Holiday Valley Beer and Wine Festival

Beer is Back! Our 17th annual Beer and Wine Festival is scheduled for Saturday, November 13, 2021. With many of the region’s best craft brewers, wineries and cideries in attendance you can sample your favorites, plus try out several new and unique flavors. Add live entertainment, food trucks and 1500 of your closest friends, it’s an event not to be missed.

We’ve modified this year’s event to give everyone a bit more elbow room. We’re scheduling 2 sessions in the Holiday Valley Lodge: 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM and 6:00 PM to 9:00PM and each session has a maximum of 1500 attendees.

All attendees, vendors, staff, and volunteers for Holiday Valley’s 2021 Beer and Wine Festival will need to show proof of vaccination against COVID-19 OR have proof of a negative PCR test within the past 48 hours.  Plan to present your proof of vaccination (Excelsior Pass or Vaccination Card) or negative test results when you show your ID at the entrance.

The list of brewers attending is growing daily, but here’s who we have so far…Ellicottville Brewing Company, Southern Tier, 42 North, Big Ditch, Five & 20 Spirits and Brewing, Community Beer Works, Buffalo Brewpub, Belt Line Brewery, Frequentem Brewing, Pressure Drop Brewing, Thin Man Brewing, Four Mile Brewing and Britesmith Brewing. Distilleries include Ellicottville Distillery, Steelbound Brewery & Distillery, Lockhouse, Southern Tier and Clarksburg Cider. Wineries: Winery of Ellicottville, Leonard Oakes Estate, FVP Wines, Victorianbourg Wine Estate. Plus Dom’s Butcher Block, Kettle Corn, Hungry Burro food truck and Larry’s Food Wagon.

Bands will play on the top floor and main floor of the Lodge, food will be available in the cafeteria, the T-Bar and at food trucks parked in the main lot.

Tickets will be $50 until September 30, $55 from October 1 through October 31, $60 from November 1 through November 11 and $65 when purchased at the event. A designated driver ticket is available for $10. Tickets include a $5 voucher to purchase food at the cafeteria or the T-Bar.