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a coupla links for you:

bc's beer boom - breweries in the province
and breweries in vancouver

jan zeschky's vcbw preview

and the official vcbw website so you can get your tickets!

mention of a pair of new beers:

Vancouver Island Brewery APRIL 29, 2013
Media Release!
Greetings!

Art, music and beer - they just seem to go together...

Vancouver Island Brewery Releases Concert Series!
Available April 29th, 2013  

Festival Ales  
Concert Series Bomber No. 1                     Concert Series Bomber No. 2
Vicfest Festival Ale             VI Musicfest Festival Ale


Why brew a Festival Ale?
This festival ale is brewed in celebration of the amazing art, music and culture here on Vancouver Island. We're proud to support local cultural events that strengthen our island's unique collection of bouncing souls and kindred spirits. These events are a part of our community and highlight the vibrant lifestyle we all enjoy here on Vancouver Island. So we brewed a beer with a rhythmic blend of malts and lightly riffed hops. A beer that is sessionable, thirst quenching and a sensory expanding experience. Turn it up and enjoy.

Taste: Clean, crisp and sessionable
Aroma: Rhythmic malt and riffed hops
Colour: Bright gold
Alc.: 5%
Size: 650 mL

The Events: 

The festival location, St Ann's Academy, will provide a stunning, unique and true Island experience for both festival attendees and the participating artists and vendors. The weekend will be filled with culture, entertainment and samplings of select Breweries and Wineries from Vancouver Island. As the sun goes down, a full service beverage garden will open and the main stage will explode with the absolute best live music the Island has to offer. The 3rd annual V.I.C. Fest promises to be an amazing celebration of everything awesome from right here on Vancouver Island!

Vancouver Island MusicFest is 3 days & nights of amazing roots, blues and world music from across Canada and around the world! 6 stages & over 75 concerts, on-site riverside camping, kids activities, eco-education areas, workshops, unique crafts, tasty foods & so much more.  

The 2013 Festival headliners include: Kris Kristofferson, Mary Chapin Carpenter & Marc Cohn, John Hiatt , Indigo Girls, Walk Off The Earth, Guitar Heros - Albert Lee, James Burton, Amos Garrett & David Wilcox, A Curva Da Cintura featuring Toumani Diabate.  

 

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