Like any good idea, the OBAR was drafted on a napkin over a few daytime pints. And while the business model around it has taken a variety of turns, the core of it remains the same – a recycled shipping container turned into a portable party.

It was actually conceived in the middle of a typical Edmonton winter. Each season we all tend to go through the same unfortunate cycle – happiness and excitement for the first snowfall, the buzz of Christmas and New Years ski trips, then a frozen anger as we count the days until Spring. That needed to change, because the weather won’t. Stocking it with the help of a couple of our favorite local breweries and dragging the bar to the top of Fortress Mountain in -25°C to throw a party seemed the perfect way to break that cycle. We were right – it was cold, and it was absolutely epic.

Each day and event is what you make of it, and we hope the Obar helps you get the most out of whatever it is that you’re up to.