Cancel

    Open app

    Search

    Firestone Walker Invitational Beer Fest

    4.2 (13 reviews)

    Firestone Walker Invitational Beer Fest Photos

    You might also consider

    More like Firestone Walker Invitational Beer Fest

    Recommended Reviews - Firestone Walker Invitational Beer Fest

    Your trust is our priority, so businesses can't pay to alter or remove their reviews. Learn more about reviews.
    Yelp app icon
    Browse more easily on the app
    Review Feed Illustration

    Reviews With Photos

    Thanks Firestone Walker for the best beer fest everrr
    Jessica S.

    Hands down the best beer festival on the West Coast! If you love craft beer and haven't been, you NEED to make an effort to get tickets! $90 gets you 5-hour access into the grounds where you'll be subject to the enticement of the best craft beer from legendary breweries all across America. Not only that, but Firestone also invites premier restaurants to serve up their top food offerings. Excellent beer and food in one place and all of it is UNLIMITED! Such a panty dropper this fest! :D Now, getting tickets isn't simple. You best have your finger locked and loaded before the ticket sale hour because the second it turns, thousands of other individuals are clicking away. Tickets sold out in like a second for the 2016 fest, so if you're not fast enough, pray that you can find someone that is reselling them. I'm not sure how easy this feat is... This year had one phenomenal lineup. A few breweries worth mentioning are 3 Floyds, Boneyard, Kern River, Cigar City, Garage Project (from New Zealand), Creature Comforts, Jester King, Crooked Stave, and last but certainly not least Side Project. All breweries brought the best of the best. Quite a few had random tappings with Side Project knocking it out of the park with the multitude of beers they served throughout the day. SO much food was had as well. I fell in love with the Poke tacos offered at Pier 46 Seafood, but Fish Gaucho rightfully won that Best Restaurant award as those tacos with that sauce were glorious. But the Sugar Lips Mini Donuts had me going back for more. Constant trips were made for those piping hot sweet nothings until they were sold out. A few tips to have a good time: -Bring sunscreen, a hat, and sunglasses. Paso Robles in June is sweltering! Thankfully, Firestone also helps you to stay cool as there's plenty of shade, cooling fans, and water everywhere. -Eat THERE! Skip breakfast and save room for all the great food at the fest. -Eat throughout the day! It's no fun being drunk in 90 degree weather. Soak up all the alcohol with delicious food. Then, you can remember what you drank and how wonderful it all was! -Download the app and VOTE! Not only did it offer a list of all the participating breweries and restaurants, but there was an interactive map detailing their location. The grounds are huge and you want to know where to go to get the best beer because once they run out, they're gone for the rest of the event. I might add that there was a desperate scramble at the beginning of the fest probably for Side Project, but I imagine Russian River, Creature Comforts, and Surly too. I sadly did not get Darkness from them as they tapped out! Lastly, you want to VOTE for the best brewery and restaurant. You'll be entered into a drawing to win tickets to next year's fest. I voted moments before the polls closed and I FREAKING WON! That's right, I feel like no one votes because I am NEVER lucky! So, take advantage and you may get lucky too. See you next year Firestone! I can't wait.

    Don't forget to download the app for this weekend!

    See all

    Photo of Bonnie G.
    1463
    1299
    4120

    11 months ago

    Helpful 3
    Thanks 1
    Love this 5
    Oh no 0

    1 year ago

    Helpful 0
    Thanks 0
    Love this 0
    Oh no 0

    2 years ago

    Helpful 3
    Thanks 3
    Love this 4
    Oh no 0
    Photo of Pete S.
    768
    1906
    3027

    9 years ago

    Helpful 4
    Thanks 0
    Love this 4
    Oh no 0

    10 years ago

    Helpful 10
    Thanks 0
    Love this 5
    Oh no 0
    Photo of Be A.
    98
    253
    717

    13 years ago

    Helpful 2
    Thanks 0
    Love this 3
    Oh no 0

    9 years ago

    If they had this fest two weeks earlier, the weather would be absolutely perfect.

    Helpful 2
    Thanks 0
    Love this 1
    Oh no 0

    7 years ago

    Helpful 0
    Thanks 0
    Love this 1
    Oh no 0

    10 years ago

    Helpful 3
    Thanks 0
    Love this 0
    Oh no 0
    Photo of Reza F.
    80
    80
    42

    13 years ago

    Helpful 0
    Thanks 0
    Love this 1
    Oh no 0
    Photo of Luke W.
    1656
    1385
    2977

    11 years ago

    Helpful 0
    Thanks 0
    Love this 1
    Oh no 0

    8 years ago

    Helpful 0
    Thanks 0
    Love this 0
    Oh no 0

    9 years ago

    Helpful 0
    Thanks 0
    Love this 0
    Oh no 0

    Ask the Community - Firestone Walker Invitational Beer Fest

    Review Highlights - Firestone Walker Invitational Beer Fest

    Hands down the best beer festival on the West Coast!

    Mentioned in 4 reviews

    Read more highlights

    Verify this business for free

    Get access to customer & competitor insights.

    Verify this business

    Paso Robles Wine Festival

    Paso Robles Wine Festival

    4.3(6 reviews)
    0.8 mi

    This is an amazing event with 120 wineries. Splurge and get the VIP pass it's worth it! We got…read morethere at 11:30 and got our wine glasses and splash of red or sparkling wine. The VIP lounge was amazing! We had individual charcuterie cups to choose from. There was an amazing oyster bar from Morro Bay. The boys shucked 1000 oysters for us to enjoy. We had choices of two wine bar and a brewery. The next station was inside the building and it had lasagna tastings and froze with twenty other wineries. There was six outdoor sections with wine and food. My favorite was the Austin Hope ice cream and wine bar where they put olive oil and salt on the ice cream cups paired with our wine. I spun the wheel at Calcarious and won a pizza cutter and wine bag. Justin gave us pouring and a wristband for an after party. J Lohr gave us customized bandanas. The tuna tastings were delish! If you are to go to one wine event of the year this would be it! Amazing wine festival! Happy Yelping!

    Once you buy the tickets to the Paso Wine Fest as I ordered with refund protection do not expect to…read moreget the refund! They make it so difficult to process and they require supporting documentation to accept your application for a refund on terms that they dictate only. If ill you must give them a doctors note supporting being sick in the application and fill out and drag in documents by browser only that are impossible to load along with complicated long Order Number. Terrible process and designed to be impossible to support and complete a refund. This refund policy is a NO Refund process. Buyer beware!!

    Photos
    Paso Robles Wine Festival
    Paso Robles Wine Festival
    Paso Robles Wine Festival

    See all

    Arroyo Grande Annual Strawberry Festival - One of the stages by the pancake breakfast

    Arroyo Grande Annual Strawberry Festival

    4.0(5 reviews)
    36.1 mi

    I may have romanticized this festival in my head. I imagined buying a strawberry balloon from a…read morestrawberry mascot... grabbing a strawberry infused lunch from a trendy and innovative food truck... eating a homemade (organic and fresh) strawberry shortcake dessert... Ok, I definitely romanticized it. We walked down a street with standard fair-food options (corn dogs, funnel cake, towering fried foods) before deciding to skip out on lunch. I caved and got the kids a snow cone. I didn't want to pump them full of Red 40, but I was committed to the theme and ordered strawberry syrup. They loved it. I passed several shortcake options but the cake portion was the yellow store-bought circle kind and the strawberries were more of a goop. I found a homemade strawberry shortcake from an adorable little downtown store and it was okay. Not bad, not impressive. It was $7 and I ate about $4.25 of it. The area set aside for families and younger kids was a hit with my 2 and 4 year olds. The green tractor racers was a huge hit and the turns were impressively long. It's a busy festival with lots of people but they have set up many side areas/venues so the crowds are dispersed (to take full advantage of his festival download a map and plan out the music or acts you want to see) Beside my disappointment in the level of strawberriness, it was a solid family outing and the weather was perfect. If you don't have other epic plans, I can't think of a good reason NOT to go.

    Signed up for the Strawberry Stampede 10k to kick off our first time visiting the Annual Strawberry…read morefestival. Other than the race, I can't believe how big of a dissapointment it was. The festival was more of a small-scale alternative to the mid-state fair including the same fair vendors, fair food, cheap craft booths with clothing and jewelry from national brands and a few from Fresno. The festival closed down about 4 blocks of streets for vendors, entertainment, and a couple for rides and bounce houses/games. There were a few booths from the same company that offered strawberry lemonade, strawberries with whip cream, and strawberries with angelfood cake. There was another booth that had cheesecake on a stick with strawberries. It seriously the strawberries to non-local gimmicky booths was about 25:1. At least there were a few local vendors offering BBQ sandwiches, but event burrito and Greek vendors were from out of town. Here's how you can make it better: get local restaurants to commit to participating and making an amazing strawberry dish! Ex: strawberry glazed meats, strawberry vinegarette, strawberry pie, strawberry sangria, sooo many options! If you could have closer to a 5:1 ratio of random vendors tobstrawberry vendors and get more local input this event could be amazing. Alternative option: don't call it the strawberry festival.. call it the AG Annual Fair Looked like a lot of the kids had a decent time, but talking with other adults in the area who voiced a similar dissapoitment from years past with no plan to return.

    Photos
    Arroyo Grande Annual Strawberry Festival
    Arroyo Grande Annual Strawberry Festival
    Arroyo Grande Annual Strawberry Festival - Large play area for kids. The bounce houses/activities were about 3-4 tickets ($3-$4 per kid).

    See all

    Large play area for kids. The bounce houses/activities were about 3-4 tickets ($3-$4 per kid).

    Art in the Park

    Art in the Park

    4.7(6 reviews)
    0.8 mi

    A shop of Local artists in a museum type retro, classic atmosphere. Just stroll through and browse…read moreamid a day of wine tasting or after dinner. Art for purchase or just admire local talent. & after dark you'll have a backdrop of the trees all beautifully lit up in the park.

    --What's red and smells like blue paint? Red paint…read more --The art show is coming up and I'm etching to go. --Why is it hard to talk to an abstract painter? They never go into detail. Every year towards the end of the months of April and October, Art In The Park is held in downtown City Park on 12th and Spring streets. The large grassy, oak studded park offers a nice venue for this free event. This affair draws artists from multiple states to showcase and promote their art forms. All artwork is available for purchase by attendees of the event. A plethora of art forms are available to enjoy - ceramics, clothing, fine jewelry, acrylic & oil paintings, photography, sculptures, glass works, metal artworks, woodworking, and much more. Parking is generally hard to find surrounding the park. Remember to check the parking signs as regulations have just changed again. Register your license plate with the parking kiosk as the first two hours are free and $1/hour thereafter. A few blocks in either direction, there are hundreds of free, non-metered spaces. The Art In The Park show at the downtown City Park is surrounded by a multitude of restaurants for a snack, lunch, or after-show dinner.

    Photos
    Art in the Park - Paso Robles Art In The Park - many artists offering multi mediums of artworks.   April 15-16, 2023

    Paso Robles Art In The Park - many artists offering multi mediums of artworks. April 15-16, 2023

    Art in the Park
    Art in the Park

    See all

    Avocado Margarita Food & Drink Festival - Tuna in 1/2 Avocado

    Avocado Margarita Food & Drink Festival

    3.1(32 reviews)
    21.3 mi

    I'd been looking forward to finally attending this festival... and, although I had a great time, I…read morewas slightly disappointed. There were VERY few items that were actually avocado or avocado based. The margaritas were good and there were a few different options, so that made up for it slightly. On a good note, however, the Avocado Lime Popsicle was, hands down, the very best Popsicle I've ever had in my entire life! So delicious!!! I wanted to buy her out! Someone get this woman and her business into the stores! The high school cheerleaders made amazing guacamole with fantastic chips... we went back for more a couple of times! Thick yummy chips and huge scoops of guac! Thank you!! The "hints" posted on Instagram (upcoming food to get excited about) were nowhere to be found. I searched out 2 items but they were not anywhere. Really a bummer. Lots of vendors and advertisers, which is typical. Fun picture taking spots. Great music and dancing all day long! Super high priced foods and drinks. And Mother Nature made 2019's festival a wonderfully warm and sunny day! I had hoped to make this a tradition, but it bumped down a notch or two when it didn't quite meet my expectations. I'd go again but wouldn't make it a necessity. I LOVE LOVE LOVE Morro Bay and it's festivities... this one just fell short of my expectations. I'll update my review should I attend again. Still a great day, don't get me wrong... just fell short. CHEERS!!!

    This is always a fun day in the sun near the sea. The crowds are awesome and the vendors so nice…read more Found some great make ups, ate fantastic guacamole from the MB HS cheerleaders as a fund raiser. Entered the sombrero contest (wore a huge Piñata on my head for hours) didn't win but it was all good fun. Had many good beverages! It's not a huge event but big enough to have a great day and the ticket price to get in is only $5 - listening to good music from the large stage, and yes we sure did dance our butts off - shout out to the Jammies they had that crowd rocking. Ii am such a fan I already bought my tickets to this year's event. Go at least once it's a fun fun day! Some lines but better than prior years! Oh and the addition of seating was a huge plus. Loved the white couch things. It falls on my birthday this year, so it's going to be my party!!

    Photos
    Avocado Margarita Food & Drink Festival
    Avocado Margarita Food & Drink Festival - Entrance at AvoMarg.

    Entrance at AvoMarg.

    Avocado Margarita Food & Drink Festival

    See all

    Central Coast Renaissance Festival

    Central Coast Renaissance Festival

    3.4(5 reviews)
    25.8 mi
    41 years in business
    Not-for-profit

    The Central Coast renaissance festival was amazing! The food was good, the vendors were great and…read moreso many festival-goers went all out with their costumes. There are some changes I would suggest for future years -- more shaded seats, an additional parking lot and more spaced-out food vendors. But overall? Those complaints were so mild compared to the AMAZING time I had walking around the grounds. The vendors were all so helpful and so kind -- the performers were well into character and the Knight Fight was the most committed I have ever seen a set of actors get into a show (shoutout to the knight who fought so hard he got a head wound! hope he's doing okay now). For a $35 ticket and $10 to park I couldn't have chosen a better way to spend a day out with friends. Some of the other reviews mentioned difficulty getting out of the park -- it was slow for us to get into the park (maybe 15 minutes in the car line at 11:30) but getting out was a breeze when we left around 5:15. I would highly recommend bringing a refillable water bottle (it can get hot!) and showing up 20-30 minutes early if you want a good seat at the Falconeers bird show or at the Knight Fight. If you are concerned about long food lines, my group and I got brunch before the ren faire, got lunch around 2:30 pm and got dinner after we left. We waited maybe 10 minutes tops for our food and some vendors had no lines. Special shoutout to the Bard who was performing all over the fair! He handed out trinkets to festival-goers and was great with the little kids.

    It is what it is :) Payed $151 plus $12 for parking online…read more The advertisement stated use code to save $4.00 per ticket. When i ordered, it added $4.36 per ticket for Fees. I paid for parking at $12 plus dollars. I saw bring $10 cash for parking unless you payed online already, I already payed online before seeing the discount. The traffic was backed up for awhile, instead of parking there, we parked accross the street and walked. The lines for food were crazy. It would be cool if they would fix these problems for next year to go smooth. Prices are way too high for what is there. Lower the prices for entry, so the vendors can get more on sales.

    Photos
    Central Coast Renaissance Festival
    Central Coast Renaissance Festival
    Central Coast Renaissance Festival

    See all

    Firestone Walker Invitational Beer Fest - festivals - Updated May 2026

    Loading...
    Loading...
    Loading...