Asheville's Brewgrass Festival Sold Out Six Months Ahead

Asheville has already tied first place with Portland, Oregon, as "Beer City USA". More than 16,000 respondents from 46 countries participated in the poll, by New York City's examiner.com. Asheville has made great strides in recent years in the world of beers. Only in its fifth year, Asheville's Brewgrass Festival has already become one of the Southeast's most popular beer celebrations. The city, with six microbreweries and two more under construction, is fighting hard to retain its status as a beer mecca. Beer enthusiasts from the city also hope to one day knock Portland out of first place altogether.

From Take5 of the Asheville-Citizen Times
By Tony Kiss published March 18, 2009 2:17 pm

Asheville’s Brewgrass craft beer festival is sold out – six months before the event happens on Sept. 19 at Martin Luther King Jr. Park.

The final tickets were sold last weekend, said festival co-owner Jimi Rentz, who also owns Barley’s Taproom in Asheville. In all, 3,500 tickets were available for the festival. Sales began just a month ago.

This was the festival’s fastest sell out “by a long shot,’’ Rentz said. The festival has not even announced the bluegrass bands that will perform at the event, he said.

There is no chance that any more tickets will be made available by the festival, Rentz said. Fans without tickets may find some on sale through various Web sites. But all tickets will be electronically scanned at the gate, so be very cautious about second-hand purchases.