NC Hops Festival is a weekend of NC craft beverages, local vendors, food trucks and live music. It takes place at the NC State Fairgrounds, inside and outside Expo Center, 1025 Blue Ridge Road, Raleigh. It’s one of the biggest and most popular beer festivals in North Carolina. Read on for a way to save.
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The event takes place Saturday, June 24, 2023. General Admission taster tickets are from 2 to 6 p.m. VIP taster tickets are from 12 to 6 p.m.
A GA tasting ticket is for a session is $45 + fees, and a VIP taster ticket is $75 + fees. Both grant you a commemorative NC Hops Fest Tasting Cup and unlimited 3oz samples of North Carolina beer, cider, seltzer and more. However, we have a special promo code for 50% off both GA and VIP taster tickets.
Use the promo code findmeathops and get 50% off a taster ticket. That brings the ticket price down to $24.50 or $37.50 + fees. Buy tickets online.
Please note that the previous promo code Triangleonthecheap doesn’t seem to work anymore, so try findmeathops.
All attendees must be 21 and over. Please be responsible. Do not drink and drive. Use ride share options. There’s also a Designator Driver ticket for $10.
No ticket is needed for the food truck portion of the festival.
Don’t forget to use promo code Triangleonthecheap!
Beer Vendors
- Big Boss Brewing Company
- Bill’s Brewing Company
- Birdsong Brewing
- Bond Brothers
- Brewery Bhavana
- Brutopia
- Carolina Brewing
- Compass Rose Brewing
- Dirt Bag Ales
- Edit Beer Co
- Flying Bull Beer Company
- Four Saints Brewing
- Gizmo Brew Works
- Hatchet Brewing Company
- Hi-Wire Brewing
- Hugger Mugger
- Innovation Brewing
- JoCo Brewing
- King Canary Brewing Company
- Komana Brewing
- Little City Brewing
- Lonerider Brewing Company
- Mordecai Beverage Company
- Mythic Brewing
- Outer Dunes Brewing
- Ponysaurus
- Red Moose Brewing
- Red Oak Brewing
- R&R Brewing
- Shortway Brewing
- Sneaky Penguin
- Spaceway Brewing
- The Glass Jug Beer Lab
- Thirsty Skull Brewing
- Toasty Kettlyst Brewery
- Tobacco Wood Brewing
- Trophy Brewing
- Twin Leaf Brewery
- Wye Hill Brewing
Cider and More
- Moondog Meadery
- Red Clay Cider
- James Creek Cider
Vendors
- BeerWhere
- Boozie Bakes
- Crazy Axe
- Execsocks
- Frills Atelier
- Galatea Boutique
- Gotta Be Penelopes
- House of Swank
- Jullz Jewelry LLC
- Knock on Wood by Enrique
- Mantra Soap
- Oberweis Dairy
- Passanante’s Home Food Services
- Raleigh Biscuit Company
- Revolution Chiropractic
- Tournament Promotions
Food trucks
- Party in a Pita
- The Cheese Curd Shack
- Trash Talk
Music
- Outdoor stage: DJ Uniq
- Indoor Stage: Adam Lee Decker
Don’t forget to use promo code Triangleonthecheap!
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Dan Beall says
You may want to update this. The promo code does not work.
Jody Mace says
Thanks for letting me know. Seems the original promo code stopped working. Try: findmeathops
Dan Beall says
wow- thanks for the quick reply. That works