November 14, 2020. 2-5 PM (rain or shine). 12:30 PM VIP Entry.
FESTIVAL PARK, THE MILK DISTRICT • 2911 ROBINSON ST., ORLANDO
For the love of BEER & Orlando!
Join more than 3,000 of your fellow beer lovers to sample craft and premium beers from local breweries and around the world. Plus, wine tasting, interactive games, tasty eats and live music keep the party going all afternoon!
You must be at least 21 to enter -- this is strictly enforced (Sorry, no kids allowed). This event is pet friendly!
As with all beer festivals, rare and popular brews seldom make it to last call. We suggest prompt arrival to make sure you get the really good stuff!
This event benefits the Central Florida Brewer's Guild
Tickets
VIP Ticket (Early Entry at 12:30 PM) includes:
Hour & a half early entry to beer tastings
2020 Commemorative Glass
2020 Commemorative T-shirt
Shaded Private Area w/ Tables, Chairs & Restrooms
Exclusive Access to Cocktail Zone
Exclusive food sampling
Exclusive OBF Beer Tasting
Free parking
General Admission Ticket (ENTRY AT 2pm) includes:
Entrance into the Orlando Beer Festival 2020
Commemorative sample cup
Unlimited Tastings from over 200+ beers
Access to Wine Tasting Experience
Access to Beer Pairing Demonstration
Access to Food Truck Court, with 10 delicious area Food Trucks
Live Music
Access to the GameZone with interactive inflatables and College Football games shown on the big screen
From suggested arrival time and parking info to GA early admission to Food Trucks. Here's everything we could think to tell you to ensure your best Orlando Beer Festival 2020 possible.
Entrance to Festival Park will be on Livingston St. near Maguire.
We highly suggest purchasing tickets BEFORE you arrive. This will expedite entry to the festival.
General Admission arrival time is 2pm. VIP entry is 12:30pm. Industry Ticket holders enter at 1pm
Ride Share! We encourage you to get a Lyft to the festival instead of driving. To make that suggestion sweeter, we’ve partnered with Lyft to offer a 20% off discount. The discount if available for rides to and from Festival Park between 11:45am and 5:15pm and is good for 1 ride up to $5 per ride. Enter "ORLANDOBEERFEST" into the promo box.
Make extra time for parking! Paid Parking: is available (first-come first-serve) at the Executive Airport just north of Livingston, on Maguire across from the festival. We DO NOT advocate parking at Fashion Square Mall. This is not official OBF parking for 2020. There will be no shuttles. VIP Parking: Inside Festival Park to the right. Enter Festival Way from Robinson St. near the corner of Maguire. Handicapped Parking is available inside to the left of the festival entrance from Robinson St.
All patrons must walk through metal detectors prior to entry and any bags are subject to search. We suggest arriving at least 30 minutes prior to the time you expect to enter the festival. We will attempt to get everyone in as quickly as possible but safety comes first.
In order to get General Admission ticket holders into the festival more quickly, we will allow admittance to the Food Truck Zone up to one hour before GA admission time. We suggest arriving by 1pm to gain early access to food trucks. The Food Trucks will stay open 1 hour after the festival ends.
FEEL FREE TO BRING
A smile and a good attitude
Tickets! (on phone is a-ok!)
Friendly dogs on leashes
Cash/cards for Food Trucks or to Purchase Tickets
Chairs, Blankets
Comfy Clothes and Sunscreen
LEAVE AT HOME
Anyone under 21 years of age
Coolers
Food & Drink
Alcohol
Guns, Knives, Weapons of any Kind
Glassware or Cups
take a look at what our 2019 VIPs enjoyed last year
Food samplings by Grilled Cheezus, Alehouse, and Publix
FESTIVAL PARK, IN THE MILK DISTRICT, 2911 ROBINSON ST., ORLANDO
Directions to Festival Park
With all the events that will be going on this weekend we highly suggest you do not go through downtown Orlando and come via the 408.
FROM WEST OF DOWNTOWN ORLANDO (TAMPA):
Take I4 East to Exit 82A toward Titusville. Take Exit 12A toward Bumby Ave. Merge onto E Anderson St. Take the 3rd left onto S Crystal Lake Dr. Turn left onto E Robinson St. Festival Park will be on your right. Please have your load in and parking pass displayed on the dashboard.
FROM EAST OF DOWNTOWN ORLANDO (DAYTONA):
Take I4 West to exit 84A, toward Colonial Drive. Keep straight to take the Ivanhoe Blvd ramp and keep left at the fork. Keep right to take the US-17 N/FL 50 E/US-92 ramp. Turn left on W Colonial Dr. Continue on W Colonial Drive. Turn right onto Maguire Blvd, and then turn right onto E Robinson St and Festival Park will be on your right. Please have your load in and parking pass displayed on the dashboard.
FROM NORTH OF DOWNTOWN ORLANDO (MT. DORA):
Take 441 South to exit 9. Turn right on to N. Orange Blossom Trl. Turn left onto W. Colonial Drive. Turn right onto Maguire Blvd. Turn right onto E. Robinson St and then Festival Park will be on your right. Please have your load in and parking pass displayed on the dashboard.
FROM SOUTH OF DOWNTOWN ORLANDO (WEST PALM):
Take the Turnpike N. toward Orlando. Take exit 259 to I4 E toward Downtown Orlando. Merge onto the 408E via exit 82A toward Titusville. Take exit 12A toward Bumby Ave. Merge onto E. Anderson St. Take the 3rd left onto S. Crystal Lake Dr. Turn left onto E. Robinson St and then Festival Park will be on your right. Please have your load in and parking pass displayed on the dashboard.
FROM UCF/EAST ORLANDO (WATERFORD LAKES)
Take 408 West to exit 12B. Take the 1st right onto S. Crystal Lake Drive. Turn left onto E. Robinson St and then Festival Park will be on your right. Please have your load in and parking pass displayed on the dashboard.
Here’s some more bummer news to add to a bummer year. We hope this will be it for a while...
As you know, we cancelled Beer Merica 2020, and made your tickets good for the bigger, badder (and slightly pricier!) Orlando Beer Festival. It saddens us to no end to announce that our flagship event, Orlando Beer Festival, will not be happening this year. We hope the recently announced “reopening” of Florida is different than the last attempt in June, but Orlando Beer Festival takes way too many people, energy and resources to try and throw it together, only to have to shut it back down.
Another reason: many of our local breweries have been devastated. Many have spent the better part of six months closed by order of the state and unable to brew because they can’t sell enough beer to make it worthwhile. Many have been unable to keep their staffs working and have been barely holding on to their businesses, which we at Orlando Weekly covered here. So right now is not the time to ask them to staff up, brew up, and come serve us tons of beer at the region’s largest beer festival. In fact, if you are comfortable gathering, they need you in the breweries spending money. Give back to the brewers that add so much to our local flavor and make Orlando Beer Festival possible. Let’s help them get healthy and strong again, so that in 2021, we can have the MOST AMAZING ORLANDO BEER FESTIVAL EVER!
If you are in the position to do so, we ask that you consider donating your ticket, rather than taking a refund. When you do this, we will donate the majority of those funds to the Central Florida Brewers Guild so that they may better support local breweries. All you need to do is click the YES button on this page.
If you would prefer a refund, you can select that option instead. Please make your selection prior to October 31, 2020. Any unclaimed orders will be automatically donated after this date.
We appreciate your support, we hope you are staying safe, and we are all hoping for some sort of return to normalcy in 2021.
Sincerely,
Graham Jarrett Publisher, Orlando Weekly Founder, Orlando Beer Festival
