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WHERE TO STAY

Lodging options are available throughout the valley.

80+ Participating Breweries (2023)

  • Anderson Valley Brewing Company
  • 2 Towns Ciderhouse
  • 21 Amendment Brewery
  • Almanac Beer Works
  • Altamont Beer Works
  • Bear Republic Brewing Company
  • Belching Beaver Brewery
  • Bike Dog Brewing Co.
  • Black Hammer Brewing
  • Brewbilt Brewing Co.
  • Calicraft Brewing Company
  • Central Coast Brewing
  • Civilization Brewing
  • Cooperage Brewing Company
  • Cuver Brewing
  • Danville Brewing Company
  • Del Cielo Brewing Company
  • Deschutes Brewery
  • Dokkaebier
  • Drake’s Brewing Company
  • Dust Bowl Brewing Company
  • Dying Breed Brewing
  • East Brother Brewing
  • Eel River Brewing Company
  • Epidemic Ales
  • Faction Brewing
  • Fogbelt Brewing Company
  • Fort Point Beer Company
  • Fort Rock Brewing
  • Four Legs Brewing
  • Ghost Town Brewing
  • Gowan’s Heirloom Cider
  • Grains Of Virtue Brewing Company
  • Hapas Brewing Company
  • Healdsburg Beer Company
  • Henhouse Brewing Company
  • Heretic Brewing Company
  • Hop Oats Pub & Brewery
  • High Water Brewing
  • Humboldt Cider Company
  • Humdinger Brewing
  • Iron Ox (Plow) Brewing Company
  • Jiant Hard Kombucha
  • Juneshine Hard Kombucha
  • Laughing Monk Brewing
  • Lucky Devil Brewing Company
  • Machinehead Brewing Company
  • Mad River Brewing
  • Mammoth Brewing Co.
  • Mare Island Brewing Co.
  • Moonlight Brewing Co.
  • Morgan Territory Brewing
  • Moylan's Brewing Company
  • New Glory Brewery
  • North Coast Brewing Company
  • Northspur Brewing Co
  • Oakland United Beerworks
  • Ocean View Brew Works
  • Old Caz Beer
  • Old Possum Brewing Co.
  • O’Meara Brothers Brewing Company
  • Original Pattern Beer
  • Overtime Brewing
  • Pizza Port Brewing Company
  • Redwood Curtain Brewing Company
  • Russian River Brewing Company
  • Solid Ground Brewing
  • Sierra Nevada Brewing Company
  • Shadow Puppet Brewing Company
  • Sonoma Springs Brewing Company
  • South Lake Brewing Co.
  • South of North Brewing Company
  • Sudwerk Brewing Company
  • The Brewer's Cabinet
  • The New Museum
  • Third Street Aleworks
  • TPK Brewing Co.
  • Trinity County Brewing Company
  • Vice Beer
  • Wolf House Brewing
music

Music Schedule

Grass Stage:

Hella Mendocino : 1:30 -- 3:00

The Deadlies : 3:30 -- 5:00

Main Stage:

Buckridge Racket Club : 2:00 -- 3:30

Blue Luke : 4:00 -- 5:30

Food Vendors

  • Fairall's Farm
  • Lion's Club
  • Slam Dunk Pizza
  • Spiro's Gyros
  • Dutch Girl Desserts
  • Raggae Rasta
  • Curry Xpress
  • The Alley Grill

Wares Vendors

  • Gregg Lindsley Pottery
  • Anchor Ranch Woodworking
  • New Wild Oakies Tie Dye
  • LM Photobooth
  • Larissa Robyn Design
  • Island Child Threads
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A BEER FEST HISTORY

Legend has it that the event now known as the Boonville Beer Fest traces its roots back to the early 1990s. The Anderson Valley was lush following the spring rains. The creeks were full, the pine boughs glowed green and the valley floor was speckled with wildflowers of unimaginable variety.

Barkley sat on a stump on the ridge high above the brewery, Boont in hand, antlers on head, surveying his kingdom. For all the beauty a melancholic feeling tugged at his fur; something was missing. His was a lonely palace in the redwoods.

So he did what any mythical half-bear half-deer would do: he invited the entire beer world over to his pad to throw a few back and dosey doe 'til the wee hours.

In the beginning it was a humbly intimate affair. But as the legend of the antlered bear and his springtime shindig grew so did the festival, gradually swelling to become one of the biggest beer festivals in the country, drawing brewers and beer drinkers from around the world.

Now in its 25th year and having donated over $1.7m to local charities, Barkley and his Beer Fest are a little longer in the tooth, but they've only gotten better with age. So if you see Barkley at Beer Fest, make sure and give him a hug. Just make sure you don't have a seltzer in your hand when you do. He, uh, he doesn't like those.

Tickets

Tickets are ONLY available online and in advance, there will be no day-of tickets available at the brewery or onsite at the fairgrounds. BRING your TICKETS (on your phone or printed). All purchases are final, with proceeds benefiting our local non-profits.

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