Craft Beer Festival To Celebrate Florida Brews, Music

CLEARWATER, FL – The City of Clearwater has often celebrated its famous white sand beaches. Now the city will shine a spotlight on local craft beers and live music.

The Downtown Clearwater Craft Beer and Music Festival is set to take place on Saturday, May 20 from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. on Cleveland Street between Fort Harrison and East avenues. The daylong celebration will feature more than 50 Florida breweries, eight live bands, dozens of food trucks and local restaurants, and a variety of arts and crafts vendors.

Admission to the event is free. Free parking is available throughout downtown Clearwater and the City of Clearwater parking garages located near the event site.

The craft breweries participating in the event include House of Beer Brewing, Tomoka, Green Main, Cigar City, Miami, Keel & Curley, Two Henry’s, Cycle Brewing, De Bine, Sea Dog/Shipyard, Tampa Bay Brewing, Big Storm, Southern Lights, Pair O Dice, 3 Daughters, Darwin, Coppertail, Motorworks, Barley Mo, Funky Buddah, Green Bench, Rapp, Crooked Thumb, Wild Rover, Angry Chair, 7venth Sun, Swamphead, Brew Bus, 81 Bay, Florida Avenue, MIA, Mad Beach, 611 Brewery, Hidden Springs Aleworks and Marker 48. Aspirations Winery will also participate in the event.

Tampa Bay-area bands will perform throughout the day on two different stages on the 600 and 500 blocks of Cleveland Street. The scheduled lineup for the festival is:

• 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.: Greg West, Garden Street Stage
• 1 to 2:30 p.m.: UNRB, Station Square Stage
• 2:30-3:30 p.m.: Chant the Trees, Garden Street Stage
• 3:30 to 4:30 p.m.: The Defendants, Station Square Stage
• 4:30 to 5:30 p.m.: Studio 10, Garden Street Stage
• 5:30 to 7 p.m.: Apple Butter Express, Station Square Stage
• 7 to 8 p.m.: Babyl, Garden Street Stage
• 8:30 to 10:30 p.m.: Ajeva, Garden Street Stage

Station Square Park is located at 612 Cleveland Street.

The festival is sponsored by the House of Beer, Infi Systems, Clearwater Downtown Partnership, Clearwater Gas and the City of Clearwater.

For more information on the Downtown Clearwater Craft Beer and Music Festival, visit www.clearwaterbeerfest.com.

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