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DC Beer Fest
Apr
12

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.

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Love on Tap 2025
Feb
22

Love on Tap 2025

12 local breweries will be pouring at the Love on Tap event, including Fin City Brewing Company, The Buzz Meadery, Burley Oak Brewing Company, Evolution Craft Brewing Company and Big Oyster Brewery.

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Dark Hearts Beer Festival III
Feb
15

Dark Hearts Beer Festival III

On February 15, 2025, we at 5th Company Brewing will be holding our THIRD annual Dark Hearts Festival -- which is our Valentines celebration of all things Dark Beer. Porters, Stouts, and other specialties all await you, as we feature a showcase of dark beers from local and regional breweries, and ourselves!

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Nov
30

EVO Oyster Fest

Join us for a Shuckin' Good time on Saturday, November 30th for our annual OYSTER FEST for 2024!! LIVE MUSIC is provided by The High & Wides! Unlimited evo craft beer tastings are included along with fresh local oysters on the half shell, single fried oysters, a variety of baked oysters along with a CHILI STATION, our smoked pork & more! Tickets are sold online and available for anyone 21 and older. This is a rain or shine event!

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Burley Oak Controlled Chaos 2024
Nov
16

Burley Oak Controlled Chaos 2024

Controlled Chaos - Year 3 - Animal House!!

This year we wanted to recreate that Frat party vibe, kicked up Burley Oak style. We have invited some of our great friends to swing by with some of their best craft creations. This will be general admission only. Click the link below to purchase your tickets before they're gone!

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Nov
16

Greater Maryland Beer Festival

Greater Maryland Beer Festival

$43.00

We’re throwing a pretty sweet party on Saturday, November 16 right here on Kent Island known as Greater Maryland Beer Festival (don’t read it out loud ‘cause then it kinda sounds like “Great American Beer Festival”, and we don’t want to cause any confusion).

We’re hosting in 23 breweries in honor of our 23 counties (almost all represented) who are each bringing 2 styles of beer for your to enjoy.

The party will run from 12-4pm outdoors under the tent and we’ll have food and all sorts of entertainment including a live game show, music, 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.

A ticket is just $43 and includes unlimited samples during the 4 hour extravaganza as well as access to all the ridiculousness.

Assemble your crew and make your vote count!

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Nov
9

7th Annual Patterson Park BrewFest

Join Friends of Patterson Park for the 7th Annual Patterson Park Brew Fest. Enjoy live music, local food trucks and restaurants, a family zone, and over 40+ local brews. All proceeds benefit the Friends of Patterson Park.

Date and time

Saturday, November 9 · 12 - 4:30pm EST

Location

Patterson Park Bull Circle
27 S Patterson Park Ave
Baltimore, MD 21231

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Refund Policy

No Refunds

About this event

This event is rain or shine and tickets are non-refundable. Kids 16 and under are FREE! For severe inclement weather, the event will be held November 9.

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Nov
2

Baltimore Craft Beer Festival

The Baltimore Craft Beer Festival Is Charm City’s ONLY Official Maryland Beer Celebration!

String up your pretzel necklaces, put on your best brewery T-shirt, and join your favorite Maryland Brewers at our new location at Baltimore Peninsula!

This annual celebration of Maryland’s growing craft brewing industry showcases more than five dozen local breweries and their awesome portfolios of ales, lagers, ciders, and meads.

Our new waterfront venue features even more space, easier access, and parking!

As always, BCBF will present great live music, local food trucks, shopping from unique vendors and much, much more!

New for 2024

  • The Maryland Craft Beer Competition Gold Medal Winners Circle and a live presentation of the competition’s Best In Show award.

  • All Beer Geek (VIP) Passes have the option of purchashing an addtional parking pass. These spots are located directly outside the festival entrance.

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Oct
12

Snallygaster 2024

Those in the know, know: Snallygaster is the District’s biggest & beastliest beer festival, bar none. And on October 12, 2024 the merry monster makes its triumphant return to DC for its 12th year as a rollicking tribute to the wonderful world of craft beer. Festival goers can expect a mind-boggling selection of no fewer than 450 highly sought-after draft beers, casks, gravity kegs and bottle pours from 175+ of the finest American and international producers set against a backdrop of local food trucks and two stages of live music.​

Tickets go on sale right here (and only here) beginning Tuesday, July 9th at 10 am sharp!

Everything else you need to know about the big day you can in our handy-dandy FAQ.

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Oct
11
to Oct 12

Good Beer Festival At Pemberton Park

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.

For more information on the Good Beer Festival, contact James Simmons
at 410-548-4900 x114 or jsimmons@wicomicocounty.org.

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Sep
28

Maryland Microbrewery Festival

18th Maryland Microbrewery Festival

Celebrating Maryland Beer and History

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. Come join the fun of Maryland’s premier beer festival!

  • A wide selection of Maryland breweries, each with a variety of different beers to sample.

  • Food vendors.

  • Continuous live music and entertainment.

  • Crafts and unique merchandise vendors.

  • Seminars to enhance the public’s knowledge of brewing

  • Historic Site – 16 acres of open, beautifully maintained parkland with easy access.

  • Ample parking, both onsite and at the satellite parking lot–Park there and carpool!

Tickets are available at the event, or get prepaid tickets in advance on the event website, marylandmicrobreweryfestival.com. Limited admission: tickets sold on first-come, first-served basis.

Adult / beer sampling: $25 (in advance) or $30 (at the door)

Non-beer sampling: $8 (in advance) or $10 (at the door)

Under 12 years: free

Proceeds of the Festival support the Union Mills Homestead Foundation’s ongoing interpretation and preservation of the historic Union Mills site. Please contact us at 410–848-2288 if you require additional information. Thank you for your support!

Follow the Maryland Microbrewery Festival on Social Media: #MDMBF

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Sep
27
to Sep 28

Frederick's Oktoberfest

An Authentic German Experience

Fredericks’s Oktoberfest is an event rich in tradition and history!

Bratwurst, Oktoberfest beer, German wines, dancing, music, children’s events and much more! And it all benefits Frederick County charities. Spearheaded by the Rotary Club of Carroll Creek, and the Rotary Club of Southern Frederick County this annual event not only promotes cultural exchange, but it also supports both clubs’ efforts in the community to raise thousands of dollars for area non-profits. These are all rain or shine events. Sorry, no refunds.

Friday's event is from 6:00pm - 10:00pm and is an age 21+ only event. Featuring the opening ceremony and keg tapping. Great food, a wide selection of beers, and live music by The Dan McGuire Band. 21+ only event!

Saturday's event is fun for the entire family! Featuring authentic German cuisine, an amazing selection of seasonal beers, live music, kids zone, German heritage tent, and live football games in the sports tent!

For more information, please visit frederickoktoberfest.org This is a rain or shine event, no refunds. No pets permitted, except registered service animals.

  • Ticket Pricing (price is per person)

  • Friday, 9/27 General Admission Age 21+: $8.00 advance, $10.00 per person day of event. (age 21+ event)

  • Friday, 9/27 General Admission Age 21+ with Beer Stein*: $20.00 per person. Advance sales only. (age 21+ event)

  • Saturday 9/28 General Admission Age 13+:  $10.00 advance, $12.00 per person day of event. (all ages event)

  • Saturday 9/28 General Admission Age 21+ with Beer Stein*: $22.00 per person, advance sales only. (all ages event) Advance sales end 9/27 at 10PM. Steins will be available for purchase inside the event while supplies last.

  • Saturday 9/28 General Admission, Age 3-12: $6.00 per person in advance or day of event (all ages event)

  • *stein with ticket purchase will be empty; must be 21 years old to receive stein at the gate. 2024 Stein availability: Stein availability is only guaranteed if picked up by 8PM on the date of ticket. After 8PM, a dated stein cannot be guaranteed.

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Sep
21

Shore Craft's Octoberfest OC

15+ local craft breweries, UNLIMITED tastings of 40+ different styles of beer, mead and seltzers, live music, more vendors than ever before, food trucks, and commemorative pints for the first 1500 attendees.
4 hours for VIPs and 3 hours for GAs.  Kid and pets welcome.  

This year, OCtoberfest has a new date and location! We will be one of the first festivals to be held at the new Bayside Park at 3rd Street! The park has a large grassy area perfect for our festival, with expansive views of the bay.   There is a huge playground for kids to enjoy during the festival, making it more kid friendly than ever.

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Sep
14

Maryland Beer & BBQ Festival

Get ready to elevate your festival experience at Braglio Farm's Beer & BBQ Festival! Dive into the best of Maryland's BEER & BBQ, and cast your vote to crown the champions!

With a General Admission ticket, you get two tokens: one for your favorite beer vendor and one for your top BBQ pick!
Want more? Grab a Beer Punch Ticket to enjoy free samples from every brewery, and you can still buy full pours even without the punch ticket. After sampling all the delicious brews, place your token at your favorite beer vendor's tent!

BBQ lovers, rejoice! Vendors will be serving $10-15 sample platters of their best meats and sides. Cast your token for the BBQ vendor that tickles your taste buds the most to help decide the winner!

General Admission includes access to all the farm fun: live music by Hat & Hair and The Stone Ridge Boys, local artisan vendors, craft beer & BBQ vendors, spiked drinks, a petting ranch, log playground & kids' dirt track, bonfires & S'mores, Country Market shopping, Sundaes Ice Cream Shoppe, and so much more!

Join us for a day of fun, flavor, and friendly competition at Braglio Farm's Beer & BBQ Festival!

  • Children 12 and under are FREE; please reserve them a free ticket with your purchase

  • Absolutely no outside food or beverage will be permitted

  • Guests are encouraged to bring chairs and blankets for lawn seating

  • Security will be on site

  • IDs will be checked upon entering in order to get a wristband, without a wristband you will not be able to sample or purchase alcohol!

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Sep
1

Western Maryland Craft Beverage Festival

The 2024 Western Maryland Craft Beverage Festival is scheduled for Sunday, Sept 1st.  More info will be posted as it becomes available. See below for a description of the event.

Join us at Hoffman Park on Sunday, Sept 3rd from Noon - 6pm for the 2023 Western Maryland Craft Beverage Festival! This 5th 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 be available for purchase as well.

Our current list of beverage vendors currently includes: Baltimore Spirits Company, Butterfly Spirits, Charis Winery & Distillery, Cove Point Winery, Cushwa Brewing, Clear Skies Meadery, Dig Deep Brewing, 1812 Brewing, Gray Wolf Distilling, Fordham Lee Distilling, Landmade Brewing, Locust Post Brewery, McClintock Distilling, Meinelschmidt Distillery, Misfit Winery, Mobtown Brewing, Old Line Distillery, Rosie Cheeks Distillery, Rte 40 Brewery & Distilling, Sheree Harvest Winery, Silver Branch Brewing, Six Wicket Vineyards, Stone House Urban Winery, Tenth Ward Distilling Co, Tipsy Teacher Winery, Toasted Goat Winery, Tobacco Barn Distillery, and Twin Valley Distillers.

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!

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Jun
22

BeerFest: St Mary's City

Food. Music. Beer. On June 22 bring your friends, an appetite, and an outdoor chair to enjoy one of the best outdoor festivals southern Maryland has to offer.

BeerFest will feature music from local bands, food from local cuisine, and a variety of regional craft brews.

Enjoy a rollicking outdoor festival while helping to further education and research at HSMC.

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Jun
15

Drink Maryland: Centreville

DrinkMaryland: Centreville - A Maryland Makers Event

Now in its seventh year, the event will be held on Saturday, June 15 from noon to 5 p.m. in downtown Centreville on Maryland’s Eastern Shore on Route 213, a 30-minute drive from the Bay Bridge.

Tasting passes are on sale now! Tasting passes are $20 in advance plus $3.34 in fees.

About 2/3 of our attendees attend the event for free and partake in the live entertainment, delicious food and diverse selection of artisan merchandise.

The event is produced by event partners MWA and the Town of Centreville and is executed by a group Centreville Main Street volunteers and MWA staff and volunteers. The signature event is funded in part through the generosity of its corporate sponsors.

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Jun
14

Elder Pine Brewing & Blending Co Hosting Kölsch Service

Step into a world of tradition and taste as we invite you to join us for an unforgettable evening celebrating the art of Kölsch-style beer service. Indulge in a unique experience where every pour tells a story.

📅 Event Date & Times:

  • Friday, June 14, 2024, 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm

  • Saturday, June 15, 2024, 12:00 pm - 3:00 pm

  • Saturday, June 15, 2024, 4:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Your ticket grants you access to:

  • 2 (two) 12 oz pours of our signature Elder Pine Brewing & Blending Co Kölsch

  • Delectable event-themed food to tantalize your taste buds

  • A gold-rimmed, branded Kölsch glass to take home and cherish

But the adventure doesn't end there! With your refresh card in hand, enjoy the thrill of the Kölsch service experience. Your card entitles you to up to six beer fills throughout the event. Savor the first two included pours, then let your palate guide you as you explore additional refills, each charged at retail price.

Seating is limited, so secure your spot now and join us for a journey through Kölsch culture and community. Tickets are selling fast - don't miss out on this exclusive event! 

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Jun
8

St. Michaels Brewfest

BrewFest continues to bring specially crafted regional and national beers to this pre-summer beer festival!

Offering the full spectrum of beers from Summer Hefeweizens and Pilsners to IPAs and Complex Porters

In the historic harbor of St. Michaels, Maryland, attendees can casually stroll between three different pouring venues, each offering live musical entertainment. Find "One of a Kind" vendors offering Art, Glassware & more!

Take a break and enjoy lunch at one of our many restaurants in town, or our partners at The Crab Claw Restaurant & Foxy's Harbor Grille!

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Jun
7

DC Brewer's Ball

Join us for the 19th annual Brewer’s Ball, now in our third year at District Pier on DC’s Wharf. Brewer’s Ball has earned its reputation as the craft beer event of the season and our location on the waterfront in DC places us in one of DC’s hottest spots to see and be seen.

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May
26

Tea Party Beerfest 2024

The Chestertown Tea Party Beerfest is back!! More than 15 local beers on tap, live music, food trucks, vendors, wine, ice cream and more!

The Annual Tea Party Beerfest, will be held on Sunday May 26, 2024. General admission starts at Noon and goes until 4pm at Wilmer Park, Chestertown, MD.

We will be pouring 15+ Craft Beers from the Maryland region with Live Music by Dan Haas. Be ready to dance! Food, Vendors, Artisans, Wine and more! Plenty of shade and protection from the elements provided by a large tent.

The BeerFest is a Fundraising Event hosted by the Chestertown Tea Party Festival. All proceeds from this event benefit the Tea Party Festival .

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