Annual community fundraising event
Downieville
mountain
brewfest
brewfest DETAILS
Location
Drive up Hwy 49 to Downieville &
enjoy historic views while sipping your favorite brews.
carpooling is highly advised - our town is tiny!
Date
September 21, 2024
Saturday Only
Time
Registration opens at 10:00 am
Brew Sampling
2:00 pm to 6:00 pm
General Admission tickets provide unlimited tastings. There will be live music and of course, plenty of food available for purchase. There will be something for every appetite! As an attendee, you will get a wrist band indicating that you are 21 years of age or older and have paid. Only those folks wearing Brewfest wristbands will be served. Designated drivers admission is FREE. A take-home imprinted pilsner taster will be given to you as part of your ticket price and this is the ONLY container beer may be poured into. All beer samples will be poured in a quantity of 2 oz. and tastings can be for as many 2 oz samples as you can responsibly consume. Please, no dogs are permitted unless they are a service animal!
Tickets
Advanced Tickets are available now by following the Advance Tickets link below. Paper tickets are available at the Downieville Day Spa and at the Downieville River Inn & Resort
Advance general Ticket Sales
Advance Tickets | $35
21+ age requirement, id will checked at registration
General Ticket Sales
Price at the Door | $45
21+ age requirement, id will be checked at registration
free entry
Designated Drivers | FREE
access to entertainment and food vendors is available without tickets
All money raised is donated to the
Downieville Volunteer Fire Department!
entertainment
BLUES, REGGAE, ORIGINAL TUNES, AND MORE
Sponsored by Sierra County Arts Council
Bob Mora and the Third Degree are one of the premier bands in Northern California for playing Blues, Reggae, and New Orleans dance music.
food vendors
Local Favorites serving food at the Brewfest include:
JADAA's Kitchen - Food the way Grandma made it, with a JADAA twist.
La Cocina De Oro - Feather serves fresh Latin American culinary delights.
Sabrina At The Forks - New American Homemade food.
Shuttle service & Parking
There is minimal parking in our historic town, please carpool!
Check out the Parking and Shuttle Map to get more details about where to park and where shuttle stops are located.
Cell service may be spotty so you may want to print a map,
and don’t forget to BRING CASH to pay drivers and food vendors!
Lodging and accomodations
Here is a listing of lodging options in Downieville and Sierra City, located 20 mins east of Downieville. For more detailed information about these business, please check out https://sierracountychamber.com and use their Visit Widget to plan your trip! Don’t forget to mention you are coming for the Downieville Mountain Brewfest when you book.
Additional lodging options may also be found as Short-Term Rentals on www.airbnb.com and www.vrbo.com as well as Campsites with the Forest Service at https://www.recreation.gov/.
Downieville | Sierra City |
Carriage House Inn: 530-289-3573 | Bassets Station: 530-862-1297 |
Downieville Loft: 415-218-3469 | Buttes Resort: 530-862-1170 |
Downieville River Inn: 530-289-3308 | My Sisters Cottage: 530-862-1505 |
Riverside Mountain Lodge: 530-289-1000 | Red Moose Cafe Inn: 530-862-1024 |
Sierra Shangri-La Resort: 530-289-3455 | Sierra Pines Resort: 530-862-1151 |
The Yubaverse: 650-843-9822 | Sierra Skies RV Park: 530-862-1166 |
Willoughby’s On The River: 602-253-6562 | The Sierra Chalet Vacation Cabin: 530-862-1193 thesierrachalet@gmail.com |
The Sierra City House: 707-338-6901 | |
Yuba River Inn: 530-764-2204 |
event guidelines
We want everyone to enjoy the Downieville Mountain Brewfest and have a good time. Here are a few rules and suggestions to make it a fun day:
HAVE FUN!....CHEERS!
D.i.g.
DOWNIEVILLE IMPROVEMENT GROUP
Downieville Improvement Group (DIG) started as an informal group of business owners and residents early in 2007 and the focus was promoting Downieville and helping in the community. At the end of each meeting, we’d pass a jar around for donations to pay for a town project that we’d plan to do.
Eventually, we decided to formalize our group and applied to the IRS to be recognized as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Our objective and purpose is “to hold events open to the public; the proceeds of which will be used to make improvements and/or to maintain public owned buildings, monuments, or works in and around the unincorporated town of Downieville, Sierra County, California, in order to lessen the burden of government by reducing the costs of governmental projects, and by directly benefiting the general public."
Our first Brewfest in 2015 was a huge success! We are proud to say that the Downieville Mountain Brewfest has been one of the largest COMMUNITY fundraisers in the entire Sierra County. All proceeds from the event go back into our community, not into a promoter’s pocket.