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2nd Annual “Pints At The Park”: Beer & BBQ Festival | Lake Merritt

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Saturday, August 26, 2017 - 2:00 pm to 7:00 pm | Cost: FREE*
*Free and open to the public. There is a ticketed VIP area for $69 that includes unlimited tastes of beer and a BBQ spread.

Lake Meritt Amphitheater | 12th Street and 1st Ave.,Lake Meritt Blvd., Oakland, CA

Event Details

The 2nd annual Pints At The Park takes place at Oakland’s beautiful Lake Merritt Amphitheater and across the street at the Henry J Kaiser Lot. They’ll be pouring lots of great local beer. Come hungry, they’ll have some of your favorite food trucks and vendors. They’re proud to be benefiting Operation Dignity: Veterans Helping Veterans.

Pints at the Park 2017
They’re cranking up the heat at this year’s Pints at the Park and putting out the fire with some help from their favorite Bay Area brewers and friends from beyond the bay with some of the best food trucks and pitmasters around. Plus there will be live music, entertainment, DJs and the “The Creation Station,” a live art lab for all ages this year’s theme “Alternative Energy,” will be back bigger and better. And, the awesome aerialists from last year will be back too.

“The BABAs”: “May the true masters of their trade prevail”
Come and join in for the launch of the Beer And BBQ Awards. It will be an epic battle to determine best beer and best BBQ in the Bay. Besides “real” judges, check out your favorite local brewers judging competition BBQ, while some of Cali’s best pit masters choose their favorite in this year’s “Pils at the Park” competition.

Bands & DJs
Stage at Lake Merritt Amphitheater – DJs spinning at the “Henry J”

The Lucky 13 Beer Truck
They’ll be serving up the competing beers and other favorites from their 24 tapped BEERTLR. And of course they’ll have the beer truck with its 16 taps of joy.

Food Trucks & BBQ Pits
Some of the Bay’s best food trucks & pit masters are pulling out their best recipes.

“The Creation Station”
A live art lab for all ages this year’s theme “Alternative Energy”

“The Brewers Tent” (Ticketed area)
Come hang out with the crew with never ending beer samplers & all the BBQ you can handle.
Homebrewer? Share your own concoction. (Brewers Tent Only)

“The Smoking Section” (Ticketed area)
Get tips from the pros and a behind the scenes look at competition BBQ and try cuts pulled straight from the smoker to the chop block, plus there will be never ending beer samplers.

Disclaimer: Please double check event information with the event organizer as events can be canceled, details can change after they are added to our calendar, and errors do occur.


Cost: FREE*
*Free and open to the public. There is a ticketed VIP area for $69 that includes unlimited tastes of beer and a BBQ spread.
Categories: **Annual Event**, *Top Pick*, Eating & Drinking
Address: 12th Street and 1st Ave.,Lake Meritt Blvd., Oakland, CA