Welcome to BeerFestivals.org, home of The Beer Festival Calendar!

This is THE place to get info about great places to drink beer around the world. It's brought to you by Ludwig, the beer drinking lion, and his hard-working staff, Maryanne Nasiatka and Paul Ruschmann.

July comes to a close with 15 festivals on this weekend's schedule. Ludwig's top pick is Belgium Comes to Cooperstown, the popular celebration held at the Ommegang Brewery. Rounding out his top three are the Bluegrass and Beer Festival in Keystone, Colorado, and the Music City Brewer's Festival in Nashville.

We're in mid-season form, with more than 900 festivals, putting us on track to top our all-time high of 1,017. Our visitor count, now over 240,000, is already ahead of last year's; and we've logged well over 800,000 page views.

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And don't forget his blog, Ludwig Roars, which offers a light-hearted look at beer-related news, places, and events from around the world. We hope you'll stop by often. In fact, Ludwig insists.

There's more...

In addition to the beer festival calendar, this site contains the following:

* The "Beer Traveller Series," a collection of more than 60 articles about beer-drinking destinations;

* "Good Beer Books," Paul's reviews of books that belong on your reference shelf; and

* "Worts of Wisdom."

Finally, a shameless plug for ourselves:

If you're in, or near, Michigan, please consider buying our book, Michigan Breweries. It's a comprehensive guidebook that we keep updated at a dedicated site. Find out why Michigan is The Great Beer State. It makes a great present for the beer lover in your life!

Thanks for stopping by, and come back early and often!

Cheers!