Win tix to Thread City Hop Fest ft. 49 Northeast breweries, food + music

One of the things that we love about craft breweries here in CT and across the country is their appreciation for each other and how they often collaborate with each other. A perfect example of this is the Thread City Hop Fest, organized by Willimantic Brewing Company. Over the past few years, this beer fest has grown into a complete beer-beast of its own, drawing people from all over CT and the surrounding states who are ready to try some of the best beers in the Northeast and nom away on some killer food.

This year the Thread City Hop Fest is pouring out onto Jillson Square in Willimantic from 2-6 on May 3. Tickets are $35 if you buy them in advance or $40 at the gate. That gets you entry, unlimited pours of the 49 Northeast breweries (and counting) on hand, live music, and access to food trucks and other vendors. $35 isn’t bad for a beer fest at all, but let’s say you wanted to win two free tickets to Thread City Hop Fest. Wouldn’t you love that? Sure ya would! Here’s how you can win a pair of tix:

Tell us which warm weather beer from one of the breweries listed below is your favorite. Give us your answer by replying here, on our related Facebook post, or on Twitter using #ThreadCityHopTix. The contest starts now and goes until 4/21 at 5 pm. At that time, we’ll pick one randomly lucky winner to snag a pair of tix! Just make sure that you follow directions for the contest, or we won’t count your entry: Bud Light as your choice just won’t cut it. But, if you told us that you love Flower Power from Ithaca or Road Jam from Two Roads, then we’re onto something. 

Now, back to the Hop Fest:

🎵 Music is organized by Vulturetown Arts and will include Balkun Brothers, Hartford Hot Several, Bruce John Music, Chris Freeman from Parsonsfield, and Jonah Tolchein. 

🍔 Food to nom on from:

• A Cupcake For Later
• Bear’s Smokehouse BBQ
• Cafemantic
• EZ StrEATs
• Jamaican Me Crazy
• Keifer’s Kettle Korn
• Mercado
• NoRA Cupcake Company
• Not Only Juice
• Tacos La Rosa
• Tony’s Pizza
• Whey Station
• Willimantic Brewing Company

🍻 Beer to make the day great from

• Allagash Brewing Company
• Back East Brewery
• Beer’d Brewing
• Bentley Brewing
• Berkshire Brewing Company
• Black Hog Brewing
• Black Pond Brews
• Broad Brook Brewing
• Bru Room at BAR
• Cambridge House Brew Pub
• Captain Lawrence Brewing
• Charter Oak Brewing Company
• City Steam Brewery
• Firefly Hollow Brewing
• Foolproof Brewing
• Grey Sail Brewing
• Half Full Brewery
• Harpoon Brewery
• Ithaca Beer Co.
• Kent Falls Brewing
• Kona Brewing
• Long Trail Brewing
• Mayflower Brewing
• Narragansett Beer
• New England Brewing Company
• Olde Burnside Brewing
• Otter Creek Brewing
• Powder Hollow Brewery
• Rapscallion
• Redhook Brewery
• Samuel Adams
• Saranac
• Shebeen Brewing
• Sierra Nevada Brewing
• Sixpoint Brewery
• Southport Brewing Company
• Spencer Brewery
• Stone Brewing
• Stony Creek Brewery
• Stubborn Beauty Brewing
• Thomas Hooker Brewing
• Top Shelf Brewing
• Traveler Beer Company
• Two Roads Brewing
• Wachusett Brewing
• Widmer Brothers
• Willimantic Brewing Company
• Witchdoctor Brewing
• Wolaver’s Fine Organic Ales

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Thread City Hop Fest is also a fundraiser for The No Freeze Project, Willimantic Renaissance, Inc., and Vulturetown Arts. Sponsors for this year’s event are TSI Harley-Davidson, i98.3, Performance Foodservice of Springfield, and Sam Adams. To learn more visit the TCHF site and to get your tix, visit Willimantic Brewing Company or buy them right from our beer buddies at beerfests.com.