Our 13th Annual Ales for Sails is scheduled for Friday, February 6th, 2025 from 6-9PM!

Ten local breweries, one great cause! This event sells out each year – so make sure to get your tickets early!

Consider supporting the Bayfront Maritime Center by sponsoring Ales for Sails, our main fundraising event of the year. With your help, we can make the 13th Annual Ales for Sails our best year yet! All sponsorships include event tickets, souvenir tasting glasses, light hors d’oeuvres, photo booth with keepsake reels, music by Millennium Sound Productions, and so much more.

Support for this event will ensure that we are able to provide sustainable programming for students & community members on & off the water in 2026.

Make your support go further - sponsorships available! Contact us for more information & to secure your sponsorship today – Email andrea@bayfrontcenter.org
Payment for sponsorships is able to be done via card by choosing your level on this page OR to save on the additional cost of fees, you can mail or drop off a check at the BMC.

Guest tickets include:

a commemorative tasting glass, including samples from each brewery, with 1 vote to be placed before the last hour for your favorite brewery,
locally catered hors d’oeuvres,
a fun photo booth with props and costumes,
live music by DJ Mike with Millennium Sound,
an unforgettable evening in support of the Bayfront Maritime Center!

Thank you to the 10 local craft breweries for your support at our Ales for Sails event: Erie Ale Works, The Brewerie, Lavery Brewing, Nostrovia Brewing, Black Monk Brewery, Erie Brewing, Poverty Knob Farmhouse Ales, Twisted Elk Brewery, Five & 20 Spirits & Brewing, and John Russell Brewing.

The Bayfront Maritime Center’s is a 501(3)c non-profit with a mission to design and implement engaging, hands-on, maritime-themed educational, vocational and recreational opportunities for the community in a universally accessible waterfront facility. We are a community based organization that works with at-risk young adults, youth with disabilities, and the children of refugees and migrant workers. In the last 25 years, the BMC has created innovative and engaging hands-on STEM based programming that uses boat building, navigation, sailing, and teamwork to reach these students. With your support, we can continue to reach the community through new and engaging programs for all ages!

* Craft beer samples unlimited while supplies last

** The Pennsylvania Liquor Code makes it illegal for a licensee, employee or any other person to serve or sell alcoholic beverages to visibly intoxicated persons.

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