Lake Norman Beerfest 2012

Lake Norman Beer Festival 2012
September 22, 2012
3 to 10 p.m.
Galway Hooker (17044 Kenton Drive, Cornelius)
General Admission Tickets: $25

2012 marks the third year of the Lake Norman Beerfest, a now annual event with the goal of, "bringing people together to experience great craft beers, music from local bands, with a portion of all proceeds benefiting Grin Kids Children’s Charity." This year's festival will be held from 3 to 10 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 22, 2012, at Galway Hooker, 17044 Kenton Drive in Cornelius.

With a focus on local beers, close to 20 different breweries (local, national, and international) will present almost 60 different brews. Breweries participating this year include:

• Abita
• Ass Clown
• Big Boss
• Blue Point
• Boulder Beer
• Carolina Brewery
• Crispin
• Crown Imports
• Fox Barrel Ciders
• Great Lakes
• Kind Beers
• The Lion Brewery
• Natty Greene's
• New Belgium
• Newcastle
• NoDa
• RJ Rockers
• Starr Hill
• SweetWater

There's plenty of live music too, from the bands Simplified (3 to 5 p.m.), Of Good Nature (5 to 7 p.m.), Dave Kellan (7 to 8 p.m.), and Charity Case (8 to 9 p.m.).

For more information about any of the breweries, the bands, or the festival itself, check out their official website.

For more celebrations around town, check out the complete calendar of festivals in Charlotte.