Plan ahead!

It's never too early to start planning for beer festival season. For one thing, it starts happening earlier and earlier every year. And for another, the festivals are becoming more and more popular, with many selling their tickets out in days, if not hours. So as a public service announcement, here are two festivals you want to plan for early:

East Nashville Beer Festival

This beer fest, and its sister event in the winter, the 12th South Winter Warmer, was a big hit with craft beer lovers last year. This year it will be moving even further into the east Nashville neighborhood, onto the grassy field called East Park on Woodland Street, a few blocks from the Five Points area. It is intentionally a small, intimate event, with limited ticket sales, and the tickets will sell out again this year, probably in a day. Mark your calendars for Feb 10th, and buy them online at: http://www.eastnashvillebeerfest.com/

Music City Brewers Fest

And from the original Nashville brewers festival, going on 11 years (holy cow, I was at the first one), we have this news:

@MCBrewersFest Nashville, Tennessee Saturday, July 28th, 2012. Tickets on sale starting Tuesday, Dec 6th at 10 AM. See you there! http://www.musiccitybrewersfest.com/

This festival is much larger, with two separate sessions, but it sells out pretty quickly as well. So make your plans to hit both!