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City Pages Beer Festival

May 30, 2009
5:00 pmto9:00 pm

Ye Olde Bumpe – Previously posted on 3/9/09

Saturday, May 30 (that would be the Saturday AFTER Memorial Day)
5:00 – 9:00 pm
NEW LOCATION: Just off Hennepin Avenue & 10th Street (one block south of the Orpheum Theater)
Tickets $25/person in advance or $28 at the door

Category May 1, 2009, 10:41am :: Posted by Kris in beer events, breweries, brewpubs

19 Responses to “City Pages Beer Festival”

  1. Chad wrote on March 9th, 2009 at 7:40 pm:

    It’s great that they moved it to a bigger location this year, but the least they could do is have the website up and running if they’re selling tickets right now. I’d like to know if what breweries are going to be there before I decide if I want to drop $25.

  2. ArrogantBast wrote on March 11th, 2009 at 10:39 pm:

    The previous city pages beer festivals have been a college-style-chug-fest. Not that there is anything wrong with that…just putting the information out there.

  3. Ben wrote on March 12th, 2009 at 9:52 am:

    Yeah it always has been. The upside is that all the college kids stick to the Budweiser booths and stay away from the couple craft brewers there.

  4. Ben wrote on March 12th, 2009 at 9:52 am:

    Hasn’t it poured rain on this event the last 2 years?

  5. Kris wrote on March 12th, 2009 at 10:14 am:

    You are correct, Ben. Last year it even hailed and HARD.

  6. Ben wrote on March 12th, 2009 at 10:27 am:

    Ouch. Skipped it the past 2 years. Was outta town last year and the year before we saw the dark clouds as we were driving there and decided to goto a brewpub instead. This is the fest that first gave us Coffee Bender.

  7. SingleOutings.com wrote on April 21st, 2009 at 2:00 pm:

    SingleOutings.com’s 3 different age groups are going to this event. Hopefully, they’ll all find their different niche of beer and peers! Looking forward to the new venue.

  8. Rob wrote on April 22nd, 2009 at 9:01 am:

    Just heard you can get discounted tickets if you buy before May 1. Go to their website http://www.citypages.com/beerfest and type in ‘downtown’ to get $2 off the $25 ticket. Not bad deal. Site says they have White Iron Band playing too which kicks!

  9. Brook wrote on May 1st, 2009 at 12:58 pm:

    way too many drunk frat boys for it to be fun.

  10. erin wrote on May 2nd, 2009 at 9:35 pm:

    Hmmm… where is the actual list of brewers in attendance?

  11. fantome wrote on May 4th, 2009 at 1:58 pm:

    I can’t picture where this fest is going to be held “near 10th & Hennepin” unless they block off streets. Can you imagine how packed Rock Bottom (and MacKenzie) are going to be afterwards?

  12. Chad wrote on May 4th, 2009 at 2:58 pm:

    How can you not picture it? There’s a huge surface paylot right on hennepin/10th, and there’s also a huge empty lot where the Ramada stood up until last year. I’d hope they would use of of those instead of blocking off a street.

  13. Rob wrote on May 11th, 2009 at 2:32 pm:

    It’s on the surface lot where the Ramada Hotel was based on the website. Should be great spot. Twice the space and close parking too – easier than Uptown.

  14. Robert wrote on May 12th, 2009 at 12:00 pm:

    Last year was a blast, I got welts from the hail. I remember the vendors just pouring everyone full beers after the hail becuase they felt bad. I was hoping it would be in uptown again (becuase I live there) but Henn. and 10th isn’t far either.

  15. Kris wrote on May 20th, 2009 at 7:29 pm:

    Buy your tickets before May 23rd and get $2 off the $25 general admission ticket by entering the promo code “insider”.

  16. Nick wrote on May 26th, 2009 at 12:56 pm:

    Anyone know how much a beer costs at this event?

  17. Rob wrote on May 26th, 2009 at 2:37 pm:

    All of the beer is FREE for the $25 price. But they only pour 2 oz. samples at one time. Looks like they also have a VIP ticket this year with food included for $45. It’s on the website http://www.citypages.com/beerfest

  18. bond wrote on May 29th, 2009 at 11:32 am:

    Five samples is almost a full beer. So good times are too be had

  19. Jeff wrote on May 30th, 2009 at 8:42 pm:

    What brewery’s were there?

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