Join us to celebrate 9 years of cheers and beers!
What’s your favorite thing about the Thread City Hop Fest? We agree it’s hard to choose! Could be that the event is held outside on spacious Jillson Square, could be the 60+ breweries, wineries, cideries and distilleries touting their finest libations. Maybe your favorite thing about Hop Fest is that it is a fundraising event that supports 15+ local charity organizations. Whatever your preference, we are just glad that you’re up for joining us again for what promises to be a full on celebratory and lively affair. This is our 9th annual Hop Fest so get your tickets today for Sunday, May 19th from 1 - 5 pm in Willimantic! Tickets are limited and subject to selling out so don’t delay! See you on the field!
GA TICKETS are $45+fee/per person in advance, or $55+fee at the gate (if any remain). Attendees will enjoy samples from 60+ breweries, cideries and distilleries from Connecticut & throughout New England.
$10 Designated Driver tickets will be available for purchase at the beer fest gate. Cash only
* SOLD OUT * VIP TICKETS - This year the Thread City Hop Fest will feature VIP for Veterans tickets. As many of you may already know the Thread City Hop Fest is a non-profit event. All proceeds from our celebration are returned back into the Willimantic and Windham community. This year we want to utilize the revenue generated by VIP attendees to support our veterans and local veteran’s associations. Please join us in the VIP tent from 12:00 to 1:00 for a social hour with representatives from the Military Police Regimental Association Connecticut Chapter and the 102nd Infantry Regiment Association. They will be on hand to answer questions about their organizations and provide information on how to access and support their crucial endeavors. We are also bringing back our favorite story teller and local, vivacious historian Bev York. Bev recognizes that the freedoms that Americans enjoy have been earned and secured by our U.S. Veterans. She will regale us with a lively shout out to one of the military’s greatest morale boosters; the USO, and their most iconic entertainer, Bob Hope. Bob Hope acknowledged that delivering laughter, music and reminders of home were necessities for the men and woman in uniform in all climates, conditions and terrains. We hope you will join us in the VIP tent for what promises to be a respectful and enjoyable fundraising salute to our veterans. We will of course serve up some tasty VIP only beer samples from Willimantic Brewing Company and Epicure Brewing and a bistro bag donated by CLICK Kitchen. A reminder: VIP tickets only access the VIP tent. There is no early admittance into the festival. See you on the field!
The Thread City Hop Fest is organized by Willimantic Brewing Company on behalf of Willimantic Renaissance, Inc the fiscal non-profit for the festival. Proceeds benefit local charities that include but are not limited to The Windham No Freeze Project, Horizons Inc., Click, Covenant Soup Kitchen, Willimantic Renaissance, Holy Family Shelter, First Baptist Church, Grow Windham, Eastern CT Railroad Museum, Windham Textile Museum, The America Museum, WAIM, CATS Northeast and the CT Brewers Guild.
Please be prepared to show proper ID at the gate as this is an over 21 event. The Hop Fest is rain or shine! We ask that you not bring dogs or children to the event.
Music: Wild Rice Entertainment
ATTENDING 2024 BREWERIES & CIDERIES:
- 2nd Bridge Brewing Company
- Athletic Brewing Company
- Back East Brewing Company
- Bad Sons Brewing
- Bank & Bridge Brewing Company
- Bear Hands Brewing Company
- Beer'd Brewing Company
- Berkshire Brewing
- Best Day Brewing
- Black Hog Brewing Company
- Black Pond Brewing
- The Boroughs Brewing
- Boston Beer Company
- Brewery Legitimus
- Brewport Brewing Company
- Caius Farm Brewery
- Cambridge House Brewing
- Cigar City Cider
- City Stream Brewing Company
- Clocktown Brewing Company
- Coles Road Brewing Company
- Counterweight Brewing Company
- CT Valley Brewing
- Downeast Cider
- Elicit Brewing Company
- Epicure Brewing Company
- Eredita
- Fat Orange Cat
- Five Churches Brewing
- Founders Brewing Co.
- Froth Brewing
- Great Falls Brewing Co.
- Grey Sail
- Hop Culture Brewing Company
- Kent Falls Brewing
- Labyrinth Brewing Company
- Lawson's Finest
- Little House Brewing Company
- Myrcene Ale Co.
- New England Brewing Co.
- New England Cider Co.
- New Park Brewing
- Newsylum Brewery
- Nod Hill Brewery
- Other Desi Brewing
- Outer Light Brewing
- Rule of 3 Brewing
- Schofferhoffer
- Shebeen Brewing
- Sierra Nevada
- Skygazer
- Stafford Cidery
- Stiegl
- Still Hill Brewery
- Stony Creek Brewing Company
- Stormalong
- Stubborn Beauty
- Taylor Brooke Brewery
- Thimble Island Brewing Co.
- Thomas Hooker Brewing
- Twelve Percent Beer Project
- Two Roads Brewing Co.
- Urban Lodge Brewing
- Watson’s Farmhouse Brewery
- Whalers Brewing Company
- Willimantic Brewing Co.
- Wormtown Brewing Company
- Yankee Cider Company
- Zero Gravity Brewing Company
ATTENDING 2024 WINERIES & DISTILLERIES
- Fifth State Distillery
- Kirby Winery
- Litchfield Distillery
- Taylor Brooke Winery
- Quiver Spirits
ATTENDING 2024 FOOD TRUCKS & VENDORS:
- Click Coffee
- Cupcakes For Later
- Drunken Alpaca
- Jayy's Little Red Truck
- Leo's Hot Dog Cart
- Mac's Wood Fried BBQ
- Mamoun's Falafel
- Red Lion Burger
- Tacos La Rosa
- The Whey Station
Breweries & Vendors -- interested in participating? Please email [email protected]
