75+ breweries. 150+ beers. LA Beer Week’s Independent Beer Fest in Long Beach is massive

As with last year, where thousands descended upon Shoreline Aquatic Park in Downtown Long Beach, LA Beer Week and its Independent Beer Fest will once again invade Downtown Long Beach with the largest beer festival in SoCal. Come Saturday, June 15, the festival will bring over 75 breweries from the region and over 150 different beers with them.

What is LA Beer Week and the Independent Beer Fest?

The Los Angeles County extension of the Brewers’ Guild has been hosting LA Beer Week for 15 years officially, launching into an annual week-long celebration of the region’s craft beer scene. Along with that, they have hosted the Los Angeles Independent Beer Fest—and last year was the first time it was hosted in Long Beach.

Taking over the green space on June 15 from 1PM to 5PM (unless you invest in a VIP ticket, which will let you in at noon to score more beers with less lines), each of the breweries will have two beers—and that means 150 different beers to be tasted throughout the festival.

Historically speaking, the event has typically been hosted at the Los Angeles Center Studios area where the 110 borders DTLA and Westlake near 6th Street meets Beaudry—and given that, when the California Craft Beer Summit was hosted in Long Beach in 2018 due to construction issues at its home in Sacramento, it’s rather cool to see a larger entity recognize Long Beach a place worthy to host such a large event.

Is there anything happening in Long Beach besides the Independent Beer Fest?

Yessiree: ISM Brewing will be hosting the launch party on Friday, June 14 from noon to 10PM. They’ll be bringing Craft Beer LB—y’know, the brand behind the badass cursive “LB” hats that are to be found everywhere, including myself whenever I do videos—as well as taps on hand from Ambitious Ales, Ten Mile, Syncopated, Beachwood Brewing and Blendery, Altar Society, Trademark, Steady and Belmont Brewing.

And just as cool: Trademark Brewing—just off of celebrating its fifth anniversary—will be hosting the official festival afterparty. Check out all the details here.

You aren’t serious about over 75 breweries appearing at Independent Beer Fest, are you?

Yes, yes we are—and they include Long Beach all-stars: Altar Society, Ambitious, Beachwood/Blendery, ISM Brewing, Syncopated, Ten Mile, and Trademark. Don’t believe us? Count ’em up:

1. 14 Cannons Brewing
2. Absolution Brewing
3. All Season
4. Alosta Brewing
5. Altar Society Brewing Company
6. Ambitious Ales
7. Angel City Brewery
8. Angry Horse Brewing
9. Arrow Lodge Brewing
10. Arts District
11. AudioGraph Brewing
12. Beachwood Brewing / Beachwood Blendery
13. Beer Thug Brewing
14. Benny Boy Brewing
15. Boomtown Brewery
16. Bravery Brewing
17. Brewjeria Company
18. Brewyard Beer Company
19. Brouwerij West
20. Brown Soul Brewing
21. Burning Bridge Brewing
22. Burnin’ Daylight
23. Campsite Brewing
24. Cellador Ales
25. Cerveceria Del Pueblo
26. Claremont Craft Ales
27. Common Space Brewery
28. Creature Comforts Brewing
29. Crowns & Hops
30. Dutch’s Brewhouse/Syncopated Brewing
31. El Segundo Brewing Co
32. Eureka Brewing Company
33. Far Field Brewing
34. Firestone Walker Propagator
35. Five Point Five Brewing
36. Frogtown Brewing
37. Hand-Brewed Beer
38. Hermosa Brewing Company
39. Highland Park Brewery
40. Homage Brewing
41. Hop Secret Brewing
42. HopSaint Brewing
43. ISM Brewing
44. King Harbor Brewing
45. LA Ale Works
46. La Bodega Brewing Co
47. La Jara Brewing Company
48. La Verne Brewing
49. LABG Disc Golf Team Collaboration Brew
50. Lawless Brewing
51. Lincoln Beer Co
52. Long Beach Beer Lab
53. Lucky Luke Brewing
54. MacLeod Ale Brewing
55. Malibu Brewing
56. Monkish Brewing
57. Mt. Lowe Brewing
58. Ogopogo Brewing
59. Old Stump Brewing
60. Paperback Brewing
61. Party Beer Co.
62. Pocock Brewing
63. Project Barley
64. Sage Brews
65. Santa Cruz Brewing
66. Santa Monica Brew Works
67. Scholb Premum Ales
68. Shadow Grove Brewing
69. Smog City Brewing
70. Solarc Brewing Co
71. Ten Mile Brewing
72. Three Weavers Brewing
73. Tortugo Brewing
74. Trademark Brewing
75. TrustedGut
76. Trustworthy Brewing
77. Two Tracks Cellars
78. Whittier Brewing Co

Now go get your hops on.

Early bird tickets for both VIP and General Admission have already sold out, leaving $90 VIP (entry at noon) and $65 General Admission (entry at 1PM) tickets left. Designated drivers cost $20 to enter. The Independent Beer Fest by the Los Angeles County Brewers’ Guild will take place on June 15 and runs until 5PM. For tickets, click here.