The official kickoff party for Virginia Craft Beer Month, Virginia Beer Live at The Richmond Coliseum Friday August 2nd starting at 5:30pm. First of its kind at The Richmond Coliseum, this indoor craft beer festival features over 20 Virginia breweries. Presented by the Virginia Craft Brewers Guild, this ALL YOU CAN SAMPLE event focuses on local foods and music plus over 40 Virginia craft beers.
Advance tickets are still available at Ford Box Office at the Richmond Coliseum at 601 East Leigh Street, Richmond, VA, 23219.
Box office hours
Monday-Thursday 10am-5pm
Day of event 10am-8pm
Ticket Pricing (with applicable fees)
• $37 Advanced Preferred Admission (limited to 300 tickets)- Unlimited samples, entry at 4:30pm to avoid crowds, commemorative sampling glass.
• $22 Advanced General Admission with unlimited samples
• $27 Day of General Admission with unlimited samples
• $12 Advance Designated Driver Tickets
• $17 Day of Designated Driver Tickets
Tickets also available online through Ticketmaster with additional fees here.
Participating Restaurants
Capital Ale House
On the Rox
Popkin Tavern
Rappahannock
SAVOR…Richmond (Richmond Coliseum)
Live Music
Brickwall Jackson
Psychobilly Cadillac
The X Band
Breweries
Here is the list of participating breweries with what they will be serving.
| Three Brothers — Harrisonburg | Apocalypse Ale Works — Forest |
| Great Outdoors Pale | Hopocalypse Imperial Red |
| Tri Brathair Scottish Ale | Lustful Maiden Belgian Double |
| Blue Mountain — Afton | Bold Rock — Nellysford |
| Full Nelson Pale | Virginia Apple |
| Kolsch 151 | Virginia Draft |
| Center of the Universe — Ashland | Devils Backbone — Lexington |
| Belgian Amber | Reilly’s Red |
| Main Street Virginia Ale | Schwartz Bier |
| Extra Billy’s — Midlothian | Hardywood — Richmond |
| Citra Ass Down IPA | Virginia Blackberry |
| Otis Brown Ale | Hoplar |
| Legend — Richmond | Lost Rhino — Springfield |
| Hopfest | Final Glyde Hefe |
| Triple | Face Plant IPA |
| Midnight — Goochland | O’Connor — Norfolk |
| Kolsch | Great Dismal Black IPA |
| Rockville Red Ale | Green Can |
| Port City — Alexandria | Rusty Beaver — Ladysmith |
| Monumental IPA | Buck Tooth IPA |
| Optimal Wit | Roy’s Big Bad Brown |
| Smartmouth — Norfolk | St George — Hampton |
| Alter Ego Saison | English IPA |
| Notch 9 DIPA | Summer Ale |
| Starr Hill — Crozet | Strangeways — Richmond |
| Grateful Pale | Albino Monkey |
| Northern Lights | Mixolodian Rag Rye Bock |
| Wild Wolf — Nellysford | Wolf Hills — Abingdon |
| Alpha Ale | Trooper Alley |
| Blonde Hunny | Pilsner |
| Alewerks — Williamsburg | |
| Chesapeake Pale | |
| Springhouse |
Check out the Facebook event Thursday for the final beer list.
Come out to celebrate the work of the Virginia Craft Brewers Guild by sampling over forty beers and meet the brewers who create them. You will see why “Virginia Is For Craft Beer Lovers!”
Richmond Beermeister 