Grand Rapids International Wine, Beer & Food Festival Tickets

Fun to try out local and near by places. Can’t wait until next year!

$20 entry and they recommend $20 in tasting tickets. All drinks are 4-5 tickets with some outliers being 3. Soooo many brands that are just in your every day life. Nothing new or extravagant. The food isn’t samples or tasting at all, it’s whole plates that cost waaay more because they’re plates. I sampled a bottle of wine that retails for $15, got a 1oz. pour for $1.50. How does that make sense??? It’s just a giant money grab. You spend money to get into an event where you spend a ton more money.

As an older person and 1st timer, more seating would have been a HUGE plus. Even bench seating along the edges. Also, better lighting in the building, which wasn’t the fault of the event but the building . String lighting would have provided more ambiance to otherwise boring and unwelcoming decor. It was overall, uneventful. Nothing to be excited about. I suppose my expectations were set too high.

Really did not like the digital food and drink tickets and there was nothing indicating you could buy them other than on your phone when you entered. Even with WiFi my sister's phone took forever to send the email to her phone. the drink and food selection was excellent but getting the tickets was stressful

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All was great! The music, vendors, the crowd. Would have liked to have seen 3x as many food vendors. And, the online sampler ticket feature was not accurate, functioning or helpful. You could only purchase “1 sampler ticket” at a time. Info on suggested quantities to purchase or average sample pricing not presented.

From start to finish our experience was incredible. The staff was very knowledgeable and informative.

We wanted to really enjoy a night of food and wine. Huge Ticketmaster fees to buy the food and wine pairings tickets scuttled that when we would have had to still buy entrance tickets. And I'm not sure who made the money from the individual wine pours, but 57 tickets ($28.50) for a high end pour? (literally not more than a shot of wine) There were some interesting local eateries and other vendors.

VERY disappointing! Pretty ordinary wines. Volunteers that didn't know anything about them Not worth the money

I feel like the on-line tickets process could have been better. Two different sites to go to for the same event. Not very user friendly...should have been a one stop shop and then you couldn't view your ticket balance. Would have also liked to see more food vendors. But overall, a great event, lots of spirits to pick from.