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Winterfest

Winterfest 2023 crowd shot many people drinking beer with brewery tents inside west pavillion building

February 8, 2025 @ 1:00 pm 6:00 pm UTC+0

1202 E 38th St
Indianapolis, IN 46205 United States
(317) 927-7500
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#IndyWinterfest | Drink Beer. Support Indiana Brewers.

Join the nonprofit Indiana Brewers Guild for our 16th winter fundraiser, Winterfest, February 8, 2025  from 1:00 – 6:00 p.m. at the Indiana State Fairgrounds West Pavilion in downtown Indianapolis benefiting Joy’s House.

Support local vendors & enjoy games while sampling over 200 beers plus cider, craft cocktails & alt beverages all brewed by your favorite Hoosiers!

Please review festival info & FAQs below and please remember to drink responsibly.


Tickets

Early Entry – Enter at 1pm & receive a taster glass to enjoy first dibs on beers from 75+ participating Hoosier breweries and guests, with a smaller crowd size and shorter lines.  Early Entry guests will also receive a limited edition Winterfest pint glass upon exit.

General Admission – Enter at 2 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.

11/22/24 – 12/2/24 BLACK FRIDAY SALE
$65 Early Entry (1p entry) $35 General Admission (2p entry)
12/3/24 – 12/31/24
$75 Early Entry (1p entry) $45 General Admission (2p entry)
1/1/25 – 2/7/25
$80 Early Entry (1p entry) if available $50 General Admission (2p entry)
2/8/25
$85 Early Entry (1p entry) if available $60 General Admission (2p entry) if available
Designated Driver
$15 ahead – $20 day of event

Pre-Banding

Pre-banded lines are the fastest way to enter the fest!

With 1000s of attendees for the festival, we’ve added more options to get you banded and get you into the event as fast as possible!  Pre-banding locations will be posted here as they’re confirmed.

 


Winterfest Beverage Vendors

SPRINTER SPONSORS

10-56 Brewing & Catering

2Toms Brewing Company

3 Floyds Brewing

450 North Brewing Company

Afterburner Brewing Company

Ash and Elm Cider Co

Bad Dad Brewery

Barker Brewhouse

Bier Brewery

Big Lug Brewing

Black Dog Brewing Company

Blind Owl Brewery

Blockhead Beerworks

Bloomington Brewing Company

Brew Link Brewpub

Broad Ripple Brewpub

Brokerage Brewing Company

Byway Brewing Company

Cedar Creek Brewing Co.

Chapman’s Brewing Co.

Civilian Brewing Corps

Damsel Brew Pub

Danny Boy Beer Works

Daredevil Brewing Company

Deviate Brewing

Feed Store Beer Co

Field Brewing

Flix Brewhouse

Floyd County Brewing Company

Four Day Ray Brewing

Gas City Brewing Co.

Goshen Brewing Company

Grand Junction Brewing

Great Fermentations

Guggman Haus Brewing

Hi & Mighty

Hog Molly Brewing Co.

HopLore Brewing

Ironwood Brewing

Kekionga Craft Co

Lafayette Brewing Co

Mad Anthony Brewing Company

MashCraft Brewing

Metal Works Brewing Company

Metazoa Brewing Co.

Moontown Brewing Company

Northbrook Brewing

Patoka Lake Brewing

Pax Verum Brewing

People’s Brewing Company

Planetary Brewing Co.

Primeval Brewing

Quaff ON! Brewing Company

Science Project Brewing Co.

Shoreline Brewery

St Benedick’s Brew Works

Studebaker Brewing Company

Sun King Brewery

Sun King Fishers

Taxman Brewing Company

Teays River Brewing

Terre Haute Brewing Company

The Guardian Brewing Co

The Tap Brewery

Urban Vines

Westwind Brewery

Yard Goat Artisan Ales

ZwanzigZ Brewing


Winterfest Sponsors & Vendors

We love building our Indiana craft beer community! 

Our vendor selection is unique to our event 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 enjoy this year’s fest. The State fairgrounds provides food for this event via concession stands with delicious and grandstand style eats for your belly. If you would like more information on how to become a vendor, please reach out to shanna@drinkin.beer.

2025 Vendors

Our Official Merch Partner Vivus Supply Co, Our Beneficiary Joy’s House, Reclaim & Rethread, Travis Owens Paintings, New Art Rivals, Conner Prairie, United State of Indiana, Shamrock Beer Run, Chiro One, Merrifield Exteriors, Blue Studio Creative, Sparkle Hair Fairy & More TBA!


Winterfest Entertainment

SELFIE STATIONS

That’s right, we’ve got 2 selfie stations this year with professional camera provided by Bhatta Boom Photo Booths!

GAMES

We’ll have the usual Cornhole, Gian Jenga & More with Indy Custom Cornhole & more TBA!

GROUP COSTUME CONTEST

Details Coming Soon!

BEST WINTERFEST BEER VOTING

Vote for your favorite Winterfest Beer!  Participating breweries will have QR codes & win a trophy & prizes!


Winterfest Giving Back

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