10 of the best Belgian beer festivals to plan for in 2022

With a beer festival in Belgium almost every week of the year, how do you choose which to attend? The Brussels Times names 2022's ten best beer festivals.

Beer festivals bring together brewers, bar owners and beer enthusiasts, but the festival calendar has been sparse for the past two years for obvious reasons. Now, however, there's renewed hope that the festival circuit could pick up again, allowing punters to try out fresh beers and celebrate old classics.
​The festivals want to surprise and delight in venues that offer unique settings to experience beer. They want to reconnect with familiar friends and make new ones, with visitors sometimes coming from all over the world.
​But which festivals are worth visiting? Here is a list that includes a broad mix of Belgium's beer events: from the traditional to the modern; the ginormous to the intimate; the mainstream to the esoteric. Mount your bike, get in your car, or jump on a train and discover some of the most memorable, quirky and exciting beer events that this country has to offer.

1. Bruges Beer Festival
​(Bruges, April 9-10)
​2. Zythos Beer Festival
​(Leuven, April 23-24)
​3. Toer de Geuze
​(Payottenland, April 30 – May 1)
​4. Namur: The Capital City of Beer
​(Namur, July 8-10)
​5. Bxl Beer Fest
​(Brussels, August 27-28)
​6. Belgian Beer Weekend
​(Brussels, September 2)
​7. Poperinge Hop and Beer Festival
​(Poperinge, September 20-21)
​8. Oud Bruin Fest
​(Kortrijk, October 7-8)
​9. Billie's Craft Beer Festival
​(Antwerp, November 11-12)

10. Kerstbierfestival
​(Essen, December 17-18)
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