The Wisconsin Beer Lovers Festival will take place Saturday, June 7 at its new site: the Bavarian Bierhaus' Old Heidelberg Park Grounds in Glendale.
The festival – presented by the Wisconsin Brewers Guild and Discover the North Shore – has previously been held at Bayshore.
“This year’s move to The Bavarian Bierhaus adds an exciting new energy to the event," said Becca Petrillo, Executive Director of Discover the North Shore of Milwaukee.
"The shady trees, sprawling green space and authentic German beer garden atmosphere are the perfect backdrop for an unforgettable day of sampling and socializing,”
In addition to unlimited samples of products from Wisconsin craft brewers, distilleries and wineries, there will be food pairings from local restaurants, artisan vendors, a souvenir tasting glass, lawn games, live music and a VIP experience featuring early entry and exclusive pours.
For complete admission details and to purchase tickets online now, visit wibrewersguild.com/WIBLF.
Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., where he lived until he was 17, Bobby received his BA-Mass Communications from UWM in 1989 and has lived in Walker's Point, Bay View, Enderis Park, South Milwaukee and on the East Side.
He has published three non-fiction books in Italy – including one about an event in Milwaukee history, which was published in the U.S. in autumn 2010. Four more books, all about Milwaukee, have been published by The History Press.
With his most recent band, The Yell Leaders, Bobby released four LPs and had a songs featured in episodes of TV's "Party of Five" and "Dawson's Creek," and films in Japan, South America and the U.S. The Yell Leaders were named the best unsigned band in their region by VH-1 as part of its Rock Across America 1998 Tour. Most recently, the band contributed tracks to a UK vinyl/CD tribute to the Redskins and collaborated on a track with Italian novelist Enrico Remmert.
He's produced three installments of the "OMCD" series of local music compilations for OnMilwaukee.com and in 2007 produced a CD of Italian music and poetry.
In 2005, he was awarded the City of Asti's (Italy) Journalism Prize for his work focusing on that area. He has also won awards from the Milwaukee Press Club.
He has be heard on 88Nine Radio Milwaukee talking about his "Urban Spelunking" series of stories, in that station's most popular podcast.
