The Edinburgh Craft Beer Festival, Scotland’s biggest and best celebration of modern beer, great food and music returns for summer (Friday 20th — Saturday 21st August 2021) at The Corn Exchange, Edinburgh’s award-winning venue. 

The 2021 festival will host over 30 world-class breweries, pouring 100s of delicious beers from across Europe. The first line-up release includes brews from  Alpha Delta (Raise the Bar winner)Attic Brew Co. (Raise the Bar Winner)Beak Brewery (Raise the Bar winner) and many more!  

ECBF 2021 is guaranteed to be the best way to enjoy an exciting range of new and established beers and meet the makers of some of Scotland and Europe’s finest brews. 

Other drink options available at the festival MAY include Cider, Wine, Gin, No/Low alcohol, sodas + more. 

Alongside the drinks offering a tasty selection of Edinburgh’s top foodies will be bringing their mouth-watering dishes to festival-goers, including the outstanding Fat Flamingo (nachos and hotdogs) and Harajuku Kitchen (Japanese) and Rost.

Headliner music acts spinning the decks include Fat White Family (DJ SET), Friendly Fires (DJ SET), Doves ft. Jez Williams (DJ SET), Hip-Hop Karaoke, David Ballantyne and Keir Reid

More breweries, food vendors and music acts will be announced over the coming weeks on all ECBF social channels and website. 

Greg Wells (Co-founder, We Are Beer) said: “We Are Beer are delighted to bring our big celebration of all things beer, food and music back to Edinburgh at the brilliant Corn Exchange. We cannot wait to welcome back our Edinburgh festival regulars and meet our new attendees to come together once again to enjoy the best drinks and food around. I’m also thrilled to add new breweries to our festival family this year, including local brewery Newbarns, who launched in Leith last year,  from across the water, Maltgarden from Poland and Seven Island Brewery from Greece …We hope to see you all there at our safe and friendly festival this August.”  

Tickets- priced at £49.50 + booking fee- include all your beer (6 pint limit), access to all areas of the festival & a free tasting glass.

Each ticket gives entry to the selected session:  

  • Opening Night Friday 20 August 2021, 17.00-22.00 
  • Saturday Social Saturday 21 August 2021, 11.00-16.00 
  • Big Night Out Saturday 21 August, 17.00-22.00 
  • The Beer Geek WeekenderFriday 20 August – Saturday 21 August, All Sessions 

Buy tickets here