The City of Westminster Recreation & Parks Department is hosting its annual Beer & BBQ Stroll on Saturday, June 20, from noon to 4:00 p.m. along downtown Main Street, with craft beer, wine, and spirits sampling from more than 20 producers, plus BBQ and food from two dozen vendors, and live entertainment across five stages.
VIP tickets are $40 each — or $38 each when purchasing a table of six — and are on sale now. VIP access begins at 10:30 a.m. for a 90-minute early sampling session with attending breweries, wineries, and distilleries, plus reserved seating, a commemorative gift, and an exclusive savory treat and drink.
A Gehr Lot Reserved Seating option is available at $30 each ($28 for six), offering reserved seating in a dedicated area with a DJ and yard games.
General Admission is $15 and goes on sale at the event gates on the day of the event only; kids 12 and under are free. GA tickets include two drink tokens redeemable at any Domestic Beverage Tent.
There are no printed tickets. VIP holders will receive check-in instructions via email the week before the event. The VIP gate opens at 10:30 a.m. on Locust Lane behind Life Is... Pizza.
This year's sampling lineup includes 13 breweries: 1623 Brewing Co., Cushwa Brewing Co., Liquidity Aleworks, Lost Generation Brewing, Monocacy Brewing, Mully's Brewery, Mystique Barrel Brewing, Oliver Brewing Company, Peroni, Pipe the Side Brewing Co., Pub Dog Brewing, Ruhlman Beer, and Steinhardt Brewing Co.
Seven distilleries will also be pouring: Covalent Spirits, Fordham Lee Distillery, McClintock Distilling, MyFive Distilling, Rosie Cheeks Distillery, Sugarland Distilling, and Tenth Ward Distilling.
Wineries Sheree Harvest Wine and Tipsy Teacher round out the beverage lineup.
On the food side, vendors include Smokin' Roches BBQ, Cousins Maine Lobster, Blowfish Poké, Collision Course, Deli-ish, JeannieBird Baking Company, Braglio Farms, American Ice Co Cafe, Duck Divin' Shave Ice, Giulianova Groceria, Hot Mess Treats, Husky Hut Coffee Company, Lemon Squeezers, Liquid Library, Mr. Soft Ice Cream Truck, Phelps Concessions, Staglio Pizza, The Rite Bite, The Sipping Station, and Unli Pinoy Store.
Nearly 100 artisan and craft vendors will also be set up along Main Street.
Live music runs throughout the day on five stages, with the Logan Chalk Band opening at 10:30 a.m. at the Locust Lane Stage, October Oak and Late Night Record Shop taking the Covalent Spirits Stage, and Doc Marten and the Flannels closing out the Library Stage from 1:30 to 4:00 p.m. DJ Thumper runs all day at 45 West Main Street and DJ Swamdog holds down the Center Street Stage from 10:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Festival gates are at John/Bond Street & Main, Locust Lane, Longwell Avenue & Main, and Center Street & Main. Free parking is available in any Westminster Municipal Parking Lot — view the parking map here.
For the full vendor list and tickets, visit westminstermd.gov/445.
If you missed the news on social media, June 20 is also the day the new Brewery Fire Taphouse opens in the 140 Village Shipping Center.