(D)rafts & (C)rafts: 3rd Annual DC Producers Festival

(D)rafts and (C)rafts, back for the third year, combines dozens of local craft breweries and artisan makers in the District's only small-scale producers festival. On Saturday, May 31st, 2025 from 1-6pm, join the DC Brewers’ Guild and the newly established DC Makers’ Guild in the DC Brau brewhouse & biergarten.

Grab unlimited tastes from 15+ local craft breweries while exploring products from 30+ locally made artisan goods businesses such as ceramicists, woodworkers, printmakers, jewelers, and more. Stop by the craft station to express your creativity, visit the Guild info booth to learn about their work & how to get involved, and grab a bite from local food trucks.

Why is this festival different from all the rest? Your friends and neighbors are the ones manufacturing the beverages you will drink and the goods you will support. Despite the growing number of manufacturing businesses in and around DC, many of which are affiliated with the Brewers’ and Makers’ Guilds, no other organizations exist to support small-scale manufacturers on the individual and collective levels. The Guilds, however, provide its members the tools and structure for both individual growth and positive systemic change.

Both Guilds work to unify independent producers, raise awareness and appreciation of the quality and diversity of their industries, and influence public policy decisions to create a business environment that allows them to continue to grow and flourish. Funds raised from this festival will allow the work to continue. 

Tickets: 

Tickets will also be sold at the door! 

Tickets do not include food, which can be purchased a la carte. 

Vendors: 

To be announced in April!

• Apply to be a Maker vendor. Applications are due Monday, April 21st. 
• If you are interested in being a beverage vendor please email alex@dcbg.org. 

Rules: 

• Must be 21+ for entrance, small supervised children allowed
• No pets, registered service animals allowed
• No entrance after 5pm
• No outside food or beverage
• Tickets are non-refundable
• Only small bags allowed
• We reserve the right to remove people that are too intoxicated
• We reserve the right to remove people that are causing unsafe conditions 

Thank You to Our Sponsors:

More about DC’s Local Small-scale Manufacturing Community: 

Artisan Makers are the smallest scale of manufacturing businesses. They are people who use a creative process to turn raw materials into a finished product for sale in the retail market, but often have no additional employees. The majority of Artisan Makers in the DC region identify as people of color, women, queer, and/or immigrants. Having a skill and a computer are the only requirements to start a maker business, which makes this one of the most accessible paths to economic stability. Maker businesses offer flexibility for people who work multiple jobs, have limited access to participation in the workforce, and/or cannot work full-time outside of their home. 

Craft Breweries Producers are good for our city and are essential to our local identity. Their taprooms and restaurants serve as “3rd places” – neighborhood amenities or gathering places and anchors, each with its own unique individual character that centers and supports other communities. According to the Brewers Association’s 2021 economic impact survey, the DC Craft Breweries contributed $193M to the local economy and created 1,401 jobs; having a local craft beer industry provides another avenue of trade labor in our city. The owners of these manufacturing businesses sit on Main Streets boards and the boards of other local non-profits.