UPCOMING BEER FESTS AND FESTIVAL FORECAST:
Sat, Sep 29 - Virginia Craft Beer & Wine Festival, 2 - 6:00 pm, Union Bank & Trust Pavilion, 16 Crawford Cir., Portsmouth. The Annual Portsmouth Pavilion Virginia Craft Beer and Wine Festival is back at The Pavilion on Saturday, September 29th! Enjoy unlimited samplings of Virginia's finest craft beers and wines, live music, and great eats. https://www1.ticketmaster.com/virginia-craft-beer-wine-festival-portsmouth-virginia-09-29-2018/event/
Sat, Sep 29 - Millers Bikes & Brews, 2 - 6:00 pm, Elizabeth River Trail, Norfolk. This casual bike ride along the Elizabeth River Trail stops at several breweries and features 5 tasting pours, live entertainment, swag bags, prizes and a scavenger hunt – all to benefit the Millers Foundation and raise money for local charities. Kids ride free; discounts for early birds and rider-only passes. Enjoy an after party at Smartmouth featuring Fretomology. Parking available at ODU Lot #1 or the MHI Lot at Boissevain and Orapax Avenues in Chelsea. Free handlebar bike bags filled with snacks courtesy of MIllers- one per paid participant. T-shirts available for purchase. Ride Marshals will help cyclists ride safely along the Elizabeth River Trail. All riders must obey all traffic laws and the Ride Marshals' instructions. Helmets encouraged and required for riders 14 and under per City law. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/bikes-and-brews-tickets-47527521095?aff=efbeventtix
Sat, Oct 6 - 5th Annual Chelsea West Fest, 12 - 6:00 pm, 600 Claremont Ave, Norfolk. Hosted by and benefiting Hope House Foundation, will be a full-day of celebrating what makes this region great: local crafters, talented local musicians, local beers and brews, and the unique eateries just steps away from the festival. Gates open at noon!
Sat-Sun, Oct 6-7 - Biplanes and Brews: Brewing passion for history, one flight at a time, Hosted by Pleasure House Brewing and Military Aviation Museum, 1341 Princess Anne Rd., Virginia Beach. Come join us for Biplanes and Brews, a unique event commemorating the centennial of the end of World War One. Aviation, history and handcraft beer connoisseurs come together to witness vintage aircraft in flight while experiencing the local tastes of Coastal Virginia breweries. Features fantastic WWI and WWII airshow, live music, beer tastings from Pleasure House Brewing, biplane rides and much more! Call 757.721.7767 for more information.
Sat-Sun, Oct 6-7 - Inaugural Shacktoberfest, 2 - 6:00 pm, The Shack, 712 Atlantic Avenue, Virginia Beach. The Shack presents our inaugural Shacktoberfest party! Join us and enjoy authentic German food and premium beer from local and national breweries. Live music by The Happy Dutchmen German polka band, Buckshot VB, Anthony Rosano and The Conqueroos, local DJs and more! General Admission $15; VIP $50 - includes a custom Shacktoberfest glass stein, 3 tokens for stein fills, 2 food vouchers, and TWO HOURS of early VIP access. The event starts at 2 pm for General Admission but 12 pm for VIP ticket holders! Tickets on sale NOW both online and at the Shack! https://www.showclix.com/event/shacktoberfest/tag/facebook
Sat, Oct 13 - 3rd Annual Craft Beer Bash at War Memorial Stadium, 12 - 5;00 pm, Hosted by Jungle Gym Strength and Conditioning, 1889 W Pembroke Ave., Hampton. It's our Third Annual Craft Beer Bash at War Memorial Stadium and this year will be better than ever. Located at War Memorial Stadium in Hampton VA, Jungle Gym Strength and Conditioning, LLC brings you an event full of charity, craft beer, great food, and lots of activities. Entertainment: Corn-hole Tournament; BucketBall; Giant Yard Pong; FrisBeer/Poleish Horseshoes; Inflatable TV Screen for College Football; Music - fiftyThirds; Vendors galore! Each person will get 20 free samples of our beer from our craft breweries. Buy extra samples at the front gate! Use 4 samples for a pint of your favorite beer! Purchase tickets here --> https://www.eventbrite.com/e/3rd-annual-craft-beer-bash-at-war-memorial-stadium-tickets-46725376860
Sat, Oct 13 - Historic Phoebus Fall Beer Festival, 10:00 am - 6:00 pm, Mellen St., Hampton. Sample craft beer from six Hampton breweries and cider from Sly Clyde Ciderworks. Admission to the Fall Beer Festival is $30 per person and includes 14 tasting tickets and a custom Phoebus 12.5oz glass. All tasting tickets must be purchased in person on the day of the event. Individual drinks may be purchased at $5 each. You must be 21+ to enjoy the Fall Beer Festival. www.phoebusvaevents.com
Sat, Oct 20 - City Center Fall Festival & Craft Beer & Wine Tasting, 11:00 am - 6:00 pm, City Center Farmers Market Oyster Point, 703 Mariner Row, Newport News. Join us at City Center at Oyster Point Annual Fall Festival to savor ample tastings of craft beer, hard cider, and wine. Limited amount of tasting tickets available. There will also be Food trucks, artisanal food vendors, local arts and crafts, vendors with seasonal fruits, produce, baked goods, plants and much more... Beyond food and drink, City Center Fall Festival will feature an abundance of fall fun! On the music front, we will feature Slapnation on the Market Stage 3 to 6pm, US106.1 - Astro DJ Dance Party 11am to 1pm with Emily, 1 to 3pm Astro DJ and Eric Worden with BOB FM on the main stage...contest, games, and dancing. WIN PRIZES EVERY HOUR! This family-friendly fall festival also offers an interactive kids zone with 100 free pumpkins for the first 100 kids to paint... as well as a bevy of beautiful products to peruse from local arts-and-crafts vendors.
Sat/Sun, Oct 20/21 - Virginia Beach Craft Beer Festival, 1 - 6:00 pm each day, 31st Street Park, Oceanfront, Virginia Beach. Over 50 craft beers from over 25 breweries will be available for sampling at the Virginia Beach Craft Beer Festival. Tickets include unlimited sampling, a commemorative cup, and live entertainment. Live music sets the stage at this perfect beach setting for tasting some of the best craft beers available. The 31st Street Park location provides convenient parking across the street at the municipal garage. A limited number of tickets will be available each day. It is not recommended that children attend this event. It is designed to be a 21+ festival. Performances include Dustin Furlow and Nate Sacks & the Lifehacks (Saturday) and Blackwater Jam and Woodwork (Sunday). Chairs and pets are not allowed into the gated venue. Proceeds support the Virginia Legends Walk.
Sat, Oct 27 - New Realm VA Oktoberfest, 12 - 6;00 pm, New Realm Brewing - VA, 1209 Craft Lane, Virginia Beach. Come join us for our first Oktoberfest opening party! Tickets will be on sale soon and will go fast! Live German music, German food trucks, German beers, lawn games and costume contest.
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UPCOMING BEER FESTS AND FESTIVAL FORECAST:
Sat, Sep 8 - Crabtown Seafood Festival, 11:00 am - 7:00 pm, 136 Kings Way, Hampton. Seafood vendors, fishing boats and educational bay exhibits will line the downtown waterfront, honoring Hampton's history as a town built by seafood. Celebrate Crabtown's fresh catch with food vendors, nautical art and live music, filling the river walkway from Mill Point Park to Carousel Park
Sat, Sep 15 - 6th Annual 757 Battle of the Beers 2018, Hosted by Beach Ambassadors, 1 - 6:30 pm, Camp Pendleton, General Booth Blvd., Virginia Beach. This is the only festival in Hampton Roads that exclusively features local 757 Craft Breweries as they battle it out to win in different beer categories - with 100% of the proceeds go to local Hampton Roads charities! This award-winning and unique event pits local, Hampton Roads-based breweries against each other to determine who has the best beer in Hampton Roads. Each year, local breweries put their best brews on tap and are rated by an official brewer tasting panel and by attendees of the event to see which beer is the best in the 7-5-7. The one-of-a-kind event features live music, food, tastings of every beer (two beers from each brewery!), corn hole, giant beer pong, and more! This event is in its 6th year - and the battle will be bigger and better than ever before! TICKETS ON SALE NOW at www.757battleofthebeers.com
Sat, Sep 15 - Commonwealth Coastal Classic, Hosted by Norfolk Festevents, 12 - 5:00 pm, Town Point Park, 1 Waterside Dr., Norfolk. It’s official! Norfolk Festevents, in partnership with Patrick Evans-Hylton's Virginia Eats And Drinks, presents the first Commonwealth Coastal Classic, Saturday, September 15, 2018 in Town Point Park. The latest addition to Virginia’s extraordinary calendar of fine culinary events, the Commonwealth Coastal Classic will host a delicious variety of chefs’ tables, Virginia wines, spirits, crafted beers and ciders for tastings, original artisan works for sale, chef demos, live music by The Crooked Road: Virginia’s Heritage Music Trail Tour and much more to be enjoyed on Norfolk, VA’s downtown waterfront. Tickets will be limited and go on sale May 15, 2018. Visit bit.ly/CCClassic18 for developing details.
Sat, Sep 15 - Growl Fest, Virginia Zoo, 6 - 9:30 pm, 3500 Granby St., Norfolk. Join us for this after-hours event that is fun for the whole family. The animals will stay on exhibit later than normal, so tour the Zoo with your favorite brew! Local breweries and food trucks, yard games, bounce houses and more! Cost: $25 per person. More details and ticket sales coming soon! www.virginiazoo.org
Sat, Sep 22 - Hampton Roads Oktoberfest 2018, Hunt Club Farm, 12 - 6:00 pm, 2388 London Bridge Road, Virginia Beach. Join us for the biggest German beer festival in Hampton Roads. Local German style craft beer, German food, music, games and more! $60.00 ticket gains you admission to the festival and a glass collectible liter stein with beer pours from every brewery attending! $45.00 ticket gains you admission to the festival and a plastic tasting mug with beer pours from every brewery attending! $25.00 gains you admission to the festival and access to our craft soda offerings (18 & over). $10.00 gains your kids (2-18 yrs) admission to the festival, bounce houses, and petting zoo, unlimited juice and water, kid specific snacks, and kid contests! $100.00 gains your whole family admission with 2 adult tickets (plastic tasting mug) and up to three kids. Enjoy the festival while saving $$$. Festival VIP Package is the ultimate VIP Oktoberfest experience: 8 Adult Admissions + 8 1L Glass Steins + Personal Table for your group located inside the festival barn with air conditioning! Fully catered food for your whole party by Tessa's Creation located in the festival barn - $1,000.00 (only 15 available). Purchase tickets in the Taproom or https://www.squadup.com/events/wasserhund-and-noblemen-oktoberfest
Sat, Sep 22 - 4th Annual O'Ctoberfest, 12 - 10:00 pm, O'Connor Brewing Co., 211 W 24th St., Norfolk. We are bringing back our O'Ctoberfest party for our FOURTH year on the famed German Beer Festival's traditional date, but this year we are taking it to the NEXT LEVEL! As always, we will be releasing our famous O'Ctoberfest beer, a marzen-style lager, but this year we are upping the ante by adding 7 more German-style beers to the release line-up! We will also have food provided by Deutscher Imbiss and Capt'n Crabby, who will be serving up delectable German grub. Additionally, The Happy Dutchmen and Esoteric Ramblers will be taking the stage to turn up the party vibes. This year we are also adding a lineup of unique vendors, including: Bottle opener blacksmithing workshop with Nathan Walker, Book selling by beer historian-Lee Graves, Knarr Etchings will be selling steins and drinking horns, Burly Boy Beard Company. Enjoy our beautiful, shaded beer garden and outdoor bar, where dogs are welcome. Unfortunately, we will not be serving flights or filling growlers on this day in order to keep the beer flowing better. And finally–if you come dressed in lederhosen or a dirndl, we will give you a special discount on your bar tab!
Sat, Sep 29 - Virginia Craft Beer & Wine Festival, 2 - 6:00 pm, Union Bank & Trust Pavilion, 16 Crawford Cir., Portsmouth. The Annual Portsmouth Pavilion Virginia Craft Beer and Wine Festival is back at The Pavilion on Saturday, September 29th! Enjoy unlimited samplings of Virginia's finest craft beers and wines, live music, and great eats. https://www1.ticketmaster.com/virginia-craft-beer-wine-festival-portsmouth-virginia-09-29-2018/event/
Sat, Oct 6 - 5th Annual Chelsea West Fest, 12 - 6:00 pm, 600 Claremont Ave, Norfolk. Hosted by and benefiting Hope House Foundation, will be a full-day of celebrating what makes this region great: local crafters, talented local musicians, local beers and brews, and the unique eateries just steps away from the festival. Gates open at noon!
Sat-Sun, Oct 6-7 - Biplanes and Brews: Brewing passion for history, one flight at a time, Hosted by Pleasure House Brewing and Military Aviation Museum, 1341 Princess Anne Rd., Virginia Beach. Come join us for Biplanes and Brews, a unique event commemorating the centennial of the end of World War One. Aviation, history and handcraft beer connoisseurs come together to witness vintage aircraft in flight while experiencing the local tastes of Coastal Virginia breweries. Features fantastic WWI and WWII airshow, live music, beer tastings from Pleasure House Brewing, biplane rides and much more! Call 757.721.7767 for more information.
Sat, Oct 13 - 3rd Annual Craft Beer Bash at War Memorial Stadium, 12 - 5;00 pm, Hosted by Jungle Gym Strength and Conditioning, 1889 W Pembroke Ave., Hampton. It's our Third Annual Craft Beer Bash at War Memorial Stadium and this year will be better than ever. Located at War Memorial Stadium in Hampton VA, Jungle Gym Strength and Conditioning, LLC brings you an event full of charity, craft beer, great food, and lots of activities. Entertainment: Corn-hole Tournament; BucketBall; Giant Yard Pong; FrisBeer/Poleish Horseshoes; Inflatable TV Screen for College Football; Music - fiftyThirds; Vendors galore! Each person will get 20 free samples of our beer from our craft breweries. Buy extra samples at the front gate! Use 4 samples for a pint of your favorite beer! Purchase tickets here --> https://www.eventbrite.com/e/3rd-annual-craft-beer-bash-at-war-memorial-stadium-tickets-46725376860
Sat, Oct 13 - Phoebus Fall Beer Festival, 10:00 am - 6:00 pm, Mellen St., Hampton. Sample craft beer from six Hampton breweries and cider from Sly Clyde Ciderworks. Admission to the Fall Beer Festival is $30 per person and includes 14 tasting tickets and a custom Phoebus 12.5oz glass. All tasting tickets must be purchased in person on the day of the event. Individual drinks may be purchased at $5 each. You must be 21+ to enjoy the Fall Beer Festival. www.phoebusvaevents.com
Sat, Oct 20 - City Center Fall Festival & Craft Beer & Wine Tasting, 11:00 am - 6:00 pm, City Center Farmers Market Oyster Point, 703 Mariner Row, Newport News. Join us at City Center at Oyster Point Annual Fall Festival to savor ample tastings of craft beer, hard cider, and wine. Limited amount of tasting tickets available. There will also be Food trucks, artisanal food vendors, local arts and crafts, vendors with seasonal fruits, produce, baked goods, plants and much more... Beyond food and drink, City Center Fall Festival will feature an abundance of fall fun! On the music front, we will feature Slapnation on the Market Stage 3 to 6pm, US106.1 - Astro DJ Dance Party 11am to 1pm with Emily, 1 to 3pm Astro DJ and Eric Worden with BOB FM on the main stage...contest, games, and dancing. WIN PRIZES EVERY HOUR! This family-friendly fall festival also offers an interactive kids zone with 100 free pumpkins for the first 100 kids to paint... as well as a bevy of beautiful products to peruse from local arts-and-crafts vendors.
Sat/Sun, Oct 20/21 - Virginia Beach Craft Beer Festival, 1 - 6:00 pm each day, 31st Street Park, Oceanfront, Virginia Beach. Over 50 craft beers from over 25 breweries will be available for sampling at the Virginia Beach Craft Beer Festival. Tickets include unlimited sampling, a commemorative cup, and live entertainment. Live music sets the stage at this perfect beach setting for tasting some of the best craft beers available. The 31st Street Park location provides convenient parking across the street at the municipal garage. A limited number of tickets will be available each day. It is not recommended that children attend this event. It is designed to be a 21+ festival. Performances include Dustin Furlow and Nate Sacks & the Lifehacks (Saturday) and Blackwater Jam and Woodwork (Sunday). Chairs and pets are not allowed into the gated venue. Proceeds support the Virginia Legends Walk.
Sat, Oct 27 - New Realm VA Oktoberfest, 12 - 6;00 pm, New Realm Brewing - VA, 1209 Craft Lane, Virginia Beach. Come join us for our first Oktoberfest opening party! Tickets will be on sale soon and will go fast! Live German music, German food trucks, German beers, lawn games and costume contest.
Drink Happy - Be Safe
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