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.

The Hopes & Harvest Festival brings together purveyors of beer, wine, cider, mead, and spirits to Merriweather Park.

Saturday, October 12 · 12 - 5pm

Location:
Merriweather Park at Symphony Woods
10431 Little Patuxent Parkway
Columbia, MD, 21044

NEW THIS YEAR…

• It’s an Olympic Year! Get Ready for DAS VERRÜCKT OLYMPIADE! We’ve build a Sports Stadium inside the show so you can participate in Stein Holding! Fingerhakeln! Tug-of-War! The Carry-Your-Wife Competition! And new this year – WIENER SLINGING! BE THE WELTMEISTER! Win great prizes like THE WURST trophy ever.

  AND AS ALWAYS…

• Great Centralized Location: the Timonium Fairgrounds. Directly on the light rail or use the totally FREE parking. Get ready to have an UBER GOOD time!

• 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.

• OOMPAH BANDS and LIVE MUSIC. There will be 2 STAGES. Listen to Live Rock & Party Music on the Main Stage and enjoy Authentic Oompah Bands on the Oompah Stage.

• VIP Ticket Experience. This option offers guests 1 extra hour of drinking, a reduced crowd, and a LARGER 16 ounce Souvenir PINT GLASS.

• SHOP. Browse Cool Art Exhibits and Craft Exhibits, Brewerania, Beer Accessories, Cigars, and more! 

• GREAT FOOD. There will be several brat concessionaires who will be offering the best sausages and German food along with food trucks and your festival faves! Enjoy all your favorites! Food will be purchased a la carte.

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

The City of Rockville's Rocktobierfest celebrates German culture with beer, bands, bratwurst and more! This free festival includes two stages of live music, food, beer sales by local breweries, an artisan shopping area, and activities for kids. This annual Oktoberfest event attracts nearly 8,000 people to Rockville Town Center.

Event Information

Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024
11 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Rockville Town Center

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.

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!

Without farms, there would be no beer so we're sending well wishes to our farms and farmers on Sunday, September 8th from 11am-3pm at the Queen Anne's County 4-H Park in Centerville.

A $5 admission will give residents a chance to shake the hands that produce our agriculture, as well as enjoy food & festivities including the Blessing of the Combines. In addition to local food trucks and beer from all five of QAC's breweries: Ten Eyck, Cult Classic, Big Truck, Patriot Acres, and Bull and Goat, we'll have local vendors, music and with any luck, some four-legged friends from the farm. Shore Party Rentals will also host an inflatable zone for the kids for an additional cost.

This is a family friendly event. Children 2 and under do not need a wristband.

The event is rain or shine. All sales are final. We don’t offer refunds or exchanges unless the event is cancelled due to extreme weather.

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!

In association with the Brewers Association of Maryland, 30 local breweries on the Guinness lawn.

Check Guinness Open Gate for updates.

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.

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.

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! 

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!

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.

More info is coming. Check the Reisterstown Main Street Beer & Wine Festival website for updates.

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 .

The Brewers Association of Maryland returns to the Carroll Creek Linear Park in Frederick for the 2024 Maryland Craft Beer Festival, presented by Visit Frederick! We’re thrilled to be gathering again with you for this great festival.

Festival entry includes beer samples from DOZENS OF MARYLAND BREWERIES (including a few breweries not yet open to the public!) pouring more than 200 unique, beers – all brewed in Maryland.

In addition, there will be live music and a tasty selection of local food and craft vendors throughout the festival.

Jazz, Blues, Wine & Brews on Saturday May 4th in downtown Berlin, MD

Enjoy musical performances by the Rodney Kelley Jazz Experience, The Tribe Band, Mr. Ronny Smith, the Lowercase Blues, and the Salisbury University Jazz Ensemble.

• Sip and savor the taste of many local breweries and vineyards, enjoy the productions of our many art and craft vendors in Artisan Alley, and enjoy some of our favorite treats from the Street Kitchen, Kona Ice, Sessa’s, and more!

• Attendance is FREE to EVERYONE, but you can always…

• Purchase a Wine & Beer tasting wristband

• buy Draft Pour tickets for the Buzz Meadery and Burley Oak and more

• explore Artisan Alley, with curated vendors from all over the shore!

• tuck into a delicious lunch from some of our favorite Food Trucks & vendors

• Vendors, Food & Entertainment – Berlin has it all!

Join us for the second annual MoCo LagerFest!

We'll be hosting MoCo's finest for a day of lagers, music, food, and more!

Save the date now, details to follow.

Say goodbye to winter and enjoy the music, beer, wine, food, vendors, and games all on the beautiful Susquehanna River.

6th Annual Lock House Annual Craft Beer & Wine Festival

Sponsored for the 3rd year by Stack & Store Self Storage and for the first year, Edward Jones Investments!

Saturday, April 20, 2024, from 11 am-5 pm.

The Lock House Craft Beer & Wine Festival brings together some of the best beer and wine, music, and food in one event! This fundraiser takes place on the grounds of the Lock House Museum in Havre de Grace, MD overlooking the beautiful Susquehanna River. The event features samplings of many different beers and wines, live music, artisans and crafters, and loads of good food. We even have some cornhole sets to have some fun. And, new this year we are opening our gates to families and have a special play area for children.

The Sampling Ticket includes admission to the event, a souvenir cup, UNLIMITED samplings of beer and wine, live music, artisan market, and food trucks all with the backdrop of the Susquehanna River setting the stage for a scenic and memorable event. And the option to buy full glasses of beer or wine from the vendors with drink tickets.

The General Admission ticket includes admission to the event to listen to music, shop, eat and enjoy the scenery, but no souvenir cup and no beer and wine sampling. However, you are able to purchase individual full glasses of beer or wine outright with drink tickets. And, of course, still the same backdrop of the beautiful Susquehanna River.

To view all of the vendors; wine, beer, craft, food and music for this year's event visit the Lock House Museum website: http://tinyurl.com/yeyw3wua

IMPORTANT FAQS:

• Everyone will be asked for ID at the gate. Last call is at 4:30 pm.

• Children under 18 are free and anyone under 8 must be supervised by an adult at all times.

• Sorry, due to insurance restrictions a NO PETS policy has been enacted.

• No coolers or pop-up tents are allowed into the venue.

• No outside food or drink allowed. The exception is sealed bottled waters.

• Street parking and public lot on Water Street.

• This is a RAIN OR SHINE event so think sunny and warm day!

For event questions, please email info@thelockhousemuseum.org.

Attention beer enthusiasts! HOPS into Spring with us at the Kent Narrows Brew Fest! General Admission tickets are $50 and Designated Driver tickets are $20. This is an over 21 event. Please no pets. Come support local craftsmanship and perhaps discover a new favorite!

Craft beers are created with passion and creativity, resulting in a wide array of flavors and styles to explore. Ticket holders will receive a complimentary mug and enjoy an afternoon sampling crafts from our finest local breweries. Each brews using unique flavors, ingredients, and techniques.

The Crab Deck is not yet open for the regular season, so the restaurant will not be open for dining. However, food and other beverages will be available on-site for purchase. Fisherman's Inn will be broiling up our famous, mouthwatering crab cakes alongside some of our favorite local Food Trucks.

After a fun day at the Kent Narrows Brew Fest, consider dinner next door at Fisherman's Inn, an Eastern Shore dining landmark since 1930. Brew Fest ticket holders will receive a 10% discount for dine in only excluding alcohol when they present their event bracelet to their server.