There are lots of festivals, but I am primarily interested in festivals
in the Twin Cities area ... or the five state region ... or having international
fame. Sorted by time of the year (sorry, don't have a real database
yet). See our calendar of events.
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| Lake Red Rock Brewfest 2003 | August 15-16, 2003 | Lake Red Rock Cultural Center
Knoxville, IA |
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| "I Love Beer" Pub Crawl | April 20, 2002 | Minnesota Craft Brewer's Guild | |
| The Autumn Brew Review | September 7, 2002
1 - 7pm |
Minnesota Craft Brewer's Guild | Peavy Plaza,
Downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota |
| Bockfest | February 9, 2002
11am - 4:30pm $5 admission |
Schell's Brewery | Schell's Brewery
New Ulm, Minnesota |
| Fasching | February 9, 2002
11am - 11pm $5 admission |
New Ulm Concord Singers | Turner Hall,
New Ulm, Minnesota |
| Twin Cities Reader | April. Tickets are $12 | Twin Cities Reader weekly newspaper | Minneapolis Convention Center
Minneapolis, Minnesota. |
| Winterfest | February 8, 2002
6pm - 9pm $20 admission |
Minnesota Craft Brewer's Guild | Hamm Building
Downtown St. Paul, Minnesota |
| Heritagefest | July, 2001 | New Ulm, Minnesota | |
| The Great Midwestern Hop Festival | August 1-2, 2:00 - 10:00
Tickets: $10/day, call 822-7802 |
Minneapolis, MN | |
| Fall Harvest Beer Train | 5:30 PM on Saturday Sept. 20, 1997 for a three hour excursion
$20 tickets |
North Shore Scenic Railroad (218) 722-1273 | Duluth, Minnesota
to Palmer's Junction (Knife River) and back |
| City Pages Beer Festival | May 30, 2003 | City Pages | Calhoun Square (Lake St. & Hennepin), Uptown
Minneapolis, Minnesota |
| Brews on Tour | Sept. 26, 1997
5:30 to 10:30 |
City Pages | Roy Wilkins Auditorium (next to Civic Center)
St. Paul, Minnesota |
| James Page Blubber Run | Sept. 26, 1998
8 to 9:45am, registration 10am, start 5k run, walk or whatever 11:30am, Party, great Live music Pre-Register $25 by Sept. 19
more info: pick up a City Pages
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James Page Brewery | Minneapolis, Minnesota |
| Oktoberfest | October | New Ulm Chamber of Commerce | New Ulm, Minnesota |
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| Beer Festival | February 19, 1997 | Louie's,
New Glarous Brewing Company Info:414-549-2242 |
Waukesha, Wisconsin |
| Clayton Brewfest | July | Clayton, Wisconsin | |
| Great Taste of the Midwest | August, 2003
Tickets are $17 (on sale May 1st) |
Madison Homebrewers and Tasters Guild | Olin-Turville Park (across from Dane County Coliseum)
Madison, Wisconsin |
| Greater Milwaukee Brew Festival | September 19-21, 1997 | Info: Glen Helgeland 888-404-1454 or 414-242-4810 | Wisconsin Center, downtown Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
| Milwaukee Beer Festival | March 11, 2001
Noon - 4:30 |
Serb Hall,
Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
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| Northern Brewer | April/May | ??? | North Dakota |
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| Midwest International Beer Exposition | May 16-18, 1997 | Info: David Furer, 312-862-5514 | Chicago, Illinois |
| Summer Beer Festival | July, 2001 | Illinois Craft Brewers Guild | Chicago, Illinois |
| Real Ale Festival | October 16-17, 1998
Tasting sessions, $22. advance reg.
For Registration forms call 1-800-229-1832 |
Craft Beer Institute,
Chicago Beer Society, Goose Island Brewing Company |
Chicago, Illinois |
| Chicago Beer Society's
International (Dinner &) Beer Tasting |
Autumn | Chicago Beer Society
(since 1977?) |
Chicago, Illinois |
| Planet Buzz
Celebration of Mead, Cider & Perry |
November 8-9, 2002
Full Weekend - $65 |
Craft Beer Institute | Chicago, Illinois |
| Oregon Brewers Festival | last weekend in July | ???
503.778.5917 |
Portland, Oregon |
| Blessing of the Bock | ??? | ??? | Germany |
| Great American Beer Festival (GABF) | September 25-27, 2003 | AHA | Denver, Colorado |
| Great British Beer Festival (GBBF) | August 5-9, 2003 | London, England
Olympia |
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