CANCELED: Lowell Ribs’n Brew festival 2008
This is quite depressing. I’d like to thanks Susan, Ben, John and Don for bringing this to our attention. I apologize for the delay in posting this message, but we were trying to wait for the official word. I felt like Princess Leah trying to save the Federation (you should have seen my cinnamon bun hair doo).
The following Article was recently posted in the Lowell Sun (thanks Don for sharing):
Rib ‘n’ Brews Festival canceled
By Kathleen PierceLOWELL — After seven years on the barbie, the Rib ‘n’ Brews Festival in Lowell has gone up in smoke.
Scheduled for Sept. 6 and 7, the grilling competition and craft brew fest that attracts 20,000- 30,000 people to the Tsongas Arena grounds has been canceled from here on out.
Stuck with an unpopular date sanctioned by the National Barbecuing Society coupled with the recent illness of the coordinator of the state’s barbecue championship, Special Events Coordinator Andy St. Onge said the sizzle had gone out of the event.
“We didn’t like the date because we are always up against the elements at that time. Every year we’ve run it, we experienced rain. It’s hurricane season,” said St. Onge.
The festival took a hit last year, falling short of the thousands it typically rakes in.
“So we said, why do all that work?”
But don’t start crying in your beer yet, St. Onge is working on an Oktober-style micro-brew festival to keep spirits high this fall.
“It was a very successful component and it’s easy for us to run,” said St. Onge.
No further information on the New England Craft Beer Festival has been announced, but St. Onge is looking into downtown locations.
It’s quite sad, due to the fact that some really KICK ASS breweries had signed up for this event. I mean some breweries that some of you might not have seen before and some amazing craft breweries that would have been attending for the first time. Trust me when I say it would have been an overall KICK ASS group of returners and existing craft breweries (as I am drooling just thinking about it).
Maybe we’ll see you in October. If we do, we’ll let you know.
Thanks
Sean
2Beerguys.com
Drink Craft Beer, You’ve Earned It!!!
The 6th Annual RIB’N BREWS festival
*** brought to you by the CITY OF LOWELL (and Major’s Pub) ***
September 5th thru the 7th, the City of Lowell is host to both the Massachusetts State Barbeque Championships (Sanctioned by the Kansas City Barbeque Society and the New England Barbeque Society) and the New England Microbrew Championships.
Last year’s event, being the Fifth Annual, drew an excess of 35,000 attendees.
Dates and Times of Event:
Friday, September 5th, 6:00 P.M. – 12:00 A.M.
Saturday, September 6th, 12:00 P.M. – 12:00 A.M.
Sunday, September 7th, 12:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Hours of Microbrew Tasting
Friday – 7:30 PM – 10:30 PM
Saturday – 5:00 PM – 9:00 PM
More information (including brewery list) to follow…
8 Responses to “CANCELED: Lowell Ribs’n Brew festival 2008”
August 16th, 2008 at 12:54 pm
Sean, Thanx alot !!! I had lost track of this one…
I could not find info anywhere!!! Thought they stopped it.
August 18th, 2008 at 9:50 am
Sean!
I’m hearing the Rib’n brews was cancelled…look at this link. Please tell me it isn’t so.
http://www.nebs.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=28&Itemid=1
P.S. Tell Amber, Ryan, and Jen I say hi!
August 21st, 2008 at 8:46 am
I do believe it has been cancelled. I live in Lowell and it is not listed on the CityofLowell Website. On the events page under september it is not listed there
August 21st, 2008 at 1:44 pm
It has been canceled. My wife usually works this event and she just told me the dates did not work for the event.
August 25th, 2008 at 2:53 pm
That super sucks!! My husband loves KC BBQ and I love MicroBrew!
August 29th, 2008 at 8:12 am
hey guys ,it did so bad last year because it runs the same weekend as the best festival in the country,the hampton beach seafood festival! Time to rethink a new date because everyone is at the beach that weekend
September 6th, 2008 at 10:46 am
This is terrible! I’ve never been to one of these and just found out about it recently! I was so damn excited.
June 3rd, 2009 at 2:08 am
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