If the beer and festivities at the Beer, Bourbon, and BBQ Festival happening this Saturday in SouthPark aren’t enough for you this month, enjoy more local craft brews and live music at the North Carolina Brewers and Music Festival next Saturday, May 14.
The festival, presented by Rural Hill, will be held in Huntersville and will run from 10:30 am to 8 pm. All proceeds from NCBMF will go towards the preservation and advancement of Rural Hill and its mission.
The $45 tickets include over three hours of free tasting, a day packed full of great music, beer education, and a chance to learn about and interact with area non-profits.
To buy your tickets, visit their site. But to WIN FREE TICKETS, just leave a comment below telling me what your favorite beer is. Please leave your correct email address as this will be used to contact winners. Winners will be picked at random on Friday, May 6.
*UPDATE May, 6 2:48 p: CONTEST IS NOW OVER. CLICK HERE TO SEE THE TICKET WINNERS.
Breweries that will be there:
HIGHLAND BREWING CO.
COTTONWOOD ALES
CAROLINA BEER COMPANY
FOUR FRIENDS BREWING
LONE RIDER
BIG BOSS
NODA BREWING CO.
BIRDSONG BREWING
OLDE MECKLENBURG BREWERY
ASS CLOWN BREWING COMPANY
CRAGGIE BREWING COMPANY
NATTY GREENE’S BREWING COMPANY
The band line up:
CHATHAM COUNTY LINE
DO IT TO JULIA
MOONSHINE RACERS
ERIC LINDELL
SOL DRIVEN TRAIN
THE MANTRAS
THE NEW FAMILIARS
This article appears in May 3-9, 2011.
I love all beer!!!!! 🙂
Mothership Wit!
I’d love to win tickets. Lone Rider Peacemaker is an awesome beer! It’s my current favorite local brew.
OMB Copper!
I would love love love tickets to this!!! I’ve been working the past few weekends need a break.
If I had to pick a daily brew, it would be something crisp, but flavorful like Modelo Especial or Pilsner Urquell
Sweetwater 420
My current favorite beer is Red Oak Lager.
I love me some Hoegaarten!
Abita- Purple Haze
i love me some Golden Monkey!! good lickin
what’s my favorite beer? the cold ones on my titties!! Guinness, BRILLIANT!!!
Depends on the day and situation, but Rogue Hazelnut Nectar Ale is an all-time fav!!
My favorite beer is a cold beer!
I love Yeungling!! and all those naysayers (“THAT’S not real beer!”) can bite me!
Coors Light for me!
I love SKA brewery’s True Blonde
Sam Adams Summer Ale
OMB Pumpkin Ale
Red Oak!
Founder’s Brewing KBS is delicious and mixes my three favorite things – beer, coffee, and bourbon. Perfect way to start and end your day – or spend any time in between! Too bad it’s only released once/year in March… always worth the wait.
Sea Dog Blue Paw Wheat Ale: best blueberry beer on the market.
Highland St. Terese’s Pale Ale. I could drink them all day on a hot summer day.
Bring on the Natty Greene Double Cannonball IPA!
just one favorite NC brew? no way! But, Carolina blond in the top 5 of my favorite local brews.
All cottonwood ales
OH-Sam-I-am!
Oatmeal Stout!
Magic Hat #9,#9,#9
Carolina Blonde has always been my favorite, but I’d like to branch out. Thanks for publicizing this!
New Belgium Le Terroir
My favorite beer would have to be Orange Blossom Pilsner! It’s very refeshing with a crisp honey undertone which is unique to the process it is made with FL orange blossom honey!
The Mecklenburger from OMB its amazing when left on the wooden table of OMB Brewery to set and reach room temperature releasing the light but refeshing notes!
I’ll take 2 please 😉
big boss harvest time
brekenridge 471
PBR ME ASAP
Allagash Black!! Tasty!!
Purple haze all day baby!
Klokke roeland! 🙂
Stella fills my Bella
Olde Mecklenburg Copper – keep it local.
It took me 32 years to start drinking beer, I just turned 32 this January. My favorite is Guiness, or a darker beer called Sheaf Stout. Locals are important to me, especially right off the tap. We will be there either way. Can’t wait!
My favorite kind of beer is Newcastle Brown Ale! I love free beer though,….
Two-Hearted or Sweetwater 420
Carolina Blonde!
Jimmy Buffet Land Sharf Lager
My favorite Carolina beer is OMB Copper! Favorite all-time beer _ that’s harder — Allagash White or Rogue Hazelnut for me. Also love a Portland brewery called Roots that makes a beer with lavender–really delicious, I swear!
My fave is Blue Moon.
Franziskaner Hefeweizen
Sierra Nevada Pale Ale is the best beer ever!
gaelic ale or duck-rabbit milk stout.
Duvel!
The Highland Mocca Stout is always good but you just can’t beat a Sammy Smith Taddy Porter…..
fat tire—oh yea ;-D
Chocolate stout, please!
Guiness is always in my frig!
please don’t give me grief for this but, I like bud light. I want the tickets to take my girlfriend. She is the beer conneseur.
Big Boss Blanco Diablo!!!! Pretty please!!!!
I enjoy all microbrew beers that don’t have a fruity taste (or name), unless it has a sitrus note.
all pilsners for me please 😉
All Rogue Ales from Oregon.
I can’t pick just one!!!!!!!
Heartland Buffalo Bock (New York)
Duvel!