2026 Ottawa I Heart Beer Festival

I❤️BEER

Saturday February 28th, 2026

1:00 PM

10:00 PM EST

Starts: 1:00 PM EST

Ends: 10:00 PM EST

EY Centre

4899 Uplands Dr, Ottawa

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Description

🚨 See you all today!!! 🚨

We’re thrilled to announce the return of our 4th Annual Ottawa I❤︎BEER Festival on Saturday, Feb 28th, 2026, at the EY Centre. Join us for an unforgettable day or night session featuring craft beer, cider, and spirits sampling, beer hall style seating area and Dancing. Get ready for the ultimate winter Beer festival experience!

KNOW BEFORE YOU GO

✅ TOKENS - We use a digital token system, you can buy them here: LINK - we hate using POS systems, they're slow when the internet is bad, the digital token is just like buying a ticket, quick scan and you get your tokens. If you prefer not doing it this way, we take cash as well at the token booth and there are ATM's on site.

✅ Night Session - Night session tickets will sellout sometime today, once they're gone, only very limited tickets are available at the door to keep room for DD tickets.

EVENT INFO

📍 Location: EY Centre
🗺️ Address: 4899 Uplands Dr, Ottawa, ON K1V 2N6
📅 Date: Saturday, Feb 28th, 2026
🌎 Theme: Drink, Eat + Dance Local
🕰️ Time: 2 Sessions - 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM and 5:00 PM to 10:00 PM
🧥 Coat Check: Yes ($5.00 near main entrance)

FEATURES

✅ 22+ Drink Exhibitors
Something for every taste—if you can’t find it, that’s on you.

✅ Non-Alcoholic Options by Nickel Brook Brewing
Your DD isn’t left out—real choices here.

✅ Cornhole by Ottawa Cornhole
Play, compete, or just hang out. Phones down, fun up.

✅ 90’s Dance Party (Silent disco if we can get it working)
Optional, ridiculous, unforgettable.

✅ 15 Food Vendors
Lots of Options

✅ Beer Pong Area
Silly, competitive, and photo-worthy.

✅ Street Team on Site
Here to hype it up and make sure nothing gets missed.

✅ Cider, Spirits & RTDs
All the drinks you love, beyond just beer.

Drinks

Junction 56 Distillery (Stratford, ON) • Founder's Original (Burlington, ON) • Rice Lake Hard Cider (Baltimore, ON) • Lake of Bays Brewing Co. (Baysville, ON) • Black Fly Booze (London, ON) • NE1 Spirits (Mount Brydges, ON) • Nickel Brook (Burlington, ON) • Latina Beer (Niagara, ON) • Pistols Brewery (Kanata, ON) • Covered Bridge Brewing Co (Kinburn, ON) • Big Rig Brewery (Ottawa, ON) • Beyond the Pale Brewing Company (Ottawa, ON) • Bond Brewing Company (Orleans, ON) • SFR Distillery (Kanata, ON) • Black Rapids Brewing Company (Ottawa, ON) • Whiprsnapr Brewing Co. Inc. (Ottawa, ON) • Broadhead Brewing Co. (Ottawa, ON) • Cold Bear Brewing (Arnprior, ON) • Bicycle Craft Brewery (Ottawa, ON) • Base Camp Brewing (Almonte, ON) • Kemptville Brewing Co (Kemptville, ON) • Flora Hall Brewing (Ottawa) • Ridge Rock Brewing Co. (Carp) • Orleans Brewing Co. (Ottawa) • Dominion City Brewing Co. (Ottawa)

Eats+

Fiesta Empanada • Picante MX • Big Daddy Bacon • Bitten • LeSher Kitchen • BanhMiYes® • East India Company • The Charcuterie Society • Off The Hook Catering • Killer Buns • Garvin Barbecue • Halifax Donair • True North Eats • Ottawa Senators #1 • Ottawa Senators #2 • TUDI Wraps • Phoenix Bath & Beauty • Costco Ottawa • Eastside Ink Tattoos • Ottawa Craft Beer Society • Fresh Prep • Telus • Nickel Brook - Non Alcoholic

Tokens

Every I Heart Festival uses a token based system for both food and drink. Digital Tokens can be purchased with your tickets online, can be purchased separately online using this LINK or physically at the event (Cash only at the event).

💵 Token Cost: $2.50 Each - Includes HST
🪙 Tokens are used for both Food and Drink
📏 Beer Sample Size: 5 Ounces
🍺 Most Beer Samples are 1 token (Speciality Beers & Spirits can be more)
🍴 Food Ranges from 2 to 6 tokens depending on portion sizes,etc

For more info about our Ottawa event, please visit: iheartbeer.ca/Ottawa

Contact Information

I Heart Beer is Ontario’s premier beer festival tour, bringing local beer lovers together for unforgettable experiences. From February to May, we host 9 festivals across the province, featuring top breweries, cideries, and distilleries, plus amazing food.

Refund Policy

No refunds on tokens or tickets.

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