• Ontario Craft Beer Week

Date: June 15^th to 21^th, 2014

Location: Yonge Dundas Square

Free admission

www.ocbweek.ca

• Brewer’s Backyard: Canada Day Edition

Date: Tuesday, July 1^st, 2014

Location: Evergreen Brick Words, 550 Bayview Ave

Free admission

www.brewersbackyard.com

• Summer Craft Beer Fest 2014

Date: Thursday, July 10^th, 2014

Location: Liberty Market Building Galleria, 171 East Liberty ST.

www.summercraftbeerfest.com

• Toronto’s Festival Of Beer

Date: July 25^th to 27^th, 2014

Time:  25^th and 26^th 3:00 pm to 10:00 pm; 26^th 12:00 am to 19:00 pm

Location: Bandshell Park, Exhibition Place, Toronto, ON

Price: Tickets range from $39.50 to $79.50

www.beerfestival.ca

• Hart House Craft Beer Festival

Date: Thursday, July 31^st, 2014

Time: 5:30 pm

Location: Hart House, 7 Hart House Circle

Price: Tickets range from $31 to $52

www.harthouse.ca/events/hart-house-craft-beer-festival-2/

• Session Muskoka

Date: August 2^nd, 2014

Time: 1:00 pm to 7:00 pm

Location: Annie Williams Park, Bracebridge

Price: $25

www.muskokabeerfestival.ca

• The Roundhouse Craft Beer Festival

Date:  August 9^th to 10^th, 2014

Location: Rounghouse Park, 255 Bremner Boulevard

www.craftbeerfest.ca/savethedate/

• Toronto Premium Beer Experience

Date: Thursday, September 11^th, 2014

Time: 6:00 pm to 11:00 pm

Location: Berkeley Church, 315 Queen St. E

www.beerexperience.ca

• Toronto Beer Week

Date: September 12^th to 20^th, 2014

Location: Various locations

www.torontobeerweek.com

• Toronto Beer & Cider Festival

Date: September 12^th to 20^th, 2014

Location: Sugar Beach

www.beerandciderfestival.com

• Toronto Oktoberfest

Date: Thursday, October 2^nd, 2014

Location: Ontario Place

www.torontooktoberfest.ca

• Brewer’s Backyard: Thanksgiving Day Edition

Date: Monday, October 13^th, 2014

Location: Evergreen Brick Works, 550 Bayview Ave.

www.brewersbackyard.com

• Cask Days 2014

Date: October 24^th to 26^th, 2014

Location: Evergreen Brick Works

www.caskdays.com

Deb was named the Woman of the Week in Women’s Post for the week of January 9-14. Some highlights of the article discussed how Deb has made an outstanding contribution to Toronto events through CityEvents, an event planning services and on line events calendar.  “I like to let people know what they have access to, or at least [let them] be aware what is going on in their own community.” Community is also of great importance to Deb, who has worked with many not-for-profit and charity organizations. “Volunteering is a great way to contribute to the community you live in.”

Deb also co-founded FastLane, a networking series in the GTA that provides fresh and current networking opportunities, as well as the Maple Leaf Digital Lounge which is launching at SXSW this spring that features new Canadian digital technology companies to an International market.

Check out the full article here. Deb has advice for budding entrepreneurs and event planners; to entrepreneurs, she says, “Enjoy the freedom of directing your future. Be prepared for all the other areas of life that business will seep into. Be prepared to find some work/life balance.” To those interested in event management, she encourages proactively: “be prepared to be responding in an immediate manner. Don’t sit around to react; you may not get the next gig. People want everything done yesterday.”

Check out the article here: http://www.womenspost.ca/womanoftheweek