Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Pinterest Still deciding where to bring your friends and visiting relatives this December? Here are DrinkManila’s event picks for the first half of December. The 1st Annual Angeles City Craft Beer Festival When: Dec. 2 to 4, 2016 Time: 2 p.m. – 12 a.m. Where: Marquee Mall’s Marquee Park, Pampanga This year’s biggest craft beer festival is happening in Angeles City for three days starting December 2. The 1st Annual Angeles City Craft Beer Festival will be the first festival of its kind in the Angeles City and Pampanga region. Try over 100 craft beers from 17 Philippine microbreweries along with several imported craft beer brands. For attendees who want to learn about the art of making craft beer, there will be beer seminars scheduled for Saturday at 4pm and Sunday at 5pm. Pair your beer with delectable food prepared by locally based celebrity chefs. Enjoy music by the Jazz Grill All-Stars during the three-day festival. Tickets are available at the venue for P250 per person (includes one free craft beer). Two-day passes are also available for P350 per person (includes one free craft beer). For more information visit craftbeerphilippines.com. The 1st Annual Angeles City Craft Beer Festival is endorsed by the Philippine Department of Tourism and the Angeles City Tourism Office and is sponsored by CPI Call Shop & Business Café, Meister Solar, Harrier Magazine, DrinkManila.com, Cool Breeze Hotel, Frontera Tex-Mex, Royce Hotel and Casino, Hotel Euro Asia, WheninManila.com, Harry the Horse, Whereinpampanga.com, CLTV-36, Sunstar Pampanga, Systems Plus College Foundation, Whereinangeles.ph and is powered by Pouch Nation. The event will benefit the Tuloy Foundation for street children. Coca-Cola Christmas Concert When: Dec. 3, 2016 Time: 2 p.m. Where: SM Mall of Asia Concert Grounds ‘Tis the season to be jolly as Coca-Cola stages Christmas concert this Saturday at the MOA concert grounds with celebrities like James Reid, Rico Blanco, Nadine Lustre, and many more. Áraw the Line Launch When: Dec. 3, 2016 Time: 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. Where: Bar Mathilde, 8483 Kalayaan Avenue, Makati Shop local! Áraw, a locally designed vintage inspired line of tropical wear will be launching a limited edition line of clothing at Bar Mathilde on December 3. Coconuts, cocktails, and free snacks will be provided while guests shop the Araw collection. Afternoon Delight with the Bonbon Club and Pepi Cubano When: Dec. 3, 2016 Time: 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Where: The Bonbon Club, 16 Tropical Palms Gallardo St. Legaspi Village, Makati The Bonbon Club and Pepi Cubano are hosting a carnival themed afternoon on December 3. Get your family and friends together and enjoy circus games and entertainment from clowns and facepainters while munching away on Cubano sandwiches and glasses of gin tea punch with Nordes Gin. The Gourmand Market When: Dec. 9 to 11 Time: 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Where: Ayala Triangle, Ayala Avenue, Makati It’s the Gourmand Market’s last event for the year in partnership with Ayala Triangle Gardens’ Festival of Lights. Enjoy culinary highlights from crowd favorites Tipple and Slaw, NAV Modern Thai, Les Bagels, Olympia’s Roast Beef, and Snackbox and savor iced cold Pedro beers and bottles of Stanford and Shaw ginger ale while watching Ayala Triangle’s light show spectacle. This year, the lights will dance to the inspired sounds of Rio de Janeiro, period films, and Disney flicks. For details and inquiries email nawwtyskitchen@gmail.com Cafe Curieux: Tronche De Vie When: Dec. 10, 2016 Time: 7 p.m. Where: Cafe Curieux, Bel-Air Soho Polaris corner Badajos, Makati City Street food, Street Art, Cockfight, Cocktails, and Dance? Cafe Curieux has that covered for you as it hosts the screening of Tronche De Vie video documentaries and live sets from International Manila Underground DJs playing reggae and hip-hop that will make you want to dance with a cocktail in hand. Black Market: Moonbeats Asia x Black Market Presents: Snakeships in Manila When: Dec. 13, 2016 Time: 9 p.m. Where: Warehouse 3, La Fuerza Compound 2, Sabio St., Makati City Snakeships is coming to Manila for the first time to perform their top hits at Black Market. For ticket reservations, visit www.moonbeats.asia. TUNNL: TUNNL One When: Dec. 15, 2016 Time: 10 p.m. onwards Where: TUNNL, UPRC 1 Bldg, Chino Roces, Makati City Tunnl turns one as they celebrate with an open bar from 10 p.m. to 12 midnight and the beats of many DJs, including Issa Ramos, Rammy Bitong, and Marc Marasigan. For table reservations, call 744-1569 or (0927) 783-7038.