JWJ’s Bluegrass, Beer, & BBQ Festival
Your favorite James Weldon Johnson Park festival is back!
Join us for Bluegrass, Beer, and Barbecue on September 17, 2022, from 5 pm to 10 pm.
Hosted by John Scott from 99.1 WQIK, we’ll be pigging out on delicious food from baby-back ribs to corn on the cob served by Jacksonville’s best barbecue trucks such as The Butt Hutt Smokehouse, Fae’s BBQ, The Smoked Meat Militia, The Saucy Pig, and more!
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FEATURED LOCAL AND REGIONAL BEERS:
Aardwolf Hard Target Belgian Strong Golden Ale (8.5%)
Aardwolf Weizenwolf Weissbier (5.2%)
Ancient City Castillo Coconut Porter (6.3%)
Fishweir Bait and Switch Blonde Ale (5.5%)
Fishweir Lazy River Pilsner (5.4%)
Intuition I-10 IPA (6.8%)
Intuition Party Wave Hazy IPA (7.4%)
Ruby Beach Scallywag Sour (6.2%)
Ruby Beach Twin Finn Lager (5.2%)
Sun King Oktoberfest Marzen (5.7%)
Sun King Orange Vanilla Sunlight Cream Ale (5.3%)
Sun King Wee Mac Scottish Ale (5.3%)
Swamp Head Midnight Oil Oatmeal Coffee Stout (5.0%)
Tabula Rasa Schieferfest Oktobrew Marzen (5.6%)
Tabula Rasa Liquid Oz Pumpkin Ale with Lactose (6.8%)
Tabula Rasa Tartanic Scottish Ale (5.0%)
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Our “Beer Theatre” will feature brewmaster tastings, home brewing discussions, BBQ & Beer Food Pairings, and more! Plus, a Boot Scoot Dance contest, lawn games, and crafts for the kiddos.
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Live music will feature Ft Pierce’s Pubgrass band Uproot Hootenanny and Jacksonville’s own Firewater Tent Revival!
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The festival is FREE to attend but tickets are being sold for our VIP Area!
For just $50.00 per person, you will receive:
• Access to a VIP area with shade and a dance area closest to the stage.
• Air-conditioned Port-a-Jon
• JWJ Drinking Stein with UNLIMITED beer refills
• Opportunity to participate in our Stein hoisting contest
• 5 lucky VIP members will be chosen at random to be a judge in our “Best Rib Cookoff Contest”
The concert presented by Friends of James Weldon Johnson Park is free to attend, but for VIP Tickets CLICK HERE.
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Limited seating is available at this event. You are welcome to bring your own chair! Dogs are welcome too!
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Sponsored in part by the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Arts and Culture, the Florida Council on Arts and Culture, and the National Endowment for the Arts.