The California Honeydrops to Headline ‘Hops Drops’ Music and Beer Festival on June 25, 2022, in Evergreen, Colorado

Hops Drops, previously known as Evergreen Music Festival, is proud to announce The California Honeydrops will be the headlining at this year's festival on Saturday, June 25, 2022, in Evergreen, Colorado. The one-day festival will showcase The California Honeydrops and a dozen regional acts, offering an eclectic mix of live blues, funk, indie, and rock while highlighting some of Colorado’s best brewing companies. Hops Drops offers a full-day outdoor experience filled with live music, unlimited brewery tastings, yoga, various food and retail vendors, and kid-friendly activities.

Led by dynamic vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Lech Wierzynski and drawing on diverse musical influences from Bay Area R&B, funk, Southern soul, Delta blues, and New Orleans second-line, The California Honeydrops bring vibrant energy and infectious dance-party vibes to their shows.

“After headlining the legendary Red Rocks Amphitheater last week, we couldn’t be more excited to come back to the great state of Colorado and headline ‘Hops Drops’ music and beer festival in the beautiful city of Evergreen,” said Wierzynski. “The California Honeydrops performance style can only be described as getting the party started. We want crowd involvement - to make people become a part of the whole thing by dancing along, singing, picking the songs, and generally coming out of their shells. We can’t wait to bring this energy to ‘Hops Drops’ festival-goers,” Wierzynski added.

Supporting music artists include Heavy Diamond Ring, Rapidgrass, LVDY, The Wrecklunds, Justus and the Limits, Extra Gold, Jesh Yancey and the High Hopes, Drew Dvorchak and Friends, and YepOK. The craft brewery lineup includes Evergreen Brewery, El Rancho Brewery, Lariat Lodge Brewery, Green Mountain Brewery, CODA Brewing CO., Cellar West Artisan Ales, Over Yonder Brewing, Cabin Creek Brewing, Our Mutual Friend Brewing, Crooked Stave, and more.

Evergreen Music Festival celebrated its first year in 1966. The festival initially started with an intent to bring classical music to the mountains and has since been looked at as the beloved 4th of July fireworks celebration at Evergreen Lake. Thirty-two years later, the festival's leadership team has passed the reins to Evergreen hometown heroes and long-standing local business owners Logan & Riley Boone, owners and operators of Boone Mountain Sports + Evergreen Brewery. Alongside the Boone family, local business owners Marcus Durante (Founder of Kree8), Bobby Everett (Co-Owner of Evergreen Brewery), and Colin Kerr (Owner of The Wildflower Cafe) have joined forces with the festival to better encapsulate the refreshed, modernized potential for Evergreen to be looked at as a go-to spot on the Colorado music and entertainment scene. In addition to elevating Evergreen’s mountain entertainment, Hops Drop continues to support and give back to the local community and has committed to donating 10% of ticket sales to Rocky Mountain Academy of Evergreen.

General Admission + Beer Tasting tickets are now on sale for $55 at www.hopsdropsevergreen.com. To stay up-to-date on all future Hops Drops announcements, please follow Hops Drops on Instagram @HopsDrops_Evergreen.

All ticket options include:

General Admission: Starting at $30

Entry into the festival

GA + Beer Fest Admission: Starting at $55

Entry into the festival

Souvenir tasting glass

Unlimited tasting from 12-4 pm

VIP Bergen Peak Club: Starting at $150

Entry into the festival + Beer Fest

Premier viewing of main stage

Designated area with private bar

Private bathrooms

Free food & beverages

A photo booth and gifts from our partners

About Hops Drops:

Hops Drops is an all-day Music Festival that will feature nationally and locally celebrated musical acts alongside a beer festival showcasing a variety of Colorado’s premier craft breweries. There will be specialty food vendors, activities for the kiddos, and much more. Rooted in Evergreen’s long history of supporting the arts, Hops Drops (Evergreen Music Festival) is a non-profit organization. Ten percent of the proceeds will benefit Rocky Mountain Academy of Evergreen. For more information, please visit https://hopsdropsevergreen.com.

Music | Sun Drenched Music Festival Invades Denver May 14th. | Ticket Giveaway

Beer and music, two things that go hand in hand here at Ultra5280. As the temperatures begin to heat up the best refuge is to throw down a cold one and jam out to some of the finest bluegrass bands in the area. Since we are in the giving mood we want to hook up a lucky winner and a friend with two tickets to come out next Saturday to the Sun Drenched Music Festival at Denver Beer Co. Rules are simple just name your favorite Denver Beer Co. brew on our Facebook for a chance to win. One random winner will get to hang out and enjoy some awesome brews and music.

This year’s inaugural music lineup will include a host of bluegrass favorites including headliner Hot Buttered Rum, Caribou Mountain Collective, Bill McKay Band, The Railsplitters, Rapidgrass Quintet, and Town Mountain.

The outdoor bluegrass music festival will be held at Denver Beer Co.’s Sunnyside location, Canworks, which will be transformed into a summer beach party complete with sand volleyball, beer balloon fights, and beach games. In addition to beach games, festival goers can stroll the “boardwalk” and grab food from favorite food trucks or shop at the festival market which will feature several local artisans. In addition to food, vendors, and games, the venue will feature an outdoor beer garden, and shaded and indoor seating areas.

●  $35 Early Bird General Admission Advance Ticket Sales ‐ price includes two free beers.

●  $65 VIP Ticket Sales ‐ A limited number of VIP tickets will be sold in advance and will include four beers, Sun Drenched Swag, an exclusive VIP beer bar, and commemorative poster.

Produced by Two Parts, the creators of Denver Flea and Collaboration Fest, the Sun Drenched Music Festival will be a celebration of craft beer, Colorado, summer, and bluegrass. For more information visit www.sundrenchedmusicfest.com 

Music | Blue Moon Brewing Company Toasts 20 Years With Once-In-a-Blue-Moon Celebrations Nationwide | Friday July 31st


To Celebrate its 20th Anniversary, Blue Moon Will Brew the Perfect Combination of Live Music and Great Beer in Hometown Denver and at Moonlit Parties Throughout the Country
 
On Friday, July 31, Blue Moon will proudly celebrate its 20th Anniversary; and what better way than under a lunar blue moon? During the evening’s moonlit hours, Blue Moon will host a spectacular evening of events throughout Lower Downtown Denver, the neighborhood where Blue Moon was first brewed back in 1995, including a series of free rooftop concerts, culminating with a performance by electronic music project Big Data, featuring special guest Robert DeLong. Blue Moon brewers will also pour a specialty beer release.
 
“As a brewery, we’ve come a long way in 20 years, and we’re excited to celebrate this with the people who got us here—our fans—and the things they love most: food, music and great beer,” says Keith Villa, founder and head brewmaster at Blue Moon Brewing Co.
 
Four local bands will play opening sets on rooftops throughout the area (Jackson’s, Lodo’s, Hayter’s & Co. and Sports Column) from 6 to 8 p.m. At 8:30, Big Data, featuring special guest
 
Robert DeLong, will take the stage at Blue Moon Brewing Co.’s SandLot Brewery. Doors open
at 7:30 p.m. The evening will wrap up with a nationwide toast (more than 750 locations across the country will also be hosting Blue Moon Anniversary parties) led by the Blue Moon brewmasters at 10 p.m. The event is free and open to consumers (21 and up) who RSVP.
 
To attend, fans can first visit BlueMoon20Years.Eventbrite.com to register for a lanyard* and admittance to any of the four rooftop concert events and to Big Data’s performance at The SandLot.
 
As Big Data and special guest Robert DeLong play, fans can enjoy Blue Moon’s top brews alongside food pairings. Tokens earned by fans at the rooftop concert events will be redeemable for specialty samples of Blue Moon 20th Anniversary Ale. The celebratory beer is a combination of a Belgian-style White and a Belgian-style Tripel, two of Villa’s favorite Belgian beer styles from when he earned his Ph.D in brewing in Brussels. The smooth-bodied ale has a warming finish and hints of coriander, orange peel, fruity esters, spicy esters and a touch of sweetness.
 
When Keith Villa created Blue Moon Belgian White Belgian-Style Wheat Ale in 1995, he introduced beer drinkers across the country to Belgian-style beers with a creative twist. Twenty years later, Villa is one of the pioneers of the craft beer movement and Blue Moon has a lot to be proud of. In the past year alone, they’ve released two new varietals in addition to the 20th Anniversary Ale—First Peach Ale and White IPA—and have given rising artists the opportunity to showcase their work nationally on Blue Moon Belgian White labels throughout the summer. In 2016, Villa and his team plan to open another brewery and tasting room in Denver’s burgeoning River North neighborhood.
 
For more information on The Blue Moon Brewing Company, please visit www.BlueMoonBrewingCompany.com, www.Twitter.com/BlueMoonBrewCo, or www.Facebook.com/BlueMoon.
 
*Lanyards will be distributed to registered guests at rooftop concert events on a first-come, first-served basis. Lanyards grant access to each rooftop concert and The SandLot.
 
About Blue Moon Brewing Company
At Blue Moon Brewing Company, everything we do flows from our artistic approach to brewing. We craft our broad array of beers with flavorful ingredients for an inviting taste, perfect for enjoying the moment with friends. It’s been that way since we added our first flavorful twist back in 1995 in Denver, Colo., and that’s why we say our beer and everything we do is artfully crafted. More information is available at www.BlueMoonBrewingCompany.com.