Tickets nearly gone for Saturday’s California Beer Festival

If you love beer, and want to sample from over 60 craft brews, while listening to live bands and chowing down on delicious grub, then you’ve probably already gotten your ticket for Saturday’s (October 8) return of the California Beer Festival to Claremont.

You can skip the remainder of this post and continue on with your day.

For the rest of you beer lovers…what are you waiting for? The tickets ($40) for the festival have nearly sold out!

Not only do you get to sample the best local (and not-so-local) breweries have to offer, but the event is a fundraiser for the for the Gen Giammanco
Foundation
, which provides financial support to student athletes.

The event will take place from 12:30 to 5 p.m. at the Claremont Packing House, 532 W. First St.

Tickets (if still available) can be purchased online, and in Claremont at Rhino Records and Eureka Burger.

A $25 designated driver ticket, which includes a free meal, is also available.

Follow the jump to see the participating breweries.
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Ready for the I.E. Food Truck and Brew Fest?

It may be raining right now, but the forecast is for sunny skies on Saturday for the I.E. Food Truck and Brew Fest, set for 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday (October 8) at the Citizens Business Bank Arena in Ontario.

The inaugural event, simply called the I.E. Food Truck Fest, attracted 11,800 people to dine al fresco at the arena back in June.

V.I.P. tickets, which were $25 and included early admission and other perks, sold out several weeks ago.

Today (October 5) is the last chance to purchase advance tickets at $8. Starting tomorrow (October 6) and continuing through the day of the festival, general admission tickets will be $10.

Also available are $14 “Truck and Puck” tickets, which include the festival and seats for a pre-season Ontario Reign game that follows at 6 p.m.

Tickets are available through Ticketmaster and at the Citizens Business Bank Arena box office, if you want to avoid those “convenience” fees.

The big change for this event is, of course, the addition of local brewers, which at this point numbers six.

Locally, Redlands’ Hangar 24 Craft Brewery will be there, as will Upland’s Dale Bros., and Riverside’s Inland Empire Brewing Company. B.J.’s Brewhouse, with nearby locations in Rancho Cucamonga and Chino Hills, also will attend. From farther out, Orange County’s Bootleggers Brewery will be in attendance, as will Escondido’s Stone Brewing Co.

Dine 909 will be there. Will you?

Follow the jump to see the current truck lineup..
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