12th Annual Virginia Beer Festival - 2 Days This Year!
"Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy," wrote Benjamin Franklin.

in Partnership with the Virginia Arts Festival

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For the 12th year, the Virginia Beer Festival celebrates the art of beer with a bounty of brews from across the state, the country, and around the world. Grab a fellow fan of the frothy favorite and enjoy live music and the spring sun on Saturday, May 18 and Sunday, May 19 from 2:00 - 6:00 PM at Norfolk's Town Point Park. With over 65 breweries on site, festival goers will have access to over 100 beers to sample along Norfolk's beautiful waterfront. Beer connoisseurs can enhance their beer knowledge while listening to our Brewmaster Seminars throughout the day from Craft experts or visiting Homebrew USA to learn how to brew their very own batch! Guests can enjoy live music from Celtic favorites Glasgow Kiss both days.

2013 Breweries include:
** SUBJECT TO CHANGES AND ADDITIONS**

• Abita Brewing Company (LA)
• Allagash (ME)
• Anchor Brewing Company (CA)
• Angry Orchard Crisp Apple Cider (OH)
• Back Bay Brewing Company(Virginia Beach)
• Batch 19 (CO)
• Beach Brewing (Virginia Beach)
• Blue Moon Brewing Company (CO)
• Blue Mountain (VA)
• Bold Rock Hard Cider (Wintergreen)
• Carolina Brewing Company (NC)
• Commando Brewing Company (WI)
• Crispin Cider Company (MN)
• Devils Backbone Brewing Company (VA)
• Dogfish Head Craft Brewery(DE)
• Dominion Brewing Company(DE)
• Dos Equis (Mexico)
• Duvel (Belgium)
• Finch's Beer Company (IL)
• Firestone Walker (CA)
• Flying Dog Brewery (CO)
• Fransikaner Weissbeer Brewery (Germany)
• Goose Island Brewing Company
• Gordon Biersch Brewing Company (CA)
• Green Flash Brewing Company (CA)
• Harp(Ireland)
• Harpoon Brewing Company (MA)
• Heavy Seas Brewing Company (MD)
• Highland Brewing Company (CO)
• Hoegaarden (Belgium)
• Kona Brewing Company (HI)
• Konig Ludwig (Germany)
• Lagunitas (CA)
• Laughing Dog Brewing (ID)
• Legend Brewing Company (Richmond)
• Leinenkugel Brewing Company (WI)
• Magners Irish Cider (Ireland)
• New Belgium Brewing Company (CO)
• Noational Boh (MD)
• O'Connor Brewing Company (Norfolk)
• Ommegang (NY)
• Oskar Blues Brewing Company (CO)
• Pacifico (Mexico)
• Peroni (Italy)
• Pilsner Urquel (Czech Republic)
• Port City Brewing (Virginia)
• Pyramid Breweries (WA)
• Redd's Apple Ale (GA)
• Redhook Brewing Company (WA)
• RJ Rockers Brewing Company (SC)
• Samuel Adams (MA)
• Sapporo (Japan)
• Shock Top (CO)
• Sierra Nevada (CA)
• Sixpoint Brewery (NY)
• Smartmouth Brewing Company (Norfolk)
• Smithwicks(Ireland)
• Smuttynose Brewing Company (NH)
• Southern Tier Brewing Company (NY)
• Spaten-Franziskaner-Brau (Germany)
• Spoetzle (TX)
• St. George Brewing Company (Hampton)
• St. Killian Imports (Europe)
• Starr Hill Brewing Company (Charlottesville)
• Stella Artois (Belgium)
• Steven's Point Brewery (WI)
• Stone Brewing Company (CA)
• Strongbow Cider (England)
• Terrapin (GA)
• The Duck-Rabbit Brewery (NC)
• Third Shift (CO)
• Troegs Brewing Company (PA)
• Uinta (UT)
• Victory Brewing Company(PA)
• Weihenstephan Brewery (Germany)
• Weyerbacher Brewing Company (PA)
• Widmer Brothers Brewing Company(OR)
• Williamsburg Ale Werks (Williamsburg)
• Woodchuck (VT)

Don't miss out on Premium Tickets with exclusive benefits!

For $75, Premium ticket holders will have access to exclusive beer tasting selections, a separate entrance into the park, separate restrooms, and complimentary snacks.

Beer Tasters (Age 21+) $25 Advance, $30 Day Of; Non-Tasters (13+) $15
For Tables, call 757-282-2822 by May 14.
For Boater Packages, call 757-441-2345.
CASH ONLY AT THE GATE.
For tickets or information, visit www.vafest.org or call 757-282-2822.

Norfolk Festevents, Ltd. is a private not‐for‐profit organization dedicated to producing premier concerts, festivals, ship visits, special events and city celebrations for residents and guests of Hampton Roads. Celebrating its 31st season, Norfolk Festevents has garnered international acclaim for its outstanding quality programming. Norfolk Festevents is the official event marketing and production agency for the City of Norfolk, Virginia.

Virginia Arts Festival
Since 1997, the Virginia Arts Festival has transformed the cultural scene in southeastern Virginia, presenting great performers from around the world to local audiences and making this historic, recreation‐rich region a cultural destination for visitors from across the United States and around the world. The Festival has presented numerous U.S. and regional premieres, and regularly commissions new works of music, dance, and theater from some of today's most influential composers, choreographers and playwrights. The Festival's arts education programs reach tens of thousands of area schoolchildren each year through student matinees, in‐school performances, artists' residencies, master classes and demonstrations.