There are no advance ticket sales for this event, payment is made when entering the day of the event.
May 23 & 24, Saturday 11am to 11pm, Sunday Noon to 6pm
HELD: RAIN OR SHINE.
This year’s festival will feature over 50 wines and 60+ Craft beers for tasting and purchase from around the world. The Lions Club will be providing food concessions with the proceeds going for their charity. Grandma Nana’s Cookies, Umland’s Crunchy Cheese, and Mirandas Confections will be there too serving up sweets and treats.
The Wine and Craft beer tasting is in the pavilion building as well as Donny B’s Popcorn, Gourmet cheeses and Sweet Shop USA Truffles and Chocolates are for sale in the tasting room. Saturday and Sunday there will be music performed throughout the day by amazing local artists and bands.
Special Local Guest Breweries are joining us this year:
Emancipation Brewing from Fairbury Illinois will be joining us for the first time. They will be sampling some fun creative local beers; Vermillion River Gold – American Lager – 4.9% abv, Huey – Golden Ale Featuring Local Ingredients – 5.6% abv, JJI Rye – Rye Amber Lager w/ Local Rye featured – 5.7% abv, Ground Clouds – New Zealand Hopped Hazy Double IPA – 8% abv.
Casper Brewing Company from Bloomington, Illinois is also joining us for the first time. The beers they are sampling are; Pre-prohibition Lager, Munich Dunkel, Vienna lager and fun seasonals Blueberry Cream Ale, Peach Cream Ale and Mexican Lime.
Saturday music schedule:
11-3 pm Will Spicher
3-6:30pm Turas Irish
7-11pm Hillbilly Highrise
Sunday music schedule:
12-3 Black Velvet
3-6pm Shipwreck Kelly
$15 pp admission for ages 21+ includes; the concerts, a souvenir tasting glass and 5 tasting tickets, $5pp admission ages 13-20, age 12 and under free. More tasting tickets can be purchased for $1 each.