Southern Brewers Festival: Seventeen Years and Going Strong

If you’re looking for some craft brewed enjoyment southern- style, then one event you don’t want to miss is the Southern Brewers Festival. This annual event is now in its seventeenth year and it offers an afternoon/evening of craft beer enjoyment and entertainment in the charming city of Chattanooga, Tennessee. Here are the facts:

 

Event: Southern Brewers Festival

Location: 100 Chestnut st., Chattanooga, Tennessee

Date: Saturday, August 27

Time: 2pm to 12am

The Southern Brewers Festival is sponsored by two large brewpub operations: Chattanooga’s Big River Grille and Brewery and Atlanta’s Gordon Biersch Brewery. But the list of breweries attending the 17^th Annual Southern Brewers Festival goes far beyond these two brewpubs. The breweries and other operatives serving up their malt beverages this year include:

 

• 7 Bridges Brewery and Grill
• A1A Ale Works
• Abita Brewing
• Atwater Block Brewery
• Back 40 Beer Company
• Barley Mob Brewers
• Big River Grille and Brewing
• Bluegrass Brewing Company
• Bold City Brewery
• Chattanooga Brewing Company
• Depot Street Brewing
• Foothills Brewing Company
• French Broad Brewing
• Gordon Biersch Brewery
• Green Mountain Brewing
• Highland Brewing Company
• Lazy Magnolia
• Left Hand Brewing
• Moccasin Bend Brewing
• New Belgium Brewing
• Rock Bottom Restaurant and Brewery
• Samuel Adams Brewing
• Sierra Nevada Brewing
• Starr Hill Brewing
• Stevens Point Brewing
• Sweetwater Brewing
• Woodchuck Cidery
• Yazoo Brewing Company
• Yuengling Brewery

 

Great craft beer would be reason enough to head down to Chattanooga Tennessee, but there is more. Delicious food will be served by local eateries such as Big River Grille, Micheal Miller Concessions, Moes, Fire and Smoke, Kenny’s Smokehouse, Lupi’s Pizza Pies, and Jalepeno Corndog. Commemorative t-shirts and other items will be offered for sale and guests can roam freely around the downtown Chattanooga riverfront area where the event is held.

 

Beer festivals almost always include music and the 17^th Annual Southern Brewers Festival is no different. There will be several bands performing throughout the night including Grammy award winning Los Lobos. Other bands strutting their stuff include the New Familiars, Anders Osborne, George porter Jr. and the Runnin Pardners, and Railroad Earth. Los Lobos is the headlining act, of course, and they are scheduled to close out the festivities from 10:30pm to 12am.

 

The 17^th Annual Southern Brewers Festival carries a modest general admission price of $20 per adult, with VIP passes selling for $75 per individual or $125 per couple. The event is completely charitible in nature: All proceeds benefit Kids on the Block, a non- profit organization dedicated to educating children on social concerns and social differences.

 

The Southern Brewers Festival has been a Chattanooga tradition for nearly two decades and this, the seventeenth edition, is shaping up to be its biggest yet. There is still time to purchase tickets (available through the web site), book a hotel, and enjoy the Southern hospitality of this picturesque and charming southern town on the banks of the Tennessee River. Mark your calendar and enjoy your day of beer, food, music, and fun!

 

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