Bend Brews & Beyond 2026

The 2nd annual Bend Brews & Beyond will feature 50+ Oregon breweries and cideries including every locally-owned Central Oregon hopped, appled, and honeyed beverage producer as well as over a dozen non-alcoholic beverage makers, allowing everyone to celebrate together whether they feel like drinking alcohol moderately or not at all. New this year will be the hemp equivalent of a Biergarten: a "Hempgarten."

The festival takes place in downtown Bend’s Drake Park (777 NW Riverside Dr.) on Saturday May 23 from noon-9 p.m. The event is 21+ only and tickets are required for all attendees. 

Bend Brews & Beyond will be big enough to encompass the tremendous state of Oregon-made beers and ciders plus non-alcoholic beers, hop waters, kombuchas, cold brews and beyond, yet small enough to be thoroughly enjoyable and not overcrowded. Attendance will be limited to 5,000 people. If sold out, tickets will not be available at the gates.

The Bend Bands & Brewers Bash is a beer-and-music festival within a festival. Four rad bands are creating beers from four breweries that "taste like their music sounds." These beers will be available by the full mug from the bandstand and are designed to enjoy during each band's hour-long set.

Beyond drinking together, attendees can greet—and thank—the people responsible for the bounty of tasty beverages from 3-5 p.m. during the Meet the Makers session.

Afterward, attendees are encouraged to don their funkiest pants to earn the title of the Bend Drinking Pants Pageant. (“The most fun you'll have with your pants on.”) Two specialty beers will be available per hour in the Next-Tap section. Music will be provided by a combination of live musicians and a DJ. Several of Bend’s most beloved food trucks will be on site. Everyone is encouraged to drink responsibly and make plans to arrive and depart safely with transportation options being announced soon. In addition to bike parking, there will be tube/SUP parking for those wishing to float to the fest. 

The festival benefits the Oregon Brewers Guild, a nonprofit organization promoting and protecting Oregon Craft Beer since 1992, making it one of the nation’s oldest craft brewers associations.