Jethawks Stadium Becomes A Field Of Dreams For Southern California #BeerLovers In Lancaster, CA By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Travel Blogger There is a real-life Field Of Dreams, and it's not in a cornfield somewhere in Iowa. It's a little west of there, kind of near Hollywood in fact, in the space town of Lancaster, CA. And while it's almost like a dream, … [Read more...]
Southern California Is Being Overwhelmed By Beer & Music Festivals
Craft Beers, Bands & Big Crowds Are Everywhere In Los Angeles, Orange County & San Diego By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger This is getting ridiculous. Or is it? Southern California is being overwhelmed these days by beer and music festivals. In fact, they are as prevalent as the sunshine. In a two-week period in mid-May, for example, … [Read more...]
Is Paying For A VIP Ticket Worth The Extra Cost At Wine, Beer & Food Festivals?
The Pros & Cons Of Early Entry & Benefits Vs. General Admission By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger One of the questions that almost always comes up when people are discussing getting tickets to wine, beer and food festivals is this one: "shall we go for the VIP?" There are, of course, pros and cons to either side and I examine both in this … [Read more...]
Boonville Beer Festival April 29 2017 Date & Location
WHAT: More than 80 craft and microbreweries from all over Northern California converge on a no-stoplight town in Mendocino County to drink lots of great beer that's hard to find at bars and other festivals. PARTY SCENE: Very good for beer lovers, especially craft and microbrew lovers. It's a pretty casual scene that spikes with moments of revelry. For the biggest party … [Read more...]
Great Las Vegas Festival Of Beer Expands To Two Days In 2017
Seven Years & 500 Beers For #BeerLovers In Downtown Sin City More beer! The Homer Simpson in all of us loves the thought of more beer and that's just what the Great Las Vegas Festival of Beer is providing as it is expanding to two days in 2017. It now takes place on a Friday and Saturday, April 7-8, in downtown Vegas. It features more than 500 craft beers from … [Read more...]
OC Fair Hosting Craft Beer Festival The Brew Hee Haw
Beers, Plus Wines, Bands & Tribute Bands Mid-July To Mid-August The Orange County Fair, taking place from mid-July thru mid-August, is opening with something worthy of a toast – a craft beer festival. The Brew Hee Haw Craft Beer Roundup is taking place the weekend of July 15-17 in Costa Mesa, CA. It features 80 beers from primarily California breweries in a wide … [Read more...]
California Beer Festival Santa Cruz 2016 Info & Tickets
Aptos Village Park Hosts Craft Beers & Foodies Event Craft beer lovers and foodies come together at the California Beer Festival, Aug. 12-14, at Aptos Village Park in Santa Cruz County. It features more than 85 craft breweries and bands in this scenic location in a three-day event that begins with a food and beer pairing competition and ends with a picnic-style … [Read more...]
California Beer Festival San Dimas 2016 Info & Tickets
Craft Beers & Live Music In Los Angeles County This September Craft beers and live music return to the Los Angeles area for the California Beer Festival, Sept. 10 & 11. Held at the Frank G. Bonelli Park in San Dimas, it features more than 85 craft breweries and bands in this scenic park. Tickets are on sale now and they are $40, plus a $4.30 processing fee. … [Read more...]
Breckenridge Breweries Hootenanny 2016 Date, Bands & Tickets
26th Annual Event Features Craft Beers, Bands & BBQ In The Colorado Mountains Beers, bands and BBQ combine to make for what organizers call a "pig-pickin’, foot-stompin’, beer-drinkin’ block party" in the Colorado mountains. Sounds like our kind of event! It's the 26th annual Breckenridge Breweries Hootenanny, and the 2016 event takes place on the brewery's massive … [Read more...]
Boonville Beer Festival Essential Guide Top Tips & Camping
Northern California Craft Beers & Microbreweries Pour In Mendocino County The veterans have their routine crafted as finely as the host Anderson Valley Brewing Company's Poleeko Gold Pale Ale. They know how to arrive, when to arrive, where to go when the brews start flowing and where to put their heads on a pillow when the last keg runs dry. Attending the annual … [Read more...]
Boonville Beer Festival 2016 Party Guide Review
Grin & Brew It – In 2016 On April 30 Annual Beer Festival Attracts Thousands From all over Northern California they come – San Francisco, San Jose, Marin, Berkeley and beyond – with wide smiles and thirsty throats. They gather in a no-stoplight town along a two-lane highway just a few miles from Anderson Valley's wine country. And they come – some 7,000 in all – to … [Read more...]
Cali Uncorked A Craft Beer Festival With Food, Wine & Comedy
Inaugural Event Takes Place In Orange County, CA More than 100 craft breweries and wineries are participating in the first Cali UNCORKED, a beer, food, wine and comedy festival taking place in Silverado, CA, on Nov. 14. Among the participating breweries are Fifty Fifty Brewing (which is tapping a keg of bourbon barrel aged Eclipse that has been aged in High West Rye … [Read more...]
How To Win Tickets To A San Diego Beer Week Tasting Pairing
Craft Beers, Chefs From Local Restaurants And Live Music At Tom Ham's Lighthouse Drink craft beer and eat for free! You can do it – if you win, of course – by entering a contest for two free tickets to a craft beer pairing during San Diego Beer Week. This takes place at Tom Ham's Lighthouse on Monday, Nov. 10, from 6-9 p.m. Called Brews, Views and Chews, it … [Read more...]
5th Annual Trump National Wine & Beer Festival 2013 Review
Sun Shines And The Fun Atmosphere Gets A Toast From This Blogger In what has become one of the top events in the South Bay Beach Cities, the fifth annual Trump National Wine & Beer Festival did something that's often difficult for repeat events: it met and, perhaps even exceeded, expectations. And those expectations were as high as the Palos Verdes cliff where … [Read more...]
Portland’s Holiday Ale Festival 2017 Pours Winter Beers Downtown
Pioneer Square Beer Festival Features Specialty Craft Beers Cheers for the holidays means something different in Portland, Oregon, home of the craft brews. It means beers, at least from Nov. 28-Dec. 3. That's when the Holiday Ale Festival takes place. The 2017 event is the 22nd annual one. Held in Pioneer Square in the heart of downtown, it's the perfect location … [Read more...]
Oregon Brewers Festival Pours $30 Million Into Portland Economy
Waterfront Event Brings In Beer Drinkers Of All Ages And Attracts Several Out-Of-Town Visitors Let's have a big "cheers" for people drinking lots of beers! The Oregon Brewfest, an annual event that takes place the end of July at a waterfront park in downtown Portland, reports the 2012 event poured $30 million into the local economy. Here are specifics, as detailed by … [Read more...]
Peter B’s Brewpub Part of September Beer Festival in Monterey, CA
Second Annual Monterey Beer Garden Features A Dozen Craft Brewers on Sept. 22 You may think of Monterey, CA, as a wine area. It largely an accurate assumption. With wine tasting rooms in the city and Cannery Row and vineyards a few miles away, Monterey County is making a push to be recognized as a true California wine country. But it's also becoming a prolific craft beer … [Read more...]
Malibu Beer Festival Was ‘In’ At the Malibu Inn
Kicking Back At This Laid-Back Beer Event in Malibu The sun was out, the beer was flowing and the people were partying. What better way to spend a Saturday afternoon in Malibu, CA? That's the way it was at the 2012 Malibu Beer Festival, held on a sensational Saturday, May 9. Even though this was Malibu there were no celebrities present. Unless you count the 25 or so … [Read more...]
The 2012 Boonville Beer Festival is Saturday May 12
More Than 80 Craft Beers Greet Northern California Beer Drinkers The people will be pouring into a tiny no-stoplight Northern California town and the beer will be flowing on Saturday;, May 12, for the annual Boonville Beer Festival. Some arrive on a party bus from San Francisco – good idea – and others simply roll out of sleeping bags from the adjacent campground. Better … [Read more...]
Oregon Garden Brewfest Doubles Attendance for 2012
Central Willamette Valley Hosts Annual Event Featuring 90 Hand-Crafted Beers From 45 Breweries People flowed into the sixth annual Oregon Garden Brewfest the way the beer was flowing out of the kegs in 2012. More than 6,000 people attended, nearly doubling the previous mark of 3,200 set last year. People in the Pacific Northwest, particularly those in Oregon, do love their … [Read more...]
San Pedro Port of LA Lobster Festival 2011 Review & Photos
Lobsters, Beer, Bands, Pirates, Wenches and Lots of People In a Sunny Seaside Setting at Ports O'Call The Bar Blogger found a bar with beer at the Lobster Festival, and thus was happy. If there's one thing that excites the Bar Blogger, it's being outside in a sunny setting drinking a good, cold beer. Festivals are particularly engaging because they involve bands and lots of … [Read more...]