The I heart beer and taco festival is coming to London. Starting Friday March 14, the event will take place at RBC place and will go on until Saturday March 15 with three different party sessions throughout the two days. The multi-city event will be reaching its halfway point in London as it has still three more cities to stop by in Ontario. The festival has two new venues for the first time, one in Barrie, and the other in Ottawa.
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- EY Centre, Ottawa.
- Eastview Arena, Barrie.
- Convention Centre, Hamilton.
- Enercare Centre, Toronto.
- Bingemans, Kitchener.
- RBC Place, London.
- Memorial Centre, Peterborough.
- Sleeman Centre, Guelph.
- Slush Puppie Place, Kingston.
There will be all different kinds of beer, non alcoholic drinks and tacos among other types of foods. At the event foods like empanadas and burritos are just a taste of what is available. Most of the restaurants featured in the event have Mexican or Latin American roots.
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- Bitten on Locke
- Fiesta Empanada
- LeSher Kitchen
- Fresh Burrito Mexican Grill
- Mexi-Can Cocina
- Chikbites
- North of the Border Tacos
- Born2eat
- Picante MX
- Big Daddy Bacon
- Maria’s Tacos
- Bigjerk
- Hometown Tacos and pretzels
- Unique Choice
- La parrillada Grill
- Craklins Fish & Chips
- El Patcho’s Tacos
The festival will feature various entertainment options such as board games, video games, beer pong and music. 2025 marks the fifth year that the I heart beer and tacos festival comes to London. The festival was started back in 2017 but then went on hiatus due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The event first arrived in London in 2018.
During last year’s festival around 7 thousand people showed interest in the event through Facebook and 705 people confirmed going to the event on the social media platform. Environment Canada does forecast a lot of rain this weekend with dangers of flooding. Although the event occurs indoor it is unknown if the turnout will be like other years due to the weather. However the festival has sold almost 15 000 tickets this year.
The festivals in Hamilton and Toronto received over 3 000 people, while new location Ottawa got over 4 000. The event is a 19 plus event. Tickets are available online on the I heart beer website. The first session of the festival begins at 6:00 p.m. on Friday March 14, 2025.
