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The 5th Annual Atlantic City Beer Festival
It’s time again for the Atlantic City Beer Festival – “The Celebration Of The Suds,” better known as “Beerfest.” The festival will be kicking off on Friday March 19th and running thru Sunday, March 21, 2010.
Over 80 Different breweries from around the world are expected to showcase their suds at The 2010 Atlantic City. Tripling its attendance from 5000 in 2005 to an outstanding 15,000 attendees in 2009, the festival holds the title of Atlantic City’s most anticipated event. Growing roots in the Atlantic City Convention Center the festival solidifies itself place in Atlantic City.
After the huge success of the 2009 event festival organizers decided to cap ticket sales for the 2010 event to 15,500 spread throughout the 3 sessions.. “We want to maintain a safe and manageable event, with a smooth flowing festival experience for attendees.”
The focus of Atlantic City Beer Fest is the promotion of craft beers and the brewers that create them. The event is the perfect opportunity for beer aficionados, beer lovers, and the casual drinker to speak with the many company representatives and brewers who craft their favorite beers, in addition to offering a venue for discovering new beers. Some of the brands attending (but not limited to) will be Abita, Allagash, Troegs, Lancaster Brewing Company, Magic Hat, Victory Brewing Company, Brooklyn Brewery, Smutty Nose, Flying Dog, Dog Fish Head, Ommegang, Stone Brewing Company, Samuel Adams, Wiedenmayer Brewing Company, as well as new additions Ithaca Brewing, Yards Brewing Company as well as Cape Ann Brewing..
What goes best with beer? Food. This year’s festival will host a variety of local restaurants offering food that washes down nicely with a great brew – from sausage and peppers, to crab cakes, vendors will be on hand with a variety of foods to satisfy even the pickiest of beer lover.
A great festival experience isn’t complete without great entertainment. The 2010 celebration host a variety of fun and unique entertainment. Each session is kicked off with pipes and drums from the Founders, the Toga Party Band pumps up the crowd with their off the wall antics and great tunes, back by overwhelming request is Olde City Sideshow. New additions to the beer festival is seminars and cooking demos by Gary Monterosso, Rocky Fino , and Shelia Stepkin, Mechanical Bull Riding, sand sculptor by Sand Creations Matt Diebert also featuring appearances by acts supporting the Travel Guitar.
With a large concern on the safety of attendees, the festival offers a “Designated Driver” price of $5 per ticket (available at the door). Designated drivers will be allowed sodas and water with the run of the house.
There are many transportation options in Atlantic City and surrounding areas – jitneys, cabs, as well as New Jersey Transit train arriving directly in the Atlantic City Convention Center (see www.njtransit.com for a Train Schedule) as well as the new event sponsor the Aces Train which runs from New York to Atlantic City (check out www.acestrain.com for more details). This is one of the reasons why the Atlantic City Convention Center makes for a perfect home for the “The Celebration of The Suds.”
Saturday March 20th
Atlantic City Beer Festival Session #1 12pm to 4:30pm (last call 4pm)
Atlantic City Beer Festival Session #2 6pm to 10:30pm (last call 10pm)
Sunday March 21st
Atlantic City Beer Festival Session #3 1pm to 5:30pm (last call 5pm)
Tickets are available on line at www.acbeerfest.com for $45 (fees apply) or stop at Joe Canals on Fire Road in Northfield NJ for $45(no group discounts available)
Tickets will be available at the Atlantic City Convention Center for $50 per ticket starting Friday March 19h from 12pm until 6pm for all sessions. Saturday March 21st from 10am until 3pm for session #1. Saturday March 21st from 4pm until 9pm for session #2 (unless sold out). Sunday March 22nd from 11am until 4pm.
Harrah’s for the 5th consecutive year will play as the official Host Hotel, Spa and Casino of the 2010 Atlantic City Beer Festival. Offering specially rates to festival attendees. Go to www.acbeerfest.com and click the Harrah’s link at the bottom of the page
We ask all attendees to taste responsibly. Please know your limits. No one under the age of 21 will be admitted to the show. Valid photo identification must be presented.
The 2010 Atlantic City Beer Festival could not be possible without its sponsors, Harrah’s Resort Atlantic City, Sam Adams, Michelob Brewing Co., 100.7 WZXL, GOAC.com, At the Shore, All About the Beer magazine The ACES Train Joe Canals Liquors, and the Atlantic City Food and Wine Festival.
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