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(Ventura, CA) - The final and premiere California
Beer Festival of 2015 promises to be the biggest, as this
year it expands to three big days - Friday, September 18, Saturday,
September 19, and Sunday, September 20, at Mission Park, 185 E. Santa Clara
St., in Ventura. Tickets priced as follows: 3-Day VIP Pass, $149.; 2-Day
General Admission Pass, $69.; Friday's Food & Pairing Competition,
$60.; Saturday VIP Early-Bird Experience Craft Beer Heaven, $80.;
Saturday's Craft Beer Heaven, General Admission, $55.; Designated Driver
tickets (Saturday only), $25.; Sunday's Blues & Brews Festival (only),
$30. Info: (805) 628-9588. Buy tickets now at:
In keeping with the yearly tradition, a portion
of the proceeds from each day benefit the Gen Giammanco Foundation, a
non-profit organization that provides financial support to student athletes
to assist in their pursuit of both scholastic and athletic success in
Ventura County.
Friday, September 18: BREW WITH A VIEW
INVITATIONAL
Start your California Beer Festival weekend
off at Brew with a View Invitational! Takes place Friday, September
18 at 5:30 pm, at City Hall overlooking Downtown Ventura. Five Brewmasters
will be paired up separately with five Gourmet Chefs, all competing for
your pallet and vote (for Best Food and Beer Paring). Live music by the
Ross Harper Band and dance crowd favorites, Ventura's own, The Bomb. This
VIP event includes food samples, beer, live music and (1) CBF souvenir pint
glass. Must be 21 years of age or older to attend.
Saturday, September 19: CRAFT BEER HEAVEN
Saturday's Craft Beer Heaven (12:30-5:00 p.m.;
VIP Session begins at 11:30 a.m.; Beer Sampling 1:00-4:00 p.m.) ends
Ventura County Beer Week and is one of the largest yearly beer festivals in
the state. With over 140 craft beers on tap, it's a great place to come
sample amazing craft beer from all over the world. Come experience Craft
Beer Heaven with beers on tap, food trucks and live music throughout the
day. Live music by The Midnight Band; Orgone, L.A.-based septet whose
genre-bending music blends elements of Funk, Soul, Afro/Disco, Boogie, and
Afrobeat; and The Bomb. This is a chance to expand your mind and educate
yourself on new and old styles of craft beer. Space is very limited; must
be 21 years or older to attend.
Orgone, popular L.A.-based septet whose genre-bending music
blends elements of Funk, Soul, Afro/Disco, Boogie, and Afrobeat, perform on
Saturday at Craft Beer Heaven from 2:15-3:30 p.m.
On Saturday at Craft Beer Heaven, sample such
fine beers and food from Eureka! Restaurant Group; Telegraph Brewing
Company; Mendocino Brewing Company; Colorado Brewing company; Lagunitas
Brewing Company; Surf Brewery; Angel City Brewery; Einstok Beer Co.;
Woodchuck Cider; Firestone Walker Brewing Co.; Enegren Brewing Co.; Chaucer
Cellars; Cerveza Mexicali Beer; Pizza Port Brewing Co.; Allagash Brewing
Co.; St. Killian Importing; The Lab Brewing Company; Figueroa Mountain
Brewing Company; Mike's Hard Lemonade; Palm Breeze; Ace Cider; Barrel House
101; Wolf Creek; Westlake Brewing; Stone Brewing Co.
Guitarist extraordinaire Walter Trout (pictured), now fully
recovered from last year's liver transplant, headlines Sunday's Blues &
Brews Festival, performing from 4:45-6:00 p.m.
Sunday, September 20: BLUES & BREWS FESTIVAL
Sunday's Blues & Brews Festival traditionally closes out the
three-day California Beer Festival and each year features full sets by some
of the biggest names in the Blues world, as well as the genre's rising
stars.
Headlining this year is Southern California-based,
popular guitarist-vocalist, Walter
Trout, now fully recovered from last year's liver transplant,
back on tour, and set to release a new album, Battle Scars, in
October. Also performing: Mingo
Fishtrap, from Austin, Texas, whose jam-tastic music deftly
blends blues with soul, R&B, and funk; the legendary Booker
T Jones, multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, record producer and
arranger, best known as the frontman of the band, Booker T. & The
M.G.'s (known for hits like "Green Onions", "Hang 'Em
High", and "Time Is Tight", among many others); and Mr.
Sipp, known as the "Mississippi Blues Child" who's a 2014
International Blues Challenge winner, and recently cast in the James Brown
bio-pic, Get On Up. Two Ventura acts - The
Bomb (dance-funk-party faves) and
Michael John & the Bottom Line - fronted by Ventura County
Blues Society president, Michael John, and his son, guitarist Mikey Mo -
round out Sunday's stellar lineup.
Booker T. Jones - called "the living legend of the
Hammond B3 organ" and past leader of famed soul ensemble, Booker T.
& The M.G.'s - is a Sunday headliner at the Blues & Brews Festival,
performing from 2:20-3:30 p.m.
Straight out of Austin, Texas, and jam-tastic: Mingo Fishtrap,
who perform at the Blues & Brews Festival on Sunday, 3:30-4:45 p.m.
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