Festivals and Anniversaries

I moved the Honky Tonk Party Bus post here, following the rules about self-promotion (proactively avoiding reports).

• August 14: Brew Zoo at the Memphis Zoo. Sponsored by Xul. Do not have a list of breweries on the site.

• August 16 - Stokehaus 1 year anniversary (East Nashville)

• August 22: Music City Brewers Fest (Walk of Fame Park downtown, $45). This includes the open air party bus mentioned from Honky Tonk Party Express. I will note this is largely a distributor/corporate type of festival - not saying that is bad, but it is more aimed for tourists and people who are just there to get trashed than beer nerds. Breweries, etc. featured:

  • Ajax Turner (distributor): Athletic, Bell's Two Hearted, Blind Hard Lemonade (distributor), Carbliss, Guinness (distributor), Kona, Mango Cart, New Belgian, Nutrl.
  • Borchetta Bourbon
  • Crazy Gnome
  • Diageo (owner): Lone River, Guinness
  • Diskins
  • Don't be that Dude - THC drinks
  • East Nashville Brew Works
  • Flying Panda - Craft hard sodas
  • Ginger's Revenge
  • Good People
  • Half Batch
  • Harding House
  • Hi-Wire
  • Hoyt, LLC: Jackalope (not sure of Black Abbey)
  • Ice & Co - hard tea
  • Lexington Brewers
  • Lippman (distributor, owner of some): Hap & Harry's, Honkytonk, Little Harpeth, Jevo & Sunny's
  • Memphis Brewers
  • Monster Beverages: Blind Hard Lemonade (owner), Cigar City, Oskar Blues (no Deep Ellum, Perrin, Squatters or Wasatch?)
  • Nations Brewing Company: Brazazzi, Fat Bottom, Teddy Loves
  • Pickers Vodka
  • Tenn Pop - Vodka based seltzers
  • Tennessee Crown (distributor): Kirin, Weihenstephan Hefeweizen
  • TennFold
  • Yazoo
  • Yee-Haw (also sponsoring the party buses)

• August 29 - Fat Bottom 14-year anniversary at HQ in the Nations.

• September 12: Wine on the River in Riverfront Park, downtown.

• September 26: A Touch of Brews in Sevier Park, sponsored by Terrapin. Really more of a music festival. Also 1st Annual Bourbon & Brews Oktoberfest at Thistle & Rye. No vendors spelled out.

• October 1-4: Oktoberfest in Germantown (this is more of a carnival now than a true Oktoberfest) - Blackstone has theirs on the Saturday in this time period, which will include first keg tapped and stein holding competition.

• October 17: Tennessee Beer, Bourbon, Wine & Shine festival at Two Rivers Mansion ($59.69 early bird through Sept 30, $100 for VIP). Nothing set in stone now, but the 2024 list is here.

• October 24: Xul's Kill the Lights in Knoxville, sponsored by Xul. Always a good brewfest, but vendors not named yet.

• November 7: Mighty Fine Beer Fest: This one is in Duluth, GA, so it is a hike, but one of the best IPA festivals in the US. At the park near Good Word. There is a Courtyard by Marriott about 100 feet from the entrance.