Bennington gets hoppy as Homebrew Festival returns this spring

Vermont Business Magazine The brews will flow once again as the Southwestern Vermont Chamber of Commerce and Hopridge Farms partner together to produce the thirteenth Homebrew Festival and competition. Saturday, April 29th at the Bennington Sports Center in downtown Bennington, brewers will go head-to-head to be named the best homebrew in the land.

DRINKMatthew HarringtonApril 3, 2023home page, Beer, Brew, festival, spring

Garlic Town, USA sees epic turnout in second year within Bennington downtown

Article originally in The Bennington Banner (September 5, 2021) written by Makayla-Courtney McGeeney // Thousands of garlic lovers descended on downtown Bennington on Saturday for Garlic Town, USA. This year’s single-day Labor Day weekend tradition follows the scaled down version of the annual Southern Vermont Garlic and Herb festival that hosted roughly 3,000 attendees in 2020. The reimagined event combined a variety of free activities and entertainment hubs as well as ticketed “cloves” where garlic vendors, artisans and food trucks resided.

ARTS & CULTUREMatthew HarringtonSeptember 16, 2021garlic, festival, event, small business, home page

Over 100 Brew Samples and Region’s Best Appetizers at the Fourth Annual Winter Homebrew Festival

The Southwestern Vermont Chamber of Commerce and Hopridge Farms will present the fourth annual Southern Vermont Winter Homebrew Festival on Saturday, March 7th in downtown Bennington, Vermont at the former Brush Building.