Nashville Beer Festival at Riverfront Park
September 30, 2011 - October 1, 2011 - Friday and Saturday The Inaugural Nashville Beer FestivalThe Inaugural Nashville Beer Festival at Riverfront Park a unique and memorable event for Nashville and Middle Tennessee. The Festival celebrates great craft brew, fine food, live music and much more.
The main event is the Beer Fest on Saturday from 1 to 6 pm. Guests enjoy unlimited tastings of great beer, much of it only available at the Festival; delicious food, great live music, all kinds of festivities, a cigar tent, home brewers from all over the state and the region, brew education and much more. Think Beer Fest with a distinctly Nashville flavor. All guests will receive a complimentary souvenir sample glass for the Festival; unlimited tastings; giveaways and more.
The Beer Fest is a charity event, benefiting Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tennessee as well as the newly formed Tennessee brewers guild, which is dedicated to promoting and working for breweries and distributors in Tennessee (fair and lower taxes on beer!).
The Event Committee, which consists of over 25 Nashville professionals from a variety of industries, wants to produce a safe, entertaining community event. They want to promote craft breweries, local restaurants, great Nashville music and local businesses, clubs, groups and organizations.
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The location of the Festival is beautiful Riverfront Park, Nashville’s favorite outdoor event venue. Riverfront is in the heart of Downtown Nashville, Music City USA, surrounded by picturesque landscape and the legendary Downtown District. In that charming setting, guests will enjoy the best in craft brew, unlimited tastings, food pairings, tasteful music, specialty booths, contests, games and much more.
The following items are welcomed & encouraged: beer costumes, beer logo clothing, beer T-shirts, pretzel necklaces & more.Music and EntertainmentThe Nashville Beer Festival Music and Concert is Presented by Curb/Gold Mountain/Belcourt Taps & Tapas. Thank you to everyone who has helped us with the music and the artists and bands who contacted us about performing.
Current Festival Music Roster:
Host: Billy BlockLineup for Main Stage: (1:30PM TO 11PM)ONE HITTERSMAULDIN BROTHERSTHE DEVIOUS ANGELS JONATHAN SEXTON and the BIG LOVE CHOIRLIDO BART WALKER Special guest MIKE FARRISCURB RECORDING ARTIST / RUTH COLLINS / http://www.myspace.com/ruthcollins SONS OF FATHERS / http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCnm_zlvt1I&feature=related Lineup for Beer Garden Stage: (12PM TO 7PM)Lyn Manderson and the McClister Band
Loni Rose
Jamie Higdon
Bruce Smith
Joe Hilton and the Entertainment Group
Dan Adams Band Featuring Kayt Jones
Water Brothers