GARRISON BREWING Co. || Halifax, Nova Scotia

August 28th, 2010
Garrison Brewing is a proud sponsor of the first annual Watershed Music Festival. The event is on Saturday, Aug. 28 on an organic farm in Baker Settlement on the South Shore. Headliners include: Hupman Brothers, Windom Earle, Krasnogorsk and Goatboy.
For more details, visit: www.watershedmusicfest.ca.

June 21st, 2010
Dutch Robinson Listening Party at The Halifax Club
Dutch Robinson "LIFE" exclusive pre-release listening party featuring special performances by Michelle Durling a.k.a. SIREN, & The Junkbeats, with DJ Jay Andrews.

March 25th, 2010
Garrison Brewmaster's Dinner at the Delta Barrington
The great culinary team at Delta Barrington have teamed up with the award-winning Brewmaster from Garrison Brewing, Daniel Girard, to put together a wonderful "Beer-inspired" menu with perfectly paired Garrison beers. Members of both the brewery and hotel staff will be there to introduce each course making for a fun and informative dining adventure.

February 19th, 2010
Gypsophilia plays 2b Theatre Company Fundaraiser
Come to Maritime Museum of the Atlantic and dance your feet off in celebration and support of 2b’s national and international tours in 2010. We’re throwing a big party February 19th at 9pm to help raise funds to bring our work to the world. We’re going to New York, Ireland, Vancouver, Victoria, Salt Spring Island, Toronto, and Kitchener-Waterloo in the first half of 2010 alone.
ECMA-nominated Gypsophilia will play their unique brand of Gypsy-Jazz-Klezmer-Funk live at the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic on Lower Water Street. FREE POPCORN will be served along with a cash bar to fuel the dancing.

“The band is hot, and word of mouth is spreading like spilled whisky on a speakeasy floor.” - Halifax Magazine

ALL AGES.
Dance to the sounds of LATIN GROOVE, "fullhouse", Nova Scotia Honour Jazz Latin Band, guests from the Los Primos Satellite Program, and The Halifax Salseros Dancers.

The Second Annual "Garrison Ultimate Brew-Off" is back just for you, the hot-shot Maritime homebrewer! Produce a 5 gal/20li batch of the chosen style (sorry, no kits please) & submit for judging & prizes. Grand prize includes a day with award-winning brewmaster Daniel Girard brewing a full batch of your recipe! We'll release the beer in bottles as a limited edition seasonal, giving you bragging rights... forever! Great prizes as well from contest sponsor Noble Grape.

1st Annual Halifax Christmas Feed
Tuesday December 15th, 2009 - Darrell's Restaurant
Tuesday December 22nd 2009 - The Armview Restaurant
These will be 2 very special days that will see $0.50 for every $1.00 in food and beverage sales donated to FEED NOVA SCOTIA to help feed our hungry in Halifax this Christmas. We are all very fortunate to have the lives we live even with the things we consider important or continually worry about. We all know where our next meal is coming from and always have many options we take for granted.

It is for this great cause that we encourage all of you to come to Darrell's and The Armview on these dates and help make a difference. There are many great things planned on the days of these events to make it a day to remember. We ask that you please forward this to everyone you feel would have an interest in taking part and directly making a difference this Christmas. Awareness will be key to the level of success of these events.
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Come celebrate Oktoberfest with us.
Live Music, Great German Food, and delicious Garrison Ales - featuring our new all-natural Oktoberfest Brau as well as seasonal favorite Harvest Wheat Ale. Bar proceeds go to Feed Nova Scotia.

Time: 2 - 10p.m. (19+ after 8p.m.)

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PechaKucha
February 19th, 2009 7:30-10:30pm – PechaKucha comes to Halifax! Founded in Tokyo, Halifax’s first PechaKucha night invites designers to exhibit images and talk with an audience about design and their creative ideas. Featuring a stellar lineup of talented musicians, this night of conversation, design, and music is sure to be a hit. Seating is limited, so come for the pre-show social at 7:30 pm. Presentations start at 8:30pm, 4$. www.pecha-kucha.org
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Chedabucto Bay Trap-Caught "Shrimp and Brews" night!
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Nov 20th, 2008 — Join us Nov 20th from 7-10pm for this lively event featuring the Chedabucto Bay trap-shrimp fishery, a community-based fishery using ecologically sustainable methods. Chefs from local restaurants will prepare fresh trap-caught shrimp for pairing with great Garrison beers. Tickets are $15 (includes shrimp, beer and live music!), and can be purchased from the Ecology Action Centre at 442-0999.
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2008 Halifax Seaport Beerfest
Aug 16, 2008 - Garrison is proud to once again participate in this hugely successful beerfest in the historic Seaport district. Over 100 different beers from over 50 breweries will once again be offered in a great outdoor summer festival setting. $35 + hst gets you and 1500 other attendees 3 hours of tasty sampling. Cheers to Beer on the Pier! www.seaportbeerfest.com

2008 Evolve Music & Awareness Festival
July 25-27, 2008 - For the second year the amazing Garrison staff will camp out & offer all-natural microbrewed ales through their on-site retail store. Pick-up an eco-growler of cold, fresh draught (2 litres) and save yourself the run back to town. Meet ya in the Highlands! www.evolvefestival.com

2008 TD Canada Trust Atlantic Jazz Festival
July 11-19, 2008 - Garrison Brewing partners for 9th year! with Jazzeast to deliver the largest Jazz Festival on the east coast. See you at the Main Stage (& beer tent!) jazzeast.com

Well Tapped — An evening with Old Man Luedecke
in support of Water For People (click for event poster)

March 28, 2008 — Join us at this fundraising event featuring banjo songster Old Man Luedecke and great Garrison beer. The Well Tapped event is meant to bring attention to the world water crisis and Water For People’s efforts to provide safe drinking water, sanitation and health education to millions of people in the developing world. Tickets are $20 in advance and $25 at the door. (Advance tickets can be purchased at Duly Noted Stationery and Biscuit General Store)

Bruce Cockburn tells all at Garrison March 8th!

March 8, 2008 — Join Bruce for an evening about Food Sovereignty & Biodiversity as he speaks about work being done by USC Canada in Nepal and West Africa. Music, film clips and engaging discussion rounded out by great local/natural food from the amazing “Wooden Monkey” and of course, tasty Garrison samples for sale! Tickets $15.

Metamorphic Theatre 3rd Annual Kick It! Launch Party

February 23, 2008 — Halifax based theatre company throws party to raise funds for its upcoming season. Live music and silent auction, not to mention fantastic beers.

Songwave Society presents “Ale for Africa” (click for PDF of event poster)

January 19, 2008 — Join numerous local performers from 6pm till midnight for a show & silent auction in support of Project COLOURS International. Monies raised will help the children of wartorn Africa.
http://www.songwave.ca/events-ale-for-africa.htm