The annual Qingdao International Beer Festival commenced in grand style on July 20. The 38-day-carnival will light up the summer in the eastern coastal city of Qingdao with various beers from home and abroad and multitudes of celebrations such as light shows, Phoenix fire dancing performances, artistic parades, circus acts and music concerts.  

Tourists carouse at the Golden Beach Beer City in the Qingdao West Coast New Area, main venue for this year’s Qingdao International Beer Festival. [Photo/VCG]

Festivalgoers enjoy beer at the Golden Beach Beer City in the Qingdao West Coast New Area, main venue for the 2018 Qingdao International Beer Festival. [Photo/VCG]

A tourist from Russia (right) and his Chinese friend raise glasses of Tsingtao beer to celebrate the 2018 Qingdao International Beer Festival. [Photo/VCG]