Arizona has many great things to offer, and throughout the year it offers a variety of festivals devoted to art and film, but none can compare in popularity to the annual beer festival. Once a year, Tempe Beach Park becomes home to the jovial masses of drunk Arizonians.
Why to Visit the Great Arizona Beer Festival
This year will be the festival’s 23rd run. It benefits the non-profit organization Sun Sounds of Arizona, which provides reading services for the visually impaired. Those who fear overcrowding need not worry, tickets are sold on a limited basis, and there are more beers than ever this year at the event. Each guest gets an empty mug and 24 tastings from a wide selection of quality brews. Aside from the 200 beers that will be at the festival, there will also be live entertainment from the Crown Kinds, as well as food stands.
How to Visit the Great Arizona Beer Festival
The festival will be held on the 5th of March, which is a Saturday. It will run from two o’clock in the afternoon until six at night. The locations is Tempe Beach Park, right on Salado Parkway in Tempe, Arizona. Ticket prices range from $20 to $90. A designated driver ticket is from twenty dollars to thirty dollars, a general admission ticket is from forty to fifty dollars, and a VIP ticket is from eighty dollars to ninety dollars. VIP ticket holders get early admission, private seating, special entertainment, a catered buffer, and not to mention free t-shirts! There is all of this information and more at azbeer.com.
If Arizonians know how to do one thing, it is having fun. The Great Arizona Beer festival is not only great fun, but it is a state tradition, and it is for a good cause.