The Black Beer Festival (Spanish; Castilian: Fiesta de la Cerveza Negra) is a craft beer festival in Valdivia, Southern Chile. The festival was originally organised in the first week of July 2010 by a consortium of the beer companies Calle Calle, Valbier, Cuello Negro and KM 858.[1] The first edition consisted of a business meeting in Hotel Dreams Valdivia followed by a public event at the Isla Teja Campus of the Austral University of Chile.[1] Following its first edition the festival has been held in Parque SAVAL.[2] [3] The festival is sponsored by the National Tourist Service (SERNATUR).[4] The festival has been variously held the first, second or third week of July each year.[1] [2] [3] [4]