BeerFest and all related BeerFest Days events operate under a Special Event Liquor Licence (“SEL”) issued to organizers by Alberta Gaming, Liquor and Cannabis (“AGLC”).

All participating businesses, agencies, manufacturers, suppliers, licensees, exhibitors, sponsors, and representatives (“Participants”) are required to comply with:

• Alberta liquor laws
• AGLC regulations and policies
• Responsible liquor service requirements
• Municipal bylaws
• Fire and occupancy regulations
• Festival operational procedures and safety requirements

Participation in the event does not authorize any Participant to independently operate outside the conditions of the SEL or Festival operational procedures.

Festival Management maintains final operational authority regarding:

• Licensed premises operations
• Product approvals
• Service procedures
• Sample and redemption systems
• Vendor reconciliation systems
• Booth operations
• Security and safety procedures
• Compliance enforcement

Participants acknowledge that unauthorized operational activity, including but not limited to:

• over-service
  unauthorized product service
• ticket or redemption manipulation
• unauthorized transfer of redemption value
• failure to comply with operating hours
• late openings
• early closures
• no-shows
• booth abandonment
• unsafe conduct
• non-compliance with Festival operational procedures

may create operational and compliance concerns affecting the SEL holder and the Licensed Premises.

Festival Management reserves the right to:

• suspend or terminate participation
• remove participants or staff
• restrict operations
• reassign booth space
• adjust reconciliation calculations
• deny future participationdocument operational or compliance concerns where deemed appropriate

All Redemption Systems, including tickets, tokens, digital credits, pours, sample credits, and settlement calculations, remain under the sole operational control of Festival Management.

Participants are not authorized to:

• transfer redemption value between vendor registers
• manipulate redemption reporting
• redirect settlement balances
• conceal operational violations
• alter reconciliation totals without written authorization from Festival Management

Festival Management reserves the right to audit reconciliation records and investigate discrepancies where necessary for operational, safety, compliance, or regulatory purposes.

By participating in BeerFest, Participants acknowledge and agree to comply with all Festival operational requirements and applicable laws and regulations.

BeerFest Organizers reserves the right to modify operational procedures, participation requirements, and compliance standards where necessary for legal, regulatory, safety, or operational purposes.