The Great American Beer Festival Returns in 2024
Tickets are on sale NOW!
Photo Credit: Brewers Association
The largest beer festival in America returns to Denver Oct. 10-12, 2024, to dazzle tastebuds and celebrate craft beer innovation!
Tickets for the Great American Beer Festival® (GABF) are on sale now! GABF, hosted by the Brewers Association, the trade organization representing small and independent craft brewers, will return to the Colorado Convention Center in Denver, Colorado, on Oct. 10-12.
With a legacy of bringing the community together, dazzling tastebuds, and celebrating those who pour their hearts into every pint, the 2024 Great American Beer Festival is an event not to be missed. Over three (3) sessions, attendees will:
- Taste a kaleidoscope of flavors, styles, and innovative beverages from hundreds of breweries from across the nation
- Receive a commemorative, collectible, tasting glass
- Enjoy tons of entertainment, including live music, games, silent disco, karaoke, live music and more
- Partake in GABF traditions, such as the bagpiper event kick-off, giveaways, and daily costume contests
- Speak to and learn from industry experts and brewers via seminars and other educational opportunities
New this year, the largest beer festival in the United States will offer three sessions and debut an entirely new floor plan. Breweries will be grouped by themed experience areas of their choice. These curated experience areas are designed to transport festivalgoers to different worlds, each offering a unique blend of themed décor, specialized beverages, engaging activities, and vibrant entertainment. Themed areas include Prost!, a traditional German Biergarten; Score!, a sports-lovers escape; Halloween, a timely October-themed experience that will delight and fright; Blast Off, an out-of-this-world flavor blast featuring beyond beer beverages and more; Meet & Mingle, a reinvented Meet the Brewer experience; and Chill, a backyard gathering with music, lawn games, and exclusive brews.
Every year, GABF boasts the highest concentration of American beer on the planet. Beer lovers will enjoy beverages poured by the likes of Allagash Brewing Company, Breakside Brewery, Firestone Walker Brewing Co., Russian River Brewing Co, The Lost Abbey, WeldWerks Brewing Co., and hundreds more. While the star of GABF is beer, attendees will be excited to know that this year, select breweries will also pour the nation’s finest “beyond beer” beverages: hard seltzer, mead, cider, ready-to-drink (RTD) canned cocktails, hard soda, hard tea, hard kombucha, other malt-based beverages, and all non-alcohol beverages. If there’s a specific brewery you’d like to see at GABF, you can nominate them here.
For foodies attending GABF and those looking for a truly special experience, the VIP Experience ticket includes access to PAIRED®, which unites independent craft breweries with acclaimed chefs from across the country, resulting in uniquely designed small bites perfectly paired with craft beer found nowhere else at the festival.
Don’t miss this celebration of beer! Tickets are available for anyone of legal drinking age (21+) at www.greatamericanbeerfestival.com.
About the Brewers Association
The Brewers Association (BA) is the not-for-profit trade association dedicated to small and independent American brewers, their beers, and the community of brewing enthusiasts. The BA represents 5,600-plus U.S. breweries and more than 36,000 homebrewers. The BA’s independent craft brewer seal is a widely adopted symbol that differentiates beers by small and independent craft brewers. The BA organizes events including the World Beer Cup®, Great American Beer Festival®, Craft Brewers Conference™ & BrewExpo America®, Homebrew Con™, National Homebrew Competition , and American Craft Beer Week®. The BA publishes The New Brewer® and Zymurgy® magazines, and Brewers Publications® is the leading publisher of brewing literature in the U.S. Beer lovers are invited to learn more about the dynamic world of craft beer at CraftBeer.com® and about homebrewing via the BA’s American Homebrewers Association®. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
The Brewers Association is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, gender, religion, age, disability, political beliefs, sexual orientation, or marital/familial status. The BA complies with provisions of Executive Order 13672 and the rules, regulations, and relevant orders of the Secretary of Labor.
