A new regional craft beverage festival hopes to build the event into a regional powerhouse.
The inaugural NC Big Pour Craft Beverage Festival is set for Saturday, September 14, 2019 at Tanglewood Park in Clemmons, NC (hour and 15 min outside Charlotte). Ticket prices range from $5 – $40 and can be purchased here.
This unique event is part of a growing trend in the Southeast to promote the ever-growing popularity of the specialty craft beverage industry that focuses on beer, cider, coffee, tea, and honey. Hence the name “Big Pour”.
“There has been a concerted push by the community of celebrating and supporting small businesses and all things local. We want to raise awareness of this through our event and hope to turn people on to ways they can support the local brewers, roasters, artists & crafters.” ─ NC Big Pour
The all-day event (9am-6pm) of fun includes free tastings, fun competitions, industry collaborations, community activities, workshops, and live music.
The all-star music lineup for the inaugural festival has been highly lauded and includes JJ Grey & Mofro, LETTUCE, Travers Brothership, Butcher Brown, and Shay Lovette.
Kids activities include: Sawtooth kids crafts, Hoots & Hollers kids crafts, kids yoga, face painting, magic camp, and balloon art.
Part of the event’s proceeds will be donated to four industry organizations including: Pink Boots Society, Moji Coffee, Arts For Life, and Forsyth County Beekeepers Association.
The event founders believe this festival will be important to Forsyth County, the state of NC and (eventually) the Southeastern U.S.
On a larger scale they hope to eventually pull craft beer and beverage makers from surrounding states to the festival. This will then allow guests to have a unique experience of being able to try an assortment of out-of-state beverages they may not have been able to try otherwise.
Businesses, especially breweries, are realizing that local and regional events need to be a large part of their marketing strategy as people more and more seek out unique experiences.
Rain or Shine! You can find a full schedule and list of participating vendors on our website: www.bigpournc.com