Broad Ripple Beer Fest

Because technology-related issues such as glare on phones and internet connectivity can dramatically slow down entrance for all attendees, it is recoomended that all tickets need to be printed for the event. We appreciate your understanding and cooperation.

Rest assured that we’re focused on getting everyone in to enjoy our festivals as quickly as possible and have found that scanning from phones significantly delays this. However, we’re always looking at ways to improve the festival experience, including using technology to scan phones without having to increase ticket prices or delay entry.

PLEASE HAVE YOUR VALID 21+ ID AND PRINTED TICKET READY.

You can get your wristband before the beer fest to get into the event more quickly by using designated pre-banded entry lanes. Stay tuned for details on pre-banding.

Review the Broad Ripple Beer Fest map and brewery booth locations, and take note that the DD drop-off/pickup locations is on 66th Street on the south side of the park.

Your ticket purchase directly benefits local Indiana breweries by funding the nonprofit Brewers of Indiana Guild, founded in 2000 by some of Indiana’s original microbrewers and dedicated to supporting Hoosier brewers through legislative, marketing, and educational efforts.

A portion of every ticket sold benefits our new Brewery Education Fund.

For more about the importance of choosing locally organized beer festivals, check out our series, “Why does ‘local’ matter when it comes to craft beer and beer fests?”

Tickets are available online only here, and at the gate while they last.

Want a chance to win tickets? Check out the #BroadRippleBeerFest hashtag on Twitter and Instagram, and follow your favorite Indiana breweries on Facebook for chances to win.

Local breweries often hold special events the week before Brewers of Indiana Guild festivals.

Visit drinkIN.beer for a list of happenings. If your brewery or organization is hosting an event to celebrate local beer, let us know.

Northside Opti Park, 780 E. 66th St., Indianapolis, IN 46220

All attendees–even DDs–must be 21+ with valid ID.

No infants, children, or anyone else under 21 years of age are permitted.

All ticket sales are final, and unfortunately we can’t assist in reselling tickets.

Tickets can be purchased for others, but all attendees must be 21+ with ID.

If you haven’t received your receipt with a link to print your tickets, please check your spam folder.

As with most large events, Brewers of Indiana Guild beer fests are held rain or shine and no refunds will be given, so please dress and prepare accordingly.

To ensure everyone’s safety, DDs may not consume alcohol. Those who do will be asked to leave the premises.

Designated drivers will receive free soft drinks, water, and coffee.

What you CAN bring:

• Your ID (REQUIRED even for designated drivers. All attendees must be 21+.)
• Your printed ticket
• Cash for food and vendors: some may not accept credit cards
• Sealed water
• Pretzel/bagel/jerky/snack necklaces
• Empty CamelBaks (water fountains and stations are available for filling)
• Blankets
• Service animals
• Small bags (subject to search)
• Jackets
• Small foldable camping chairs.

What you CAN’T bring:

• Pets
• Babies/children (this event is strictly 21+, even for designated drivers)
• Weapons of any kind, including but not limited to firearms and knives
• Selfie sticks
• Sealed bottles or cans of anything besides water
• Open bottles containing liquid of any kind
• Alcohol
• Coolers
• Filled CamelBaks
• Glassware or cups of any kind
• Drugs or paraphernalia

All questions about online ticket purchases can be sent to shanna@drinkin.beer.

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To ensure the safety of everyone as well as smooth traffic flow, all designated drivers should drop off/pick up on 66th St. bordering the south side of the park.

Nope! All General Admission ticket holders receive a tasting glass good for as many 3 oz. pours as you can responsibly drink.

Brewers of Indiana Guild festivals are opportunities to sample local beer and meet local brewers: They are not races to drink as much as you can.

Anyone who appears to be intoxicated will be denied additional samples and may be deemed to be in violation of local public intoxication statutes.

Bottled water will be available for purchase and there are limited water stations throughout the grounds available for refills.

You may bring in sealed, clear bottles of water, but no filled CamelBaks (empty are fine) or other unsealed containers containing liquid. See the full list of permitted/prohibited items above.

Designated drivers will receive free soft drinks and water at the DD stands and will be able to sample NA beers.

DDs are not permitted to drink alcohol.

Though most vendors will accept cards, we encourage you to stop at an ATM beforehand to get cash for food and merchandise.

See the list of breweries and beer the week leading up to the event here, and check out #BroadRippleBeerFest on Twitter and Instagram to see what your favorite breweries are bringing.

While gluten-free beers are typically not available from local breweries at Guild fests, mead and cider typically are. See the list of what’s being poured here.

If you won tickets on social media from Brewers of Indiana Guild, email us for details on claiming them. If you won tickets from another organization, please contact them for details on claiming,

As always, we encourage you to cycle, walk, carpool, or take Lyft, Uber, or a taxi.

If you’re driving, you may park in the surrounding neighborhood (please be courteous!) or in the HopCat garage just a few blocks south of the fest.

Wherever you park, neither the Brewers of Indiana Guild nor the event host facility can be held responsible for your vehicle.

Save money by purchasing in advance now.

Designated Driver tickets will only be available until GA sell out.

If you or a member of your party have an emergency, seek out the nearest police or security officer, volunteer captain, or staff person for immediate help. 

Help will also be available at the entrance/exit gate.

Smoking is prohibited except for the designated smoking area.

If you have questions about the locations of breweries, first aid, or anything else, the Volunteer Captains in brightly colored shirts will be able to guide you.

No. Tickets will be scanned upon initial entry and can’t be scanned again.

When almost everyone arrives and starts drinking at the same time at a beer fest, almost everyone seems to have to use the restroom at the same time. Which sometimes means lines.

At each one of our annual festivals, we keep tabs on lines, and after the event, we work with the portable toilet companies to find out which placements received heavy traffic and which didn’t so we can improve the following year’s layout. And we add more portalets when necessary.

We’ve found that guests gravitate to the toilets with the longest lines, likely because they’re the most visible.

So based on years of experience, we recommend that you carefully review the Broad Ripple Beer Fest 2019 map and brewery booth locations.

We may move portable toilets based on the prior year’s usage, so take note of where the restrooms are, just as you would an emergency exit. Because we know: When you gotta go, you gotta go.

Designated drivers will receive free soft drinks, water, and coffee. To ensure the safety of all, DDs who consume alcohol will be asked to leave the event.

Yes. Visit the official Drink Indiana Beer merchandise booth for tees, hats, and more, all benefiting the mission of Brewers of Indiana Guild to support the Hoosier brewing community.

Guest vendors will also have plenty of beer-related goodies, so crack open your piggy bank.

No. Beer will only be dispensed into the tasting glass you receive at the door. Breweries will not dispense beer into anything other than the official taster glass.

GA and ticket holders will receive a commemorative tasting glass good for as many 3 oz. pours as you can responsibly drink.

Anyone caught intentionally breaking tasters will immediately be escorted from the event.

If you don’t want your taster at the end of the festival, please deposit it at a recycling station upon leaving or give it to a friend.

The event ends promptly at 6 p.m. All attendees will be asked to exit the grounds beginning at 6 p.m.

As always, we encourage you to drink responsibly and drive only when sober.

DD ticket holders receive complimentary coffee, soft drinks, and water. DDs may not consume alcohol.

Volunteers will direct designated drivers not attending the event to the designated pickup location on 66th Street on the south side of the park.

Volunteers will direct designated drivers not attending the event to the pickup location on 66th Street on the south side of the park.

Drink Indiana Beer merchandise will be available online and at future events.

Please check with nearby hotels for room availability.

If you lost an item at the festival, visit Lost & Found at the Drink Indiana Beer merchandise booth or contact us after the festival.