San Diego Festival of Beer Celebrates 21st Birthday Bash on Broadway Pier Friday, September 18

    SAN DIEGO, CA, September 10, 2015 /24-7PressRelease/ -- San Diego Professionals Against Cancer today announced that the 21st anniversary of its annual fundraising event, the San Diego Festival of Beer, will be held Friday, September 18, 2015 from 6-10 p.m. on the Broadway Pier. Presented by San Diego Professionals Against Cancer, San Diego Festival of Beer guests can sample from nearly 60 breweries and 120 varieties of some of the nation's best craft beer, enjoy live music, purchase food from San Diego food vendors and restaurants - all while raising money for local cancer charities.

Tickets to the festival are available for purchase online at sdbeerfest.org.

New: 21st Birthday Special
The San Diego Festival of Beer is awarding free entry to San Diego residents who share the same 21st birthday with the cancer-fighting fest. The first 21 beer lovers, who were born on September 18, 1994, to come to the main gate will receive a complimentary ticket to the festival, where they can celebrate the landmark birthday in style including cake at the main stage at 9:00 p.m. Birthday guests receiving a free ticket must provide a valid ID at the check-in table, located at the festival's main entrance near the general admission line.

2015 Padres Ticket Deal
The San Diego Padres are supporting the SDPAC this year by offering San Diego Festival of Beer supporters the opportunity to purchase discounted tickets (up to 50% off regular prices). For every ticket sold, the Padres will donate $5 back to SDPAC. For more information, visit www.sdbeerfest.org/tickets.

New This Year: The San Diego Festival of Beer will offer unlimited (2 oz.) beer tastings to festival attendees. Bolt Brewing Company created a special edition San Diego Festival of Beer brew, "Finally Leg-Ale." Private kegs of the special suds are currently on sale to local bars and restaurants.

2015 sponsors include the Port of San Diego, Rock 105.3, 101 KGB and Wyndham San Diego Bayside.

Each $50 ticket includes admission into the event, unlimited (2 oz) beer tastes and a special souvenir tasting mug for the first 3,000 attendees. Wine and merchandise are available for purchase, as well as food from dozens of local vendors. Credit cards will be accepted at the gate and an ATM will be available on site.

Attending Breweries

2kids Brewing Company
32 North Brewing Co
Acoustic Ales Brewing Experiment
Aftershock Brewing Co.
AleSmith Brewing Company
Ballast Point Brewing and Spirits
BarrelHouse Brewing Co.
Bay City Brewing Company
Black Market Brewing Co.
BNS Brewing and Distilling Co
Border X Brewing
Brew Rebellion
Cerveceria doble c
Coronado Brewing Co
Culture Brewing Co
Duck Foot Brewing Company
Epic Brewing Company
Fall Brewing
Firestone Walker Brewing Co
Garage Brewing Co
Gordon Biersch Brewery Restaurant
Groundswell Brewing Company
Helm's Brewing Company
Hillcrest Brewing Company
Julian Hard Cider
Karl Strauss Brewing Co
Kilowatt Brewing
Knee Deep Brewing Co
Left Coast Brewing Company
Legacy Brewing Co
Mad River Brewing Company
Maui Brewing Company
Mission Brewery
Monkey Paw Brewing Company
North Coast Brewing Co
Oggi's Sports Brewhouse Pizza
Pizza Port Brewing Co.
Refuge Brewery
Rock Bottom La Jolla
Saint Archer Brewing Company
Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.
Sudwerk Brewing Co.
The Lagunitas Brewing Company
Vermont Hard Cider Co LLC

"When we first started this festival in 1994, we had no idea how much it would grow," said San Diego Professionals Against Cancer Board President Carri Chandler. "That first year we had maybe 700 people; 21 years later we have around 4,000 attendees over the course of the evening. We really want people to know that when they come to the San Diego Festival of Beer, they aren't just celebrating great craft beer with friends; but they are raising money to help people in our community. To date we've raised $600,000 for local cancer organizations, the main reason we put on this festival each year. This year is going to be the best event yet, we've already had 45 breweries sign up so far, and we're still two weeks out from the event. With our 21st birthday bash, I think this year's festival is going to be new and exciting and something people will remember."

About the San Diego Festival of Beer

The San Diego Festival of Beer is a fundraiser staffed by volunteers with all proceeds benefiting local cancer charities. The San Diego Festival of Beer is the largest fundraiser of San Diego Professionals Against Cancer, a group of local business professionals, who in 1993, decided to throw a new kind of charity event. For more information or to purchase tickets go to www.sdbeerfest.org. Join our social networks to be the first to know about exciting upcoming Festival news and exclusive contests: Facebook (San Diego Festival of Beer) and Twitter @SDbeerfest.

About San Diego Professionals Against Cancer

San Diego Professionals Against Cancer (SDPAC) is a non-profit organization dedicated to generating monies for cancer research, patient treatment, and services through fundraising event, such as our flagship San Diego Festival of Beer. The organization is comprised of local area professionals who volunteer their time, energy, and resources to organize local social events with the mutual goals of raising money for charity, benefiting corporate sponsors, vendors and donors, and creating a source of entertainment for the local community. www.sdpac.org

# # #