2017 Elgin Street Craft Beer Fest/ Smokers reunion

The 5th Annual Elgin Street Craft Beer Festival.
New Footprint – Vendors along Elgin Street. Music on Gray Street.
New Glassware – a sample glass that can hold one or two samples, with branded printing on the side.
Street Concert prequel – Last year we had the Pink Floyd Night do the Entire Wall album on Friday night… this year we have a long awaited reunion of The Smokers.
The Laughing Buddha and The Townehouse Tavern. The Buddha has been Sudbury’s home of Craft and Imported beers since its opening in 2005. Since 2008, we have driven the province to buy direct from the many small craft brewers in the province as well as purchased direct from importers and LCBO through our license.
Operations manager Paul Loewenberg has handled the administration of the event and looks forward to the expansion of the festival in the future to bring more vendors, more music, more partners and more people. This event is a premium beverage event that is open to all over the age of 19 to sample the finest in Craft and Imported beer available to Ontario.
The Townehouse Tavern has long been Sudbury’s venerable home of live music, presenting all styles of live music. Whether it be Punk, Funk, Blues, Jazz, Reggae, Rock, Roots music, Ska, Cuban, Calypso, Bluegrass, old time Country or even Metal… if your band was doing something interesting, this is the place to play.
The Festival closes down one lane of traffic along Elgin Street and the adjacent Grey Street to create a single licensed area for over 1500 people under a special occasion permit. Come enjoy 2 days of music and many fine samples of the newest and bravest beers in the market. Concert Friday, Beerfest Saturday.

The Smokers were one of Sudbury’s most beloved bands. This hybrid of Ska and Swing with splashes of Rocksteady and R&B was a mainstay in Sudbury bars and festivals for 5 years. Josh Fuhrman, Matt Foy, Bryan McNally and Blair McNally created a great catalog of music, releasing one treasured album… confusingly hiding a 2nd album from all of us, plus playing many of the masters of the genre.

Smokers hit the outdoor stage at 9:00pm Friday. Stay tuned for full music line-up.

Tickets are advance prices only. Door Prices will be $20 Friday night concert and $30 for Saturday Craft Beer Festival, incl tax.