File photo from the 2019 Great Okanagan Beer Festival. (Photo - kimeij.com)

Great Okanagan Beer Festival to return in September

Festival organizers hope provincial health orders will allow the event to happen

The Great Okanagan Beer Festival is hoping to return this year, after its May 2020 event was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Now, organizers are looking to hold the sixth anniversary of the Great Okanagan Beer Festival this September in Kelowna.

The event will be dependent on provincial health orders and restrictions.

Those who purchased tickets for last year’s event will be valid for September 2021.

Dear Fellow Beer Lovers,

First off we would like to say THANK YOU! Thank you so much for sticking with us and your…

Posted by Great Okanagan Beer Festival presented by The Train Station Pub on Wednesday, March 17, 2021

In the interim, organizers encourage beer-lovers to visit local breweries, buy their favourite brew and raise a glass using the hashtag #fortheloveofbeer.

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