Beer and Music Collide in Virginia

Just noticed in the new City Paper (well, Washington's version) that there's an interesting 3-day festival happening in Centreville, VA (near Manassas) from September 21 to September 23 featuring two of my favorite things -- beer and music.

On the beer side, the festival will host breweries from across the U.S. and Europe, each of which will be offering 4 oz. tastings. Only a few of the breweries are actually listed on the festival's website, but I'm excited to see that one of the participants is Michigan's excellent Bell's Brewery.

On the music side, the bands include, among others, Southern Culture on the Skids on Friday, the Avett Brothers, Fishbone (!!!) and George Clinton and Parliament Funkadelic on Saturday, and Junior Brown on Sunday.

In addition, the festival's website also promises "world class burlesque" and "bonafide Coney Island Carny acts". Sounds interesting. Tickets are available here, and you can buy 1-day passes or a 3-day pass. Not surprisingly, 1-day passes for Saturday are more expensive than the other days, at a still reasonable $35. They also offer shuttle service to the Vienna, VA metro stop for $22 for those folks who are too much of a wuss to drink and drive. (I kid, I kid.)

I just might go on Saturday...