Bierfest - Beer festival in Gressoney
Resorts: Gressoney-Saint-Jean
Car park “Weissmatten”
24 June 2026 - 28 June 2026
The Bierfest is ready to return in Gressoney-Saint-Jean for four days dedicated to the famous Kühbacher Bier, produced in the brewery owned by Baron Beck Peccoz, born in Gressoney but emigrated many years ago in Kühbach, Germany.
The festival was born at the beginning of the 1980s as a simple village festival, but its fame has now spread to the neighbouring valleys and to the rest of the region, Piedmont and northern Italy.
The feast takes place in a large pavilion on the Weissmatten square, near the chairlift of the same name. Directly from Kühbach to Gressoney-Saint-Jean, a maxi-barrel of beer containing several thousand litres arrives, to keep intact all the precious characteristics that make it so appreciated and unique, uncorked on the first day, when the celebrations begin.
NOT ONLY BEER: 4 DAYS DEDICATED TO FOOD AND WINE, MUSIC AND DANCING
It will not be an event dedicated only to beer, as a matter of fact during the evenings at the pavilion good food will also find space and an accurate catering service will be organized with dishes prepared on-site. The dinners will also be enlivened by typical Bavarian Oktoberfest songs, folk music, but also by classics and international music hits. Come and have fun in Gressoney-Saint-Jean, you won’t regret it!
- Festival dedicated to the craft beer
- No entrance fees to the pavilion
- Dinners with typical Bavarian specialities and more
- Dancing evenings with good music
Free admission to the pavillion.
All the meals are chargeable.
Wednesday 24th June
- at 12.00 a.m.: Opening ceremony with tapping of the beer keg, accompanied by the music of the band Junge Walsermusikanten
- at 2.00 p.m.: Entertaining afternoon with following folk groups: I Fiour di Moun fromLillianes, Tamtando, Mazì Ensemble Vocale and Greschoneyer Trachtengruppe
- at 7.00 p.m.: Opening of the self-service
- at 9.00 p.m.: Dancing party with Fleimstaler Party Folk Band and DJ Ago Dallago
Thursday 25th June
- at 5.00 p.m.: Opening of the pavilion with Marco Picchiottino
- at 7.00 p.m.: Opening of the self-service
- at 9.30 p.m.: Dancing party with Bääm
Friday 26th June
- at 5.00 p.m.: Opening of the pavilion with Marco Picchiottino
- at 7.00 p.m.: Opening of the self-service
- at 9.00 p.m.: Dancing party with Giuliano e i Baroni
Saturday 27th June
- at 3 p.m.: Opening of the pavilion with Kunikumpel
- at 7.00 p.m.: Opening of the self-service
- at 9.00 p.m.: Dancing party with the Dolomiten Bier Band
Sunday 28th June
- at 12.00 a.m.: Opening of the pavilion and of the self-service with music by I Ragazzi del Villaggio
- at 5.00 p.m.: Entertaining activities for everyone with Marco Picchiottino
- at 7.00 p.m.: Opening of the self-service
- at 9.00 p.m.: Big final party with the Spritz Band
On Thursday, Friday and Saturday there will be a free shuttle bus service from 8 p.m. to 3 a.m.:
- a bus between Staffal - Gressoney-La-Trinité and the pavilion (stops in Staffal, Anderbätt, Selbsteg, Fohre, Gover, Edelboden, Gressoney-La-Trinité > pavilion)
- a shuttle bus in the municipality of Gressoney-Saint-Jean with a circular route ‘pavilion-tents-parking’
On Sunday morning the tent camp must be cleared by 11.00 a.m.
During the weekend of 27–28 June, the Weissmatten chairlift in Gressoney-Saint-Jean will be open for the Bierfest.
Menu:
- Beer-battered cockerel, spareribs, Bratwurst, capocollo, stewed sausage, stewed venison
- Polenta concia with butter and Fontina cheese, french fries, sauerkraut, cheese
- Cake and sweets
- Plenty of beer - also gluten-free beer
See also
Note - this information is not directly connected to the Cammino Balteo path but it is part of the Aosta Valley tourist offer.