The essentials
The 22nd Warszawski Festiwal Piwa takes over Legia Warsaw Stadium (Łazienkowska 3) from Thursday 15 to Saturday 17 October 2026. It's one of Poland's most important beer events, running since 2014 in spring and autumn editions, and turning the stadium into the beating heart of Polish craft for three days.
Tickets are sold online in advance: a single-day ticket costs 39 PLN and a three-day pass 69 PLN, service fee included. If you're coming from abroad, that's remarkable value for what you get.
What to expect inside
Around a thousand beers pour from roughly 450 taps, from carefully selected Polish craft breweries, cideries and meaderies. Expect hundreds of premiere releases — many brewed specifically for the festival — alongside classic styles and a genuinely large alcohol-free selection.
It's not just drinking. There are brewer meet-and-greets, workshops, paid specialist MasterClass tastings, free board games and live music. A street-food zone of around 17 hand-picked food trucks keeps you upright, and a craft market sells everything from ceramics to beer posters. A vintage party bus — the Kraftobus — even shuttles between the stadium and the city's best craft pubs.
How to do it like a local
Pace yourself. Festival pours are tasting measures for a reason — the goal is to try many beers, not to finish many glasses. Alternate with water, eat early, and treat the food trucks as part of the experience, not an afterthought.
Have a loose plan. With hundreds of premieres, walking in blind means decision fatigue by the second stall. Skim the brewery list beforehand, circle five you must try, and let your nose handle the rest.
Go on Thursday if you can. The opening day is calmer, the rarest kegs are still full, and you can actually talk to the brewers — which is half the point of a festival like this.
Make a beer weekend of it
The festival pairs perfectly with the rest of Warsaw's scene. Start with a proper introduction the day before — our Warsaw Tasting or Tour gives you the Polish beer basics, the styles to look for, and a guide's-eye view of the scene. Then hit the festival knowing exactly what you like. Also read our guide to craft beer in Warsaw for where to drink before and after.
Common questions
When is the next Warsaw Beer Festival?
The 22nd Warszawski Festiwal Piwa runs from 15 to 17 October 2026 at Legia Warsaw Stadium, Łazienkowska 3. The festival runs twice a year, in spring and autumn editions.
How much are Warsaw Beer Festival tickets?
A single-day ticket for the autumn 2026 edition costs 39 PLN and a three-day pass costs 69 PLN, service fee included. Tickets are sold online in advance.
What can you drink at the Warsaw Beer Festival?
Around a thousand beers from Poland's best craft breweries pour from roughly 450 taps — classic styles, new-wave releases, festival specials brewed just for the event, and a large alcohol-free selection.
Rather have someone show you?
Our Warsaw Tasting pours 6 Polish craft beers in 1.5 h at one city-centre venue; the Tour covers 3 venues, up to 10 samples and snacks over 2.5 h. A fun and friendly local beer guide handles the route, the choices and the Polish.