Oskar Blues Brewery is psyched to announce that the first East Coast Burning CAN Beer Fest will take place at the North Carolina Oskar Blues brewery in Brevard on July 5. Partial proceeds from the festival will benefit Western North Carolina Alliance.
Thirty-plus breweries that CAN will be pouring more than 100 different fresh craft brews from 1 to 6 p.m. Live music will start off with the guitar-driven blues of The Marcus King Band then segue into the rocking vocal harmonies of the charismatic Atlanta-based Shadowboxers. The day will culminate with a performance by hometown funky favorites The Jeff Sipe Trio.
Burning CAN will take place outside on the west side of the brewery and will also include local food offerings, such as beer-dunking homemade pretzel concoctions from Underground Baking Company, amazing delicacies from Little Bee Thai, and other food truck deliciousness.
Land of The Sky Mobile Canning will be operating on-site during the fest. Oskar Blues staff will offer several educational sessions, including a hops & grains class with brewers Noah Tuttle and John Silver, a tasting class with lab guy Dave Morris, and a Best of the Hops tour of participating breweries with Anne Fitten Glenn. Tours of the Oskar Blues brewery will be offered at 2, 3, 4 & 5 p.m. The Tasty Weasel will be open as normal from noon to 10 p.m. on the day of Burning CAN.
The Oskar Blues REEB Ranch-based Bike Farm will lead a bike ride to the festival from downtown Brevard, leaving the courthouse at noon, and picking up a crew of bikers at Lowe’s before heading to Oskar Blues. Sycamore Cycles will have a bike corral at the fest. A paddle trip down a short section of the French Broad River, led by WNC Alliance, will also finish at Burning CAN in time for all festivities.
The Festival originated three years ago in Lyons, Colorado, and will happen again there, in conjunction with Lyons Outdoor Games, on May 31, despite the flooding that devastated Lyons last September.
To kick off the inaugural Burning CAN weekend, Oskar Blues will offer a FREE concert with high-energy, party-inducing Charleston boys Sol Driven Train at the brewery on Friday, July 4. Music starts at 7 p.m., but beer will be pouring in the Tasty Weasel starting at noon on the Fourth.
Check out this video from the 2013 Lyons Burning CAN to get an idea of some of what may happen at the festival’s East Coast sibling.
Cheers to AmeriCANs!
TICKETS:
TICKETS CAN BE PURCHASED AHEAD OF TIME ONLINE OR AT BURNING CAN THE DAY OF THE EVENT.
ADVANCE GENERAL ADMISSION – $30
DAY OF GENERAL ADMISSION – $35
BREWERIES:
Adding more all the time!
ASHEVILLE BREWING CO. – AVIATOR BREWING CO. – BEARWATERS BREWING CO. – BELL’S BREWERY – CATAWBA BREWING CO. – CIGAR CITY BREWING – CRAZY MOUNTAIN BREWING CO. – FRENCH BROAD BREWING CO. – FROG LEVEL BREWING CO. – GOLDEN ROAD BREWING – HARDYWOOD PARK CRAFT BREWERY – INTUITION ALE WORKS – PINEY RIVER BREWING CO. – PISGAH BREWING CO. – RED HARE BREWING COMPANY – REVOLUTION BREWING – SIERRA NEVADA BREWING CO. – SKA BREWING CO. – SPRECHER BREWERY – STRAIGHT TO ALE – SUN KING BREWING CO. – SWEETWATER BREWING CO. – TAMPA BAY BREWING CO. – TIN MAN BREWING CO. – UNION CRAFT BREWING – WEST SIXTH BREWING CO.
FRIDAY NIGHT KICK OFF CONCERT:
SOL DRIVEN TRAIN – 7 P.M.
AT OSKAR BLUES BREWERY
FREE!
SCHEDULE:
1-6 PM: BEER TASTING
THE MARCUS KING BAND – 2 P.M.
THE SHADOWBOXERS – 3:30 P.M.
THE JEFF SIPE TRIO – 5:30 P.M.
WORKSHOP SCHEDULE TBA
Congratulations to Jessica, winner of the tix! Enjoy!
We have a winner! But it’s not too late to buy Burning Can tickets by going here.
When do we find out who won the tickets??!!!
Two tickets to Burning CAN at OBB! #priceless #iCANgo #CANme
Sounds like a fun time to me!
Would love tickets!
Sounds amazing!!!
Beer on the 4th of July? Okay.
I would love to win tickets to Burning Can! Please pick me! Thanks!
I’ve gotta make it down there one way or another!!
please please 🙂 this would make my whole summer!
Fuh-CAN-eh let’s go!
I wanna gooooo!!!
Victory should be mine. It probably won’t be, but it should.
Just a man who is a fan of the can! Would love to have an excuse to bike from Black Mountain to OBB!
got a buddy coming into town that i know would love to go to this!
I’m so glad I clicked on this site from New Belgium’s Asheville NEWS page. I’d been looking around to find a worthy brewery tour for July 5th and came upon ASHEVEGAS.com and learned about the BURNING CAN event!!! YES!!!
Raises hand and shouts Meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee…………..
Sounds like a blast!!!!!
Ooh ooh! Pick me please? This sounds like a blast!!
Checked my calendar, I CAN go!
Love Brevard, love Oskar Blues – fingers crossed!!
I’m in!
In my mind, I’m already there.
Do CANdroids Dream of Electric Sheep?
Yes. Yes, they do.
CAN’t imagine a better way to spend a Saturday!
We’ll be moving to town on July 1 and would love the opportunity to attend.
Sarlos Cantana
Fingers Crossed for this one!! Telling all my friends.
Would absolutely LOVE to win tickets!!
Burn, baby burn!
If I can’t go to Burning Man, I may as well go to Burning Can!
I definitely have to be at this festival!
Old Chub
I CAN use those tickets.
Would make a great anniversary present!
CAN’T wait for my tix. If not, I’ll just go to the Tasty For a taste!
Sound FunCan awesome!
One of these days im gonna win one of these
Brevard is where I want to be!
When will I be notified that I am a winner?
Yes, please!
Would love to attend another Oskar Blues event! Love beer and Brevard!!!
Love Music + Beer + Weekend !
To Burning Can or not… that is the question
I’ll be there, come hell or high water!
Thanks Jason Sandford!
Would love some tickets !
Me, me, me, please.
Yes, please, Gimme those tickets! Good one Andrew B 🙂
Drinking beer on 4th of July weekend sounds good to me.
CAN I go?!
I would love some tickets to burn some cans!
I want the tickets.
I’d love to go!
Cheers to AmeriCANs!
Hurray for beer!
Sounds like fun!
I’m thirsty.
I got an old chub for the gubna at ten fidy
Their Mama’s with watermelon is fantastic, would love to go to this!
Love Beer!
I got a Chub after reading this.
Chub!!!
Please Can Me!
This would be a great way to top off the 4th of July weekend.
Yay Mama’s Pills and their root beer!
Yay! Burning Can!
Yes we CAN!!!
I CAN do this!
Sounds like a lot of fun. I CAN’t wait.