San Juan Brewfest
Buckley Park • Main Avenue, Durango, CO 81301
Event Description
The San Juan Brewfest is held at Buckley Park in Historic Downtown Durango. The Brewfest is the best beer tasting festival in the Four Corners and benefits Team Up.
Friday August 22, 5:00 – 8:00 pm: is locals day with only 750 general admission tickets to be sold for just $40 for the opening day of the San Juan Brewfest. Your ticket includes a souvenir tasting glass, unlimited tastings from up to 35 breweries and cideries, live music, and tons of fun. Food is available for purchase.
Saturday August 23, 1:00 – 5:00 pm: General admission tickets will available for $50. Just like the day before, general admission ticket holders receive a souvenir tasting glass, unlimited tastings from 40 breweries, live music, and tons of fun. Food is available for purchase.
VIP tickets are also sold for Saturday and cost $85. There will only be 200 VIP tickets sold. VIP ticket holders receive entry to Brewfest one hour early, access to the VIP tent, a meal, along with the souvenir tasting glass, unlimited tastings from up to 35 breweries and live music.
Please remember: no dogs allowed, and only those over 21 are permitted to the enter the festival.
2025 San Juan Brewfest ticket info:
Tickets will go on sale Sunday June 1 at 10 am MST. Please note that San Juan Brewfest tickets are NOT refundable, but they are transferable. Also be aware that no one under 21 is allowed to enter, including infants. And no dogs or pets of any kind are allowed.
Friday August 22, 5 to 8 pm
General Admission $40 – ticket holders receive a souvenir 5 oz tasting glass, unlimited tastings from up to 35 breweries and live music. Food is available for purchase. Event time is 5 to 8 pm.
Designated Driver $20 – DD’s get access to the DD Lounge where you will be served mocktails from local restaurants and bars. You also have a shaded seating area that is just for you. Event time is 5 to 8 pm.
Saturday August 23, 1 to 5 pm (VIP enters one hour early at noon)
VIP tickets $85 – one hour early access to the event at noon, a souvenir 5 oz tasting glass, unlimited tastings from up to 35 breweries, live music, access to the VIP tent with shaded seating and a meal from local favorite Grassburger. New this year … 2 VIP only bathrooms! Only 200 VIP tickets available. Event ends at 5 pm.
General Admission $50 – ticket holders receive a souvenir 5 oz tasting glass, unlimited tastings from up to 35 breweries and live music. Food is available for purchase. Event time is 1 to 5 pm.
Designated Driver $25 – DD’s get access to the DD Lounge where you will be served mocktails from local restaurants and bars. You also have a shaded seating area that is just for you. Event time is 1 to 5 pm.
VIP Designated Driver $45 – VIP DD’s get access to the DD Lounge where you will be served mocktails from local restaurants and bars. You also have a shaded seating area that is just for you. VIP DD’s get a meal in the VIP tent and can enter the event at noon. Event ends at 5 pm.
Mocktail providers – see below.
Please note that IF there are tickets available the either day of the event, you must purchase them via the links below. The San Juan Brewfest does not accept cash nor will we swipe your card for your tickets, you will buy them at the links below by entering your contact info and your credit card. Once you do that, you will show your email or text confirmation at the gate, along with your valid ID that shows you are at least 21, and in you go! Remember no one under 21 admitted and no pets of any kind.
Breweries
36 breweries are pouring this year! Each will bring at least three different styles of beer, so there will be over 100 different beers to sample.
Bands
Live music brought to you by
Friday – Float Like a Buffalo
Float Like a Buffalo is a Denver-based 6-piece, 9-instrument, high-energy Funk Rock band. Our style is rock with funk, ska, reggae, and jam influences. Nods to the funk of Lettuce and The Motet, jam of Pigeons Playing Ping Pong, rock of Red Hot Chili Peppers and Chicago Transit Authority, soul of James Brown, & high-energy guitar licks of Jimi Hendrix all combine to make a unique sound that’s impossible not to dance to.
The band, together since 2016, has become a regional funk/jam sensation over the past several years, playing sold out and near-sold-out shows at major Colorado and national venues like Red Rocks, Cervantes, The Bluebird Theater, Gothic Theatre, Levitt Pavilion, Summit Denver, The Lincoln Theatre (Cheyenne, WY), George’s Majestic Lounge (Fayetteville, AR), and Meteor (Windsor, ON) – and taking the crown for Best Funk Band in Denver in Westword’s 2019 Music Awards.
Saturday Headliner – Rattlesnake Milk
From the southern plains of Texas, Rattlesnake Milk summons the sound of the prairie, mimicking the howl of coyotes and the pulsing rhythm of a lonesome junk train. While farming cotton for a family friend, Lou Lewis found inspiration to record an eight-song demo listening to the classics played on KDAV 1590AM in the empty flatlands of his hometown. Those demos paid homage to Lou’s favorite Dust Bowl migrant songs and haunted melodic gems from the 50s and 60s.
SPECIAL THANKS TO KDUR for helping us bring Rattlesnake Milk to the Brewfest!
CHEERS to you KDUR!
Saturday Opener – YOPE
Formed out of the open mic scene in Durango CO, Yope is an eccentric genre blending funk-rock-jam fusion band who keeps the energy high and the dance floor moving. The members of Yope steer the improvised atmospheric scape of their jams to places that feel familiar to each of their various influences. Fans of Goose, Phish, RHCP, Ween, Talking Heads, and Black Sabbath will feel right at home at a Yope show. The crowd often leaves with strain in their voices from chanting “Yope is dope!”
