The 2026 Western Maryland Craft Beverage Festival is scheduled for Sunday, August 31st, from 12-6pm. 
More info will be posted as it becomes available. See below for a description of the event.

Join us at Hoffman Park on Sunday, Sep 6 from Noon - 6pm for the 2026 Western Maryland Craft Beverage Festival! This 8th year event is designed to showcase Maryland's breweries, wineries, distilleries, and their products. Festival proceeds go to the Allegany County Animal Shelter, the only “no kill” municipal animal shelter in the state of Maryland. We currently have 30 of Maryland's best breweries, wineries, and distilleries joining us with more being added. They will all be ready to let you sample their best.

Nestled in the woods just 1.5 miles from I-68 on Hoffman Hollow Road, Hoffman Park provides the perfect setting to kick back, relax, and sample some of the best beverages that Maryland has to offer, including international award-winning spirits, beers, wines, and more from Maryland’s mountains to its eastern shore. Sampling tickets (12) for any beer, wine, or spirit of your choosing are included with ticket purchase. Full-sized versions of your favorite beverages and additional sampling tickets will also be available for purchase.

This year's list of beverage vendors currently includes the following:  Baltimore Spirits Company, Brewery and the Beast, Charis Winery & Distillery, Checkerspot Brewing, Chesapeake Cider Company, Church Street Distilling, Clear Skies Meadery, Covalent Spirits, Cushwa Brewing, Dangerous Summer Rum, 1812 Brewery, Evolution Craft Brewing (EVO), Far Eastern Shore Winery, Fordham Lee Distillery, Gray Wolf Spirits, Heavy Seas Beer, Holyrood Meadery, Hub City Brewing, McClintock Distilling, Meinelschmidt Distilling, Misfit Winery, Nepenthe Brewing, Oliver Brewing Company, Pathfinder Farm Distillery, RAR Brewing, Rosie Cheeks Distilling, Stone House Urban Winery, Tenth Ward Distilling, Tipsy Teacher Wine, and Youghiogheny Cider House.

This family- and dog-friendly event (kids 12 & under admitted free) will feature live music in the amphitheater, food & craft vendors in attendance, as well as kids' activities throughout the day. Feel free to bring a lawn chair/blanket/pop up tent, relax on the amphitheater lawn, enjoy some great food, see what our craft vendors have to offer, listen to the music, and sample some world-class, award-winning beverages made right here in Maryland!

Come join us for the day, support a good cause, and top off your summer and your glass with the best Maryland has!