each, or 11 for $25.
For the event’s official website, visit brewhalla.ca.
What to Expect
Brewhalla Fort Langley is a great event. As many as 3,000 people attend it each year.
Over 30 breweries and distilleries took part at the event in 2024, which was the most ever. Some of them were Trading Post Brewing, Barnside, Farm Country, Magic Malts, Camp Beer, R&B Brewing, Wayback, Dead Frog, Brookswood, Brick Layer, and Smugglers Trail. There was also Driftwood Brewery, Field House, Curious Creations Beer, Five Roads Brewing, Hoyne, Phillips, KPU Brewing and a few others.
In addition to craft breweries, other craft, adult-beverage producers at the event in 2024 were the Please Beverage Company, Hart T Vodka Iced Tea, Mainland Whisky, Valley Commons Wine, Stoneboat Pinot House, Oddity Kombucha and Fraser Valley Cider.
There is live entertainment at the event as well. Artists who performed in 2024 were Antonio Larosa, Side One and A-Slam.
Food vendors at the event in 2024 included S For Skewer, Miltomates Taqueria, Super Thai, Lucente’s Osteria, the Brownie Bakers, Taco Nori, Burgerholic and Japadog.
TIP: You can take a lawn chair or blanket to sit on if you want.
Other Information
To learn more about the event, see our article about Brewhalla Beer & Music Festivals or visit the official Brewhalla Fort Langley website.
To learn more about the area, see our article about Fort Langley.
Other events that happened on the May Day long weekend in Fort Langley in 2024 included Spirits in the Park (which was an all-inclusive craft spirits-tasting event on May 19th) and the Fort Langley May Days Parade & Festival (on May 20th). On both May 18th and 20th there were also special activities at the Fort Langley National Historic Site. The Victoria Day Long Weekend is a super time to be in Fort Langley. So much is happening there!
Some other beer festivals that take place across the Lower Mainland at other times of the year include the following:
- Vancouver Craft Beer Week Festival
- Brewhalla North Vancouver
- Clover Valley Beer Festival
- North Shore Craft Beer Week
- Whistler Village Beer Festival
- Cypress Mountain Brewski Fest
Other articles that might be of interest include the following:
- Vancouver Breweries and Beer
- Oktoberfest Beer Festivals in Vancouver
- Festivals and Events Calendar
- Best Places in the Fraser Valley
- Town of Langley
- Fort Langley Historic Site
JAZZ & BLUES IN FORT LANGLEY
Another fabulous event in Fort Langley is the Fort Langley Jazz & Arts Festival. It features both free and ticketed events, including the Cool Blues Show. The festival runs from July 25th to 28th and headliner bands include Rick Estrin & The Nightcats, Miss Emily, Kenny “Blues Boss” Wayne, Silent Partners, and Tom Lavin & the Legendary Powder Blues. If you like Jazz and the Blues, you don’t want to miss this festival!