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Festival Details
Event: 2003 Florida Brewers Guild Beerfest
Date: Saturday, January 18, 2003. Time: 3:00 - 7:00 pm
Location: Centro Ybor, Tampa FL
Cost: Adv $17, Door $22 - Unlimited Samples
Participants: 100+ beers from 23+ breweries and distributors. Homebrew clinics & demonstrations.
Other: Best of Florida Beer Competition. Music by: Dapper Dan and Sean Delong. Tasting glass to first 400.
Host & Beneficiary: Florida Brewers Guild
Info: Ken Koenig (813) 227-3891 or Ken.Koenig@baycare.org
Event: 8th Classic City Brew-Fest
Date: Saturday, April 5 Time: 2:30 - 7:00 pm
Location: Classic Center, Athens GA
Cost: Adv $21.50, Door $25, No DD
Participants: 160+ beers from local breweries and domestic & international distributors.
Other:  Unlimited samples, souvenir glass, music by two bands.
Host: Brewtopia Events.
Beneficiaries: AIDS Coalition of NE GA, Athens Humane Society, Athens Emergency Food Bank
Info: Owen Ogletree, (706) 254-BREW, brew@negia.net
Event: 1st Hickory Hops
Date: Saturday, April 12, 2003. Time: 2:00 - 8:00 pm
Location: Union Square, Hickory NC
Cost: Adv $20, Door $25, DD $10.
Participants: 50+ beers from 18 regional craft brewers.
Other: Unlimited samples, souvenir glass. Music by Bob Sinclair Band, Sons of Ralph, Cigar Store Indians.
Host & Beneficiary: Downtown Hickory Association
Info: (828) 322-1121
Event: 10th Southeastern Microbrewer's Festival
Date: Saturday, May 3, 2003. Time: 2:00 - 8:00 pm
Location: American Legion Post #6, Chapel Hill NC
Cost: Adv $20, Door $23
Participants: 80+ beers from 23+ breweries and distributors.
Other: Unlimited samples, souvenir glass to first 1500, music by Barefoot Manner.
Host & Beneficiary: Florida Brewers Guild
Info: Tyrone Irby beerhntr@msn.com
Event: Greenville Beer Fest
Date: Saturday, May 10, 2003. Time: 4:00 - 8:00 pm
Location: Downtown Greenville SC
Cost: Adv $25, Door $30
Participants: Selected regional craft brewers among 125 foreign and domestics beers.
Other: Souvenir glass to first 1000.
Host & Beneficiary: Bearfoot Sports
Info: Bearfoot Sports (843) 379-3440
Event: Orlando Beer Festival
Date: Saturday, May 10, 2003. Time: 4:00 - 8:00 pm
Location: Orange Avenue, Orlando FL
Cost: Adv $20, Door $25 No DD
Host & Beneficiary: Promarcon
Info: Promarcon (407) 383-2331 Promarcon@aol.com
Event: 2nd Virginia Beer Festival
Date: Saturday, May 17, 2003. Time: 2:00 - 6:00 p.m.
Location: Towne Point Park, Norfolk VA
Cost: Adv$15, Door $20
Participants: Regional craft brewers plus distributors.
Other:
Host & Beneficiary: Virginia Arts Festival
Info: Virginia Arts Festival (757) 282-2800
Event: 9th River City Beer & Seafood Festival - Richmond VA
Date: Saturday, May 17 2003 ~ Noon - 9:00 p.m. & Sunday, May 18, 2003 ~ Noon - 6:00 p.m.
Location: Brown Island, Richmond VA
Cost: Free admission. Beer sampling mug $3.00, samples $1.50
Participants: 40 local beers
Other:
Host & Beneficiary: Downtown Presents
Info: Downtown Presents (804) 788-6466
Event: 3rd Shenandoah Valley Beer & Wine Festival
Date: Saturday, May 24, 2003. Time: 1:00 - 7:00 pm
Location: Massanutten Resort, McGaheysville VA
Cost: Adv. $10, Door $15.
Participants: Regional craft brewers & wineries, plus food & crafts.
Other: Music by Mary Ann Redmond and the Dinah Pehrson Band. Souvenir glass.
Host & Beneficiary: Florida Brewers Guild
Info: Christine Michaels (540) 434-3862
Event: Jacksonville International Beer Festival
Date: Friday, July 11, 2003. Time: 7:00 - 10:00 pm
Location: Morocco Shrine Auditorium, St. Johns Bluff, Jacksonville FL
Cost: Adv $20, Door $25 No DD
Host & Beneficiary: Promarcon
Info: Promarcon (407) 383-2331 Promarcon@aol.com
Event: 6th Ft. Lauderdale International Beer Festival
Date: Friday, May 30, 2003. Time: 7:30 - 11:30 pm
Location: Lockhart Stadium, Ft. Lauderdale FL
Cost: Adv $20, Door $25 No DD
Host & Beneficiary: Promarcon
Info: Promarcon (407) 383-2331 Promarcon@aol.com
DD - Cost for Designated Driver or non-drinker
Adv - Cost of ticket purchased before event date
Door - Cost of ticket on the day of the event
Details given are based on information provided by event websites, personnel or other sources assumed to be reliable but should be confirmed before attending.
Event: Music City Brewer's Festival
Date: Saturday, July 26, 2003. Time: 2:00 - 9:00 pm
Location: Hilton Park, Nashville TN
Cost: Adv $20, Door $25, DD $10
Other: 25 regional craft brewers. Music by San Rafael Band, Webb Wilder, more.
Host: Clear Channel Communciations of Nashville Beneficiary: Second Harvest Food Bank of Nashville
Info: (615) 664-2484
Event: 7th Great Smokies Brewgrass Festival
Date: Saturday, September 13,  Time: 2:00 - 8:00 pm
Location: City-County Plaza, Asheville NC
Cost: Adv $25, Door $30, DD $12
Other: 30+ regional craft brewers. Souvenir tasting glass. Music lineup: The Osborne Brothers, Karl Shiflett
and Big Country Show, The Chapmans, The Biscuit Boys, Cornmeal.
Host: Great Smokies Craft Brewers Association Beneficiary: Big Brothers & Big Sisters of Western North Carolina
Info: Barley's Taproom (828) 255-0504