Just like last year—when thousands swarmed Shoreline Aquatic Park in Downtown Long Beach—LA Beer Week’s marquee event returns. LA Independent Beer Fest 2025 will take place on Saturday, June 14. The festival will once again transform the waterfront into the largest craft beer celebration in Southern California, bringing together more than 75 breweries and pouring over 150 unique beers.
What is the LA Independent Beer Fest?
Now in its 15th year, LA Beer Week is spearheaded by the Los Angeles County Brewers Guild and has grown into a citywide tribute to the region’s thriving craft beer culture. The Independent Beer Fest has long been a staple of that celebration, but it wasn’t until last year that Long Beach was tapped as its host city—a move that felt both overdue and perfectly timed.
This year’s festival runs from 1PM to 5PM (though early birds with VIP tickets can sneak in at noon to get a head start on the pours and dodge the longest lines). Each brewery is expected to showcase two of their best, adding up to a massive tasting menu of 150-plus brews throughout the afternoon.
In past years, the fest typically set up shop near Los Angeles Center Studios—right where the 110 brushes up against Downtown LA and Westlake. So when Long Beach stepped in to host the California Craft Beer Summit back in 2018 (thanks to construction delays in Sacramento), it felt like a pivotal moment. Now, with Long Beach firmly on the beer map, it’s gratifying to see major industry events not only returning but thriving here on our coast.
Besides LA Indendepent Beer Fest, are there any other happenings in Long Beach for LA Beer Week?
Yes. ISM Brewing in Downtown Long Beach will be one of the major hubs for LA Beer Week. They will be hosting the Brewers’ Night on June 13, with a special collab release between them, Ambitious Ales, Ten Mile, Altar Society, Trademark, Syncopated… They’ll also have a LA Beer Trivia Night on June 16. Community Conversations with ISM GM Tomm Carroll on June 17. A bottle share on June 18. A Juneteenth celebration on June 19. And a Besties & Westies kick-off June 20 with a tap takeover June 21 and 22.
So who is participating in LA Independent Beer Fest 2025?
In what is unquestionably the most stellar beer lineup in California—and certainly one in the country, rivaling stand-outs like the Great American Beer Fest in Colorado, Kill the Lights in Tennessee, and the Suwanee Beer Fest in Georgia—here is what to expect in terms of breweries.
- 14 Cannons
- Absolution Brewing Company
- All Season Brewing
- Altar Society Brewing Company
- Ambitious Ales
- Angel City Brewery
- Angry Horse Brewing
- Arrow Lodge Brewing
- Arts District Brewing Company
- AudioGraph Beer Co.
- Beachwood Brewing
- Beer Thug Brewing
- Benny Boy Brewing
- Best Day Brewing
- Boomtown Brewery
- BRAMS Beer
- Bravery Brewing
- Brewjeria Company
- Brewyard Beer Company
- Brown Soul Brewing Co.
- Burnin Daylight Brewing Company
- Burning Bridge Brewing
- Buzzrock Brewing Co.
- Campsite Brewing Company
- Cellador Ales
- Cervecería Del Pueblo
- Claremont Craft Ales
- Common Space Brewery
- Creature Comforts Brewing Co.
- Crowns & Hops Brewing Co.
- El Segundo Brewing
- Eureka Brewing Company
- everywhere
- Far Field Beer Company
- Feathered Serpent Brewing
- Firestone Walker
- Five Point Five Brewing
- Frogtown
- Hand-Brewed Beer
- Hermosa Brewing
- Highland Park Brewery
- Highpoint Brewing Company
- Homage Brewing
- Hop Secret Brewing Company
- HopSaint Brewing Company
- Ikasu Brewing
- Innovation Brew Works
- ISM Brewing
- JuneShine
- LA Bodega Brewing Co.
- La Jara Brewing Company
- La Verne Brewing
- Lawless Brewing Co.
- Lincoln Beer Company
- Long Beach Beer Lab
- Los Angeles Ale Works
- Lucky Luke Brewing
- Malibu Brewing Company
- Monkish Brewing
- Mt Lowe Brewing
- Ogopogo Brewing
- Old Stump Brewing Co.
- Paperback Brewing
- Pocock
- Port Town Brewing Company
- Project Barley
- Santa Cruz Brewing Co.
- Santa Monica Brew Works
- Scholb Premium Ales
- Smog City Brewing
- syncopated brewing company
- Ten Mile Brewing
- Tortugo Brewing Company
- Trademark Brewing
- TrustedGut
- Two Tracks Cellars
- Whittier Brewing Company
LA Independent Beer Fest 2025 will take place on Saturday, June 14. For tickets, click here.
