| Last Updated: Jan 25, 2018 | Contact: info@beertopiahk.com |
Now in it's 7th year, Beertopia is Hong Kong’s largest craft beer festival. Last year's festival took place at the Central Harbourfront with over 12,500 attendees trying over 500 different beers from around the world. The only event of its kind in Hong Kong, the goal of Beertopia is for people to discover and enjoy quality craft beers in a fun and lively environment that includes lots of food, live music with bands and DJs, and beer games. This year's event will once again be held in a new area of the Central Harbourfront.
WHEN: OCTOBER 5-6, 2018
The festival will take place over two days:
Friday, October 5: 6PM-11PM
Saturday, October 6: 12PM-11PM
WHERE: Central Harbourfront
Conveniently located outside of IFC mall and next to the Central Piers, the Central Harbourfront is one of the most exciting venues in the city. Easily accessible by MTR, taxi, bus and ferry, the venue features over 15,000 square meters of waterfront space and unobstructed views of city skyline.
This year the site will be moving from it's home on the east side of the Central Harbourfront to the west half (next to the ferris wheel), with a brand new, slightly larger festival layout. This is site A&B of the Central Harbourfront, where Art Central and Taste are held, rather than site C&D which was used the past three years.
EVENT PRICING AND PARTICULARS
WHAT'S NEW THIS YEAR
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Gender
Male: 52% Female: 48% |
Age
18-25: 25% 26-35: 43% 36-45: 22% 46-55: 9% 56+: 1% |
Nationality
Hong Kong & China: 60% US, UK, Canada, Australia: 25% Other Countries: 15% |
Stall locations will be selected on a first come first served basis. There will be a limited number of food vendor booths available. Vendors must have a valid restaurant or food factory license.
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Early Bird Price
Payment received before March 1, 2018
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Standard Price
(Subject to availability)
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Stall Cost: HKD $11,500 |
Stall Cost: HKD $14,500 |
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- A fully refundable security deposit of HKD $3500 is required. The deposit will not be fully returned if the site is left with oil stains, anything requires jet cleaning, if the vendor's equipment, goods or garbage have been left at the site and require disposal, if the flooring has been damaged, or if waste liquids/oil have been found to be dumped into drains rather than disposed of in the waste liquid tanks, etc. - Food stalls will be approximately 3m long by 3m wide, including storage space behind the stall, and space in front of the stall for an optional “hang-out” area. If more space is required, please contact the festival organizer.
- Each food stall will be allocated 50A of total electrical power, single phase, with a choice of 13A, 15A, or 16A sockets. 3-phase, 32A sockets will not be provided by default. Vendors that require more than 50A must list their exact power and socket requirements in the application form, as we may not be able to accommodate additional electricity requirements closer to the festival date. Photos of the aforementioned sockets have been included below for reference:
- Vendors are required to provide their own flooring for their stall, using wooden boards or exhibition carpet, to avoid leaving oil and grease stains on the site brickwork. Stalls without flooring will not be permitted to operate, per the venue management company. Carpet can also be purchased from festival organizers if vendors do not have their own flooring.
- Vendors are responsible applying for their own Temporary Food Factory License for their stall in time for the festival. Reminders for this will not be sent. The FEHD now requires each individual stall to submit a separate application for license. Stalls without a valid license will not be permitted to operate during the festival, per the venue management company, and refunds will not be given. The Temporary Food Factory License application can be found here: http://www.fehd.gov.hk/english/forms/licence_201.html
- Refunds will not be provided for vendors who neglect to apply for the Temporary Food Factory License in a timely manner and are unable to operate due to this. - Stalls are
non-transferable, non-shareable, and are valid for the invoiced vendor company only.
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For stalls beyond than the listed sizes, please contact the festival organizer.
- Stalls decorations and structures cannot exceed 3m in height.
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*Vendor equipment list and power consumption requirements subject to approval by festival organizer.
Vendors will be assigned a priority to select their stall on a first-come, first-served basis, based on when their stall rental has been confirmed and stall rental fees have been settled. The process is as follows:
1. Applications are submitted via online form.
2. First wave of invoices will be emailed to accepted vendors (at the same time).
3. As the rental fee payment confirmations come in, the vendor will be assigned a turn or priority to select their stall. Ex. First payment received gets to pick first, second confirmation received gets second pick, and so on.
4. The next wave of invoices to multiple accepted vendors will then be sent (roughly a new group of invoices each week), and as payment confirmations are received, vendors will continue to be assigned a priority to make their selection. And so on for the third group of invoices, fourth group of invoices, etc.
Once all the priorities for picking stalls have been assigned amongst the vendors, the number of stalls will be confirmed and the venue layout will be finalised. Vendors will be told their selection priority and be able to pick their stall locations closer to the festival date.
- Absolutely no changes to the stall position can be made once chosen.
- Stall locations cannot be swapped, exchanged, re-sold, transferred, or otherwise changed.
- Changes to the stall size, or additional stall purchases, will need to be selected separately based on when the rental fee for the additional stall has been received.
- Stalls cannot be shared amongst vendors.
- During the stall selection process, vendors will be shown a map, with all the stalls laid out, and the occupied and unoccupied stalls marked. The occupied stalls will not be labeled with vendor names, nor will vendors be told where which locations other vendors have chosen until after all the stalls have been assigned.
Similar to last year, upon request, vendors can be allocated space in front of their stalls (roughly 2-3m), to create a fun and cool, decorated "hang out" area for attendees. This is optional and designs, along with the request for additional space, needs to be submitted in advance, within two weeks of an accepted stall application.
Some ideas would be lights, music and speakers, bean bag chairs, cocktail tables, games, etc. However, this should be designed in such a way that it doesn't block traffic, with crowds that obstruct the view of the stall or prevent people from actually getting to the stall itself to buy food.
Anything that adversely affects other vendors is prohibited. Vendors are required to submit their hang-out area design for approval prior to setup, otherwise they run the risk of the area being shut down after setup. Anything deemed unsafe or unscrupulous will be shut down. Any decorations or structures over 3m in height are prohibited.
Food vendors cannot sell or provide beer or any other alcoholic beverage. Vendors cannot use the area to engage in paid activities. Beer pong is not permitted.
Setup: Vendors can start moving in, setting up, delivering goods, etc. during the afternoon of Thursday, October 4. The locked, refrigerated (not freezers) overnight storage kept at around 4 degrees Celsius will be turned on starting Thursday afternoon, and kept on continuously until the morning of Sunday, October 7 when it will be turned off. Vendors are recommended to move out their goods on Saturday night or Sunday morning.
Storage: The refrigerated overnight storage will be locked each night at 12PM, so everything that needs to be stored must be moved in before this. The storage will be unlocked each morning around 10AM, Friday through Sunday morning at 10AM.
Take Down: Most vendors move out right after the festival the night of October 6. This is strongly recommended, to minimize the change of loss or damages to good or equipment, rather than waiting until Sunday or Monday. Vendors must have all their goods and equipment moved out of the site by 10AM on Monday, October 8. This is a requirement of the venue management that the organizers unfortunately do not have control over. Vendors that are not out by the deadline will be responsible for any fines levied by the venue management.
If vendors cannot move out on Saturday night, vendors must move all their goods and equipment (left over beer, tshirts, condiments, draught dispensing equipment, etc) into the storage containers that night.
There will be no electricity on site after 10AM on Sunday morning. Individual stall tents and tables will start to be taken down on Sunday, so vendors are strongly encouraged to move out on Sunday if possible, and if not, to once again move all their goods to the storage containers, rather than risk having their goods and equipment left out in the open once the tents and tables have been taken down.
There will be a huge number of third-party logistics staff on-site working to take down and move the lights, stages, tables, toilets, electric cables, signage, etc. immediately after the Saturday night session. Moving goods into the containers will reduce, but not entirely eliminate, the risk of items getting lost.
RECYCLING AND GARBAGE:
Liquids: All waste liquids and oil must be disposed of in the waste tanks provided. Dumping of waste liquids in drains (which drain directly into the Hong Kong harbour) is illegal, an obvious environmental hazard, and offenders will be prosecuted by the HKSAR government.
Garbage: Vendors are responsible for emptying all their garbage into the large garbage skip, which will then be picked up and cleared by a garbage truck periodically throughout the sessions. Vendors are required to leave their stall rental area clean and free of garbage or left over goods and equipment after moving out.
Recycling: Vendors are responsible for putting all their empty bottles in the large recycling bins that will be spread throughout the venue. Empty bottles can first be collected in garbage bags, rather than in empty beer cases, which can get soggy and then fall apart, and then periodically emptied into the recycling bins
KEEPING THINGS SAFE
There will once again be overnight security at the site, as well as refrigerated shipping containers, which will be locked at 12AM every night and opened 10AM each morning. Vendors are encouraged to use the shipping containers each night. Valuables should not be left in the site overnight, at the stall or in the shipping containers, as other vendors and their staff will have shared access.
The organisers cannot be responsible or liable for any goods, materials, or equipment lost or damaged at any point in time while at the site. This includes anything lost, left behind, accidentally (or otherwise) taken, accidentally (or otherwise) damaged by anyone related or unrelated to the festival, any damages due to weather, wind, rain, loss of electricity, natural disasters, or any other reason.
Valuables should not be kept in the shipping containers. On top of the risk of third-party delivery and pick-up staff taking the wrong things (or leaving things behind), there will also be the risk of outright theft from all the different people going in and out of the storage containers. There is no way for security to know exactly who everything belongs to in each container, or what each third-party logistics or pick-up person is actually there to pick up.
If the shared shipping containers are not adequate, vendors can move their goods off site, or lock them in their own van or vehicle that can be parked overnight on-site.
Vendors are recommended to put their names on their equipment, such as trolly and push carts, to avoid mix-ups with other vendors, as these things can look very similar.
1. Fill in the online application form with company details here: Food Vendor Online Application Form.
Once complete, the application screen will read "Your application for Beertopia 2018 has been successfully submitted." If this screen does not appear, the application has not been received.
2. Accepted vendors will receive an email with additional details and an invoice for the stall rental fee and deposit within approximately one week from the application date.
3. The stall rental will only be confirmed once the invoice has been settled. Due to demand, applications will be automatically cancelled if the invoice has not been settled within seven working days.