Spring Fest 2026 – Experience Savory Suds, Historic Vibes, & Amazing Local Artists.
April 11, 2026 @ 2:00 pm – 6:00 pm UTC+0
Spring Fest | Drink Beer. Support Indiana Brewers
Join the nonprofit Indiana Brewers Guild for our 12th annual Spring fundraiser, Spring Fest (formerly Bloomington Craft Beer Fest), April 11, 2026 from 2:00 – 6:00 p.m. at The Historic Woolery Mill in Bloomington.
Support local vendors & enjoy LIVE MUSIC & games while sampling over 100 beers + cider, craft cocktails & alt beverages all brewed by your favorite Hoosiers!
Please review festival info & FAQs below and please remember to drink responsibly.
SPRING FEST TICKETS
Early Entry – Enter at 2pm & receive a taster glass to enjoy first dibs on beers from dozens of participating Hoosier breweries and guests, with a smaller crowd size and shorter lines. Early Entry guests will also receive a limited edition Springfest pint glass upon exit.
General Admission – Enter at 3 p.m. and receive a taster glass good for unlimited 3 oz. pours of local beer, cider and craft cocktails.
Designated Drivers – Enter anytime & enjoy unlimited water, soda, and limited samples of NA beverages from our vendors.
No refunds or exchanges. This is an all-weather (rain, snow, sleet, or shine) event.
2025 TICKET PRICING
ON SALE NOW!
1/25/25 – 2/8/25 EARLY BIRD SALE
$55 Early Entry (2pm entry)
$35 General Admission (3pm entry)
2/9/25 – 3/8/25
$65 Early Entry (2pm entry)
$40 General Admission (3pm entry)
3/8/25 – 4/11/25
$70 Early Entry (2pm entry) if available
$45 General Admission (3pm entry)
4/12/25
$75 Early Entry (2pm entry) if available
$55 General Admission (3pm entry) if available
SPRING FEST BREWERIES & GUESTS
Feed Store Beer Co. – Bloomfield
Floyd County Brewing Company – New Albany
Mad Anthony Brewing Company – Fort Wayne
Terre Haute Brewing Company – Terre Haute
Quaff On! Brewing Company – Nashville
Upland Brewing Co. – Bloomington
Metazoa Brewing Company – Indianapolis
Cedar Creek Brewing Co. – Martinsville
Broad Ripple Brewpub – Indianapolis
Bloomington Brewing Company – Bloomington
Friendly Beasts Cider Co. – Bloomington
Ash and Elm Cider Co – Indianapolis
Hi & Mighty Distillery – Indianapolis
St. Benedict’s Brew Works – Ferdinand
Metal Works Brewing Company – Bloomington
The Tap Brewery – Bloomington
Damsel Brew Pub – Evansville
Heartwork Brewing Co. – Bloomington
St. Joseph’s Brewing – Indianapolis
Barker Brewhouse – Evansville
Field Brewing – Westfield
Moontown Brewing – Whitestown/Nashville
Cardinal Spirits – Bloomington
3 Floyds Brewing – Munster
Taxman Brewing Company – Bargersville
Zwanzigz Brewing – Columbus
AND MORE TBA!
SPRING FEST SPRINTER VAN SPONSORS
SPRING FEST SPONSORS & VENDORS
2025 Vendors
We pride ourselves on building our Indiana craft beer community! That’s why our vendor selection is so unique and features local and regional artisans, businesses, and nonprofits.
Please help us support local by going to websites, following socials, and buying plenty of goods while you get your drink on at this year’s fest!
Be sure to check out all the goods and give these talented folks a like, follow, or share:
Our official Indiana Brewers Guild & Drink Indiana Merch Partner – Vivus Supply
Mad Hatter Haven, Renewal By Andersen, Merrifield Exteriors, Made in Naptown, Harvest Moon Designs, Travis Owens Paintings, Ron Smith Beer MBA, Heartland Sparkle Fairy, Bath Experts,
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Enjoy free water, soda, and hanging with responsible friends.
FOOD
Slop Shop Food Truck – Chicken and steak Philly cheese steak sandwiches, fresh-cut fries, and mozzarella sticks.
Planted Bloomington Food Truck – open-faced sandwiches, kabobs and sides.
We will also have our plant-based ice-cream (frozen non-dairy dessert) and sundaes.
& more TBA
SPRING FEST HOTEL PARTNERS
Stay the night or make a weekend of it with our hotel partner discounts!
20% Discount using this link
SPRING FEST MUSIC
LIVE LOCAL MUSIC IS BACK IN 2025. This year we’re featuring Indiana native band Rust & Company (members from Stampede String Band with 2 special guests to be announced soon! Please help us SUPPORT LOCAL by going to websites, following socials, and buying plenty of goods while you get your drink on at this year’s fest!
If you’re a musician looking to book with us, please reach out to shanna@drinkin.beer.
Headliner – Rust & Co (Featuring members from The Stampede String Band)
https://songwhip.com/thestampedestringband
Bio/Album release:
Inspired by the blind blues singers and red clay farmers who gave the nation its heart and soul, The Stampede String Band presents their 4th album, The Last Shall Be First. It tells stories of outcasts, seekers, and good-hearted people fighting for their lives against the odds, and it searches out beauty and redemption in the low points in life. In the spirit of lowliness, this album strips away all trace of glitz and grand production. Founding members Aaron Nicely and John Bahler recorded these sparse duets with the same condenser mic they use for live performances, capturing the power, intimacy, and rawness of the miracle that can happen in a single-take. The song “Record Store Babies” laments the loss of “the scratches and pops that we’ve all grown to miss when the mp3 compression sucked out every hiss,” but rest assured these songs give you all the life, warmth, earnestness, and imperfections of those old recordings.
Over the last decade, The Stampede String Band has earned a reputation for their hard-hitting acoustic performances, thoughtful lyrics, and powerhouse vocal harmonies. The Last Shall Be First is not just another decent Stampede album: it’s a hair-raising experience. Its ten tracks include eight new originals, a cover of former band member Scot Heminger’s track “Long Time” that originally appeared on an album by his band Dos Ringos, and a cover of Blind Willie Johnson’s soul-splitting spiritual, “Nobody’s Fault But Mine.”
The Stampede String Band will be touring in 2023 with the original lineup, celebrating both this new release and the 10 year anniversary of their first studio album, Moonsville. “The Last Shall Be First” is available now wherever you access your music.
Opening Act – Low Landers
Low Landers is a hillbilly bluegrass string band influenced by James King, Stanley Brothers, Johnny Paycheck, Seldom Scene, Del McCoury and many more.They formed In April of 2022 with Jesse Beals on banjo, Scott Bratton on guitar and Sam Herrin on mandolin adding Kurt Hubbard on bass in 2023 and Devin Brown on Dobro in 2024. Focused around the songwriting of Jesse Beals, the group shines on strong melody driven songs and tight rolling rhythms — you can hear the unmistakable influence of traditional bluegrass and old country as well as a breath of more progressive string. Live shows evoke a feeling of whimsy and the storytelling of down home while bringing the energy of the wild and humble holler.
Hitting the ground running with the release of their first studio album (Them Ole Hounds) they have recently performed alongside The Tillers, Chicago Farmer and the Fieldnotes, Joe’s Truck Stop, Henhouse Prowlers and The Hammer & The Hatchet and Mama Said String Band, with highlighted performances at First City Music Festival and Riddle Point Boogie Festival, Americana Jamboree at Bill Monroe’s Music Park, WFHB’s Block rocker, Saturdays Child as well as their Local Live program. Expect to see Low Landers performing at festivals, theaters and premiere music venues.
