Imagine a night from the ’90s.
A CRT monitor glows with blue light. On the desk lie floppy disks, VHS tapes and game CDs bought at the electronics market. Conversations stretch until morning, and time ceases to matter.
This atmosphere returns this spring in an unexpected place. The 21st Warsaw Beer Festival will take place March 26–28, 2026 at Legia Stadium. One of the most important events dedicated to craft beer in Europe will once again draw breweries, enthusiasts and guests from many countries to the walls of the capital’s arena.
During the three days of the Warsaw Beer Festival, the football stadium will transform into a huge space for tastings, workshops and gatherings around craft beer culture.
Over a Thousand Beers at Warsaw Beer Festival
This year’s program shows the scale of the event. The Warsaw Beer Festival will feature over a thousand beers prepared by approximately sixty craft breweries.
Among them will be:
- classic beer styles
- new wave interpretations
- experimental projects
- ciders and meads
- over a hundred non-alcoholic beers
Such a large selection of 0% beers has become one of the distinguishing features of the Warsaw Beer Festival. Many international guests discover here for the first time how developed the Polish non-alcoholic craft segment is. A market segment in which we are true leaders in Europe and worldwide.
Warsaw Beer Festival Edition Theme
The guiding theme of the spring edition of the Warsaw Beer Festival is the aesthetics of games from the nineties.
The organizers describe the event as a multiplayer game. Legia Stadium becomes the map, three days is the time limit, and participants choose their own path. Some focus on tastings, others on workshops, still others on concerts and stage events.
This concept captures well the character of the Warsaw Beer Festival, which has for years combined beer, culture and community.
Warsaw Beer Festival Zones
The Warsaw Beer Festival program takes place on several levels of the stadium.
The Debuts Zone presents new breweries and premiere beer projects. This is a place where you can often try beers available only during the festival.
The Headquarters and workshop zone is a space for tastings, lectures and meetings with experts. This part of the Warsaw Beer Festival also features a retro gaming zone inspired by consoles and arcade machines from the nineties.
The largest part of the stadium is occupied by the brewery zone. This is where the heart of the Warsaw Beer Festival is located, with dozens of booths from craft breweries, cideries and meaderies.
The list of available beers, including unique premieres, is systematically updated by exhibitors in the Untappd app – one of the event’s partners.
Stage and Special Events
The stage program of the Warsaw Beer Festival includes concerts, talks and special events.
Among the planned attractions are:
- DJ set by Hirek Wrona
- Deluxe Ski Jump competition inspired by ski jumping
- costume party Nowhere To Wear It Party
- performance by Brazilian percussion orchestra Ritmo Bloco
One of the most unusual attractions of the Warsaw Beer Festival will be stadium karaoke, where participants can sing on a professional stage.
Tastings and Beer Knowledge
Since its inception, the Warsaw Beer Festival has also focused on beer education.
The program includes tasting workshops, meetings with brewers and lectures on beer history and technology. There are also festival tours with Beer Guides who help navigate the huge brewery offering.
One of the guests at this year’s edition will be Luca Giaccone, author of the Slow Food guide to Italian craft beers. I will have the pleasure of talking with him on the festival stage.
Responsible Approach to Alcohol
The organizers of the Warsaw Beer Festival have for years emphasized the idea of responsible alcohol consumption.
Water is available at the festival, a wide selection of non-alcoholic beers, and activities conducted together with the OD-DO association, which supports people from families with alcohol problems. The event program also includes the charitable Auction of Stacks.
Food and Transportation to Warsaw Beer Festival
In front of Legia Stadium, the Gastrofaza food zone will appear with food trucks offering street food and premium dishes.
The Kraftobus, a vintage bus bringing participants to the Warsaw Beer Festival and back to the city center, will also run around Warsaw.
Details in a Nutshell
What? Warsaw Beer Festival #21
When? March 26–28, 2026
Where? Legia Stadium, 3 Łazienkowska St., Warsaw
Tickets: Eventim
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