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Olney Barrel-aged Beer Fest
Brewmeisters will be on hand to share their expertise and the craft behind this unique brewing style. Your admission includes flight-size pours served by brewery staff, live music by Benton Jazz Trio, and complimentary appetizers. Sample all the beers and cast your vote for your favorite—then watch as one brewery takes home the coveted Olney’s Choice Award.
Checkerspot Cellar Raid 2026
Enjoy a handful of high alcohol, barrel aged beers. Unlimited pours until we run out. Many are the last ones in existence! Souvenir glass included, food buffet, unlimited pours until we run out.
MAX'S TAPHOUSE BELGIAN BEER FESTIVAL
Too soon? NEVER.
SAVE THE DATE - 22ND ANNUAL BELGIAN BEER FEST IS SET FOR FEB 13 - 16, 2026.
Love On Tap at Seacrets
Calling all craft beer lovers! Get ready for Love on Tap, the ultimate brewfest experience! Immerse yourself in the world of local craft breweries, where you'll enjoy unlimited tastings of their finest creations.
Quad State Beer Fest: SHAMROCKED! 2026
30+ Breweries & 10+ Distilleries w/ Unlimited Samples. Awesome Live Rock Music, Fun Games & Contests, and more! Save $7 For A Limited Time!
Beer, Bourbon & BBQ Festival
2 BIG DAYS WITH OVER 60+ BEERS, 40+ BOURBONS, AND LOTS OF BARBECUE
Chestertown Tea Party Beerfest
Fifth Annual Beerfest! Sunday, May 24, 2026 on the waterfront at Wilmer Park.
TAKOMA TRUKGARTEN
This one-day festival features local breweries, cideries and distilleries pouring craft beer, cider and spirits plus great food and music! Tasting packages are available with commemorative tasting glasses.
Reisterstown Beer and Wine Festival
This is the perfect event to kick off summer while supporting your local community. Free entry for kids 12 and under when accompanied by an adult ticket holder.
Beer and BBQ Stroll
The Beer & BBQ Stroll is the ultimate celebration of bold flavors, cold brews, and good vibes. Sample craft beers from local Maryland breweries, sink your teeth into smoky, mouthwatering BBQ, enjoy live music, and shop with local artisans.
Harmony Woods Music and Beer Fest
The Harmony Woods Music & Arts Fest embodies the spirit of the Maryland Center for the Arts. This festival is a powerful testament to the enthusiasm for the arts and the spirit of community that thrives in Harford County, enabling us to continue serving all ages through artistic expression.
Rockville Rocktoberfest
The City of Rockville’s Rocktobierfest celebrates German culture with beer, bands, bratwurst, and more!
Maryland Microbrewery Festival
We are pleased once again to host this unique event to promote Maryland’s microbreweries. The Maryland Microbrewery Festival is the highlight and culminating event of Carroll County Beer Week. This fun-packed festival celebrates and promotes the best of Maryland’s handcrafted and distinctive microbrews.
Good Beer Festival
The Good Beer Festival in Salisbury, Maryland, offers unlimited tastings of craft brews, music, games, food and peddlers of crafty and unique items. Friday is the only nighttime beer festival on the Eastern Shore.
Das Best Oktoberfest
ALL YOU CARE TO TASTE: OVER 120 INTERNATIONAL, DOMESTIC, AND LOCAL MARYLAND BEERS, DOMESTIC WINES and SCHNAPPS. All of your favorite craft beers and perfectly paired wines will be served to highlight the great Beer Hall theme.
Sykesville Craft Beer Festival 2026
Enjoy unlimited sampling of over 50 beers from an AMAZING brewery line up, live music, food trucks, and artisan vendors in beautiful historic Sykesville.
Baltic Porter Day
Baltic Porter Day, or as some prefer its Polish name, Święto (or Dzień) Porteru Bałtyckiego. It has been celebrated since 2016, always on the third Saturday of January.
Ice & Oyster Festival
2026 Cambridge Ice and Oyster Festival
The 5th Annual Event we will be Celebrating America's 250th
Sapwood Cellars Holiday Party
Sapwood Cellars Holiday Party is back! On Sunday December 14th and Monday December 15th when we'll be celebrating the festive season with a blow-out featuring new beers, vintage bottles, and one-off variants!
Waredecade Brewing Anniversary Party X
Join us for our 10 year anniversary party. Your ticket includes entry to the event, food and beverage, live music and more!
Checkerspot Holiday Market
Checkerspot Holiday Market is Dec. 6th 12 - 5pm, more than 40 local vendors, holiday beer release - Coquito, a play on Puerto Rican eggnog.
Heavy Seas 30th Anniversary Event
Heavy Seas—Maryland’s largest craft brewery—celebrates its 30th Anniversary on December 8, 2025. To mark the occasion, Heavy Seas will host a 30th Anniversary Celebration at the brewery on Saturday, December 6, 2025
8th Annual Patterson Park BrewFest
Join Friends of Patterson Park for the 8th Annual Patterson Park BrewFest!
Sykesville Craft Beer Festival 2025
Enjoy unlimited sampling of over 50 beers from an AMAZING brewery line up, live music, food trucks, and artisan vendors in beautiful historic Sykesville.
Greater Maryland Beer Festival
The Greater Maryland Beer Festival RETURNS
We invited our bestest friends from around the state to share their favorite styles with you. We'll have 40+ beers to sample unlimitedly (yes that's a word now) while you enjoy unlimited trips to the Make-Your-Own-Pretzel-Necklace-For-The-Beer-Festival buffet.
The party will run from 12-4pm outdoors and we’ll also have big beefy beer brats and other delicious foods you can purchase a la carte, and all sorts of entertainment including a live game show, music, beer fest bingo and a presentation of medals for winning beers based on YOUR voting.
Each guest will get a ticket and can put them in the ballot box to vote for best beers, coolest breweries, and best brewery hairstyles.
We're also giving you a prize for the the best COSTUME.
This year's theme, DRESS LIKE A STEREOTYPICAL BREWERYA ticket is just $39 in advance and includes unlimited samples during the 4 hour extravaganza as well as access to all the ridiculousness.
Tickets go up to $42 one week before the event and $45 at the gate.
Assemble your crew and make your vote count!
Shore Craft Beer Fest - Octoberfest
This year, Shore Craft Beer's OCtoberfest has a new date! We are once again at Bayside Park at 3rd Street, with its large grassy area perfect for our festival, with expansive views of the bay, but this year we will hold Octoberfest on November 1st 2025!
MAX'S TAPHOUSE RARE & OBSCURE BEER FEST 2025
MARK YOUR CALENDARS FOR OUR ANNUAL RARE & OBSCURE BEER FESTIVAL OCT 17-19, 2025! Come try some beers you'd be hard pressed to find on draft anywhere else.
Berlin Beer Co Oktoberfest
Break out your lederhosen and dirndls—Oktoberfest at Berlin Beer Co is happening Saturday, October 11 starting at 11 AM- Hit up the Fall Cruisers event downtown, then stroll on down for some fest fun!
SNALLY GASTER 2025
Snallygaster is the District’s biggest & beastliest beer festival, bar none. And on October 11, 2025 the merry monster makes its triumphant return to DC for its 13th year as a rollicking tribute to the wonderful world of craft beer.
Good Beer Festival
The Good Beer Festival in Salisbury, Maryland, offers unlimited tastings of craft brews, music, games, food and peddlers of crafty and unique items. Friday is the only nighttime beer festival on the Eastern Shore.
DAS BEST OKTOBERFEST
ALL YOU CARE TO TASTE: OVER 120 INTERNATIONAL, DOMESTIC, AND LOCAL MARYLAND BEERS, DOMESTIC WINES and SCHNAPPS. All of your favorite craft beers and perfectly paired wines will be served to highlight the great Beer Hall theme.
Sapwood Cellars 7th Anniversary Party
Our seventh year has been a lot of fun! Saturday October 4th we’ll be celebrating with a blow-out featuring new beers, vintage kegs, and one-off variants.
Wanderland
Something special is brewing in Maryland. The Brewers Association of Maryland, in partnership with the Hops & Harvest Festival, proudly announces the debut of Wanderland, a one-of-a-kind craft beverage experience set for Saturday, October 4, 2025, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the picturesque Symphony Woods at Merriweather Park in Columbia, Maryland.
Mount Airy Oktoberfest
Come out for a fabulous event on Main Street! This is not a ticketed event. All are welcome!
Corn Fest at Manor Hill
Join us at Manor Hill Farm on Saturday, September 27th (from 12-7pm) for CORN FEST. It's our annual family-friendly festival to celebrate our favorite (and most important) farm crop… our CORN! We’re planning for a day full of fun that you don’t want to miss.
Maryland Microbrewery Festival
We are pleased once again to host this unique event to promote Maryland’s microbreweries. The Maryland Microbrewery Festival is the highlight and culminating event of Carroll County Beer Week. This fun-packed festival celebrates and promotes the best of Maryland’s handcrafted and distinctive microbrews.
Rhythm & Brews
Experience Southern Maryland's’ finest CRAFT BEER right here in Brandywine! Enjoy our unique craft beers, witness the brewing process and indulge in this agricultural experience! Rhythm & Brews is our inaugural 3-day festival.
SIEBENFEST | 7TH ANNIVERSARY PARTY @ ELDER PINE
Join us for SIEBENFEST, our first-ever weekend-long celebration of seven years of brewing—Oktoberfest style! From Friday, September 19, through Sunday, September 21, we're pulling out all the stops to bring you an unforgettable weekend of beer, food and Bavarian-inspired revelry.
Friendship Wine and Liquor Annual Craft Beer Festival
Sip and savor a variety of unique brews from local and national breweries. Whether you're a beer aficionado or just looking to have a good time with friends, this event is perfect for you.
Western Maryland Craft Beverage Festival
Join us at Hoffman Park on Sunday, Aug 31st from Noon - 6pm for the 2025 Western Maryland Craft Beverage Festival! This 7th year event is designed to showcase Maryland's breweries, wineries, distilleries, and their products.
The Bruery's 12 Days of Christmas IN JULY
Max's Taphouse will be pouring the 12 Days of Christmas Collection by The Bruery just in time for Christmas in July! Mark your calendars to get a taste of the holiday season halfway through the year.
Beer and BBQ Stroll
Enjoy local brews, live music, vendors and delicious food al fresco! Live entertainment featuring Jimmy, Kenny and The Pirate Beach Band on the Library Stage.
1812 Farm Brewery 8 Year Anniversary
Join 1812 Brewery in Cumberland MD on the spacious farm patio as they celebrate 8 incredible years of beers! Live Music ~ Food Trucks ~ Award Winning Fresh Cold Beer & more Saturday June 7 Open 12 Noon to 10:00PM
Historic St. Mary’s City BeerFest
Historic St. Mary’s City annual BeerFest features music by local bands, food from local cuisine, and a variety of regional craft brews.
DC Beer Fest
The DC Beer Festival returns to Nationals Park, bringing together dozens of craft breweries that will feature spring seasonal beers, plus food trucks, dueling pianos, cover bands, DJs, and more throughout the park.
Quad State Beer Fest: SHAMROCKED! 2025
The Biggest St. Patrick's Day Party and True Beer Fest around.. Live Music by SOUTH OF SOBRIETY & SONS OF LIBERTY! 33+ Regional Breweries. 140+ Craft Beers, Ciders, Spirits & Wines. Dozens of vendors, great food, wild games & more!