{"id":1640,"date":"2014-08-05T14:06:22","date_gmt":"2014-08-05T18:06:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/santacruzfoodie.com\/?p=1640"},"modified":"2014-08-05T14:06:22","modified_gmt":"2014-08-05T18:06:22","slug":"limited-tickets-remain-for-california-beer-festival-learn-about-beer-week-events","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/santacruzfoodie.com\/?p=1640","title":{"rendered":"Limited tickets remain for California Beer Festival; learn about beer week events"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A previous California Beer Festival<\/p><\/div>\n

The California Beer Festival, held in Aptos August 9-10, is nearly sold out. The 4th annual festival has expanded to two days\u2014 Saturday\u2019s theme is \u201ccraft beer heaven\u201d and Sunday it\u2019s the \u201chamburger and hops music festival.\u201d Also, it\u2019s currently Santa Cruz Beer Week; see end of article for more details.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re interested in attending the Aug. 9-10 festival, see the event website at www.californiabeerfestival\/santacruz for details and tickets. You can purchase tickets online, or at Whole Foods Market in Santa Cruz and Capitola. Prices vary. There are tickets for $10 (Sunday general admission), $25 (Saturday designated driver, includes a meal), $45 (Saturday craft beer heaven) and $70 (VIP two-day pass).<\/p>\n

Saturday hours<\/strong>: 12:30-5 p.m. Beer sampling<\/strong>: 1-4:30 p.m.
\nThere will be more than 85 craft beers on tap, live music, food\u00a0 from restaurants like Zameen, and bocce ball.\u00a0 You must be 21 years of age or older to attend.<\/p>\n

Sunday hours<\/strong>: 11 a.m.-5:30 p.m.
\nFamilies are encouraged to attend, and kids 12 and under are free. You\u2019re invited to bring blankets and chairs. There is no beer \u201csampling\u201d on this second day. Food and beer will be offered for sale. Dishes include hamburgers, and gourmet & fusion sliders. Several tribute bands are providing live music. These include “Petty Theft” (San Francisco-based tribute to Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers) and “Foreverland” (14-Piece tribute to Michael Jackson).<\/p>\n

Proceeds benefit the Gen Giammanco Foundation<\/a>, a non-profit organization that provides financial support to student athletes to \u201cassist in their pursuit of both scholastic and athletic success in Santa Cruz County.\u201d<\/p>\n

Location<\/strong>: Aptos Village Park
\nParking<\/strong>: No parking at the park. Everyone parks at Cabrillo College (6500 Soquel Drive, Aptos) in garage lot \u201cP\u201d and takes a free shuttle to the festival.
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\nSanta Cruz Beer Week is August 4-10<\/strong>. See santacruzcountybeerweek.com for several events including:<\/p>\n

August 6, 3-6 p.m.<\/strong>: POPUP<\/a> beer garden featuring a special lineup of Discretion beers, beer bites from Assembly<\/a>, and music from Nick Gallant and Coffee Zombie Collective from 3 to 6pm.<\/p>\n

August 6, 7pm<\/strong>: Prix fixe family style “beer hall” dinner, for $90 with food and beer pairings from Discretion Brewing and others. It\u2019s a Southern-themed dinner by Executive Chef Carlo Espinas. Tickets for dinner<\/a> are available in advance and might sell out, any available seats day of will be on a first come first served basis. The meal includes an assortment of pickles, homemade crackers with pimento cheese, El Salchichero pork rinds and beef jerky & corn fritters, three bean salad with marinated peppers, cherry tomatoes and avocado ranch, and blackened halibut with homemade andouille sausage, roasted eggplant & crispy grit cakes.<\/p>\n

August 7, 3p.m. to close<\/strong>: Santa Cruz Beer Week celebration at Parish Pub<\/a> with Uncommon Brewers and Santa Cruz Ale Works.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The California Beer Festival, held in Aptos August 9-10, is nearly sold out. The 4th annual festival has expanded to two days\u2014 Saturday\u2019s theme is \u201ccraft beer heaven\u201d and Sunday it\u2019s the \u201chamburger and hops music festival.\u201d Also, it\u2019s currently … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[165,9,33,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1640","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-beer-2","category-benefits","category-events","category-restaurants"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/santacruzfoodie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1640","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/santacruzfoodie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/santacruzfoodie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/santacruzfoodie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/santacruzfoodie.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1640"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/santacruzfoodie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1640\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1642,"href":"https:\/\/santacruzfoodie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1640\/revisions\/1642"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/santacruzfoodie.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1640"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/santacruzfoodie.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1640"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/santacruzfoodie.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1640"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}