This month, Hood Canal Brewery marks 30 years in business. Don Wyatt founded it back when we still called them “microbreweries,” and in three decades there’s been exactly one changing of the guard: at the 25-year mark, Don handed the reins to Caitlyn Hatchel, who’d started working the taproom at 21 and spent years learning the business before taking ownership. Two owners. Thirty years. That’s staying power. 

“Hood Canal Brewery opened its doors 30 years ago this month, and we cannot say thank you enough,” said the brewery on social media. “Don Wyatt built this brewery on a simple foundation: a passion for crafting amazing beer and a deep love for the people who walk through our doors. Over the last three decades, those simple pint glasses have helped build a tight-knit community, spark countless belly laughs, and foster friendships that will truly last a lifetime. Caitlyn and her crew now carry this passion on, keeping the dream alive.”

“To every single person who has pulled up a stool, picked up a six-pack, recommended us to a neighbor, or spent a rainy afternoon in our taproom—you are the heart and soul of Hood Canal Brewery. Running a small business is a labor of love, but serving this community makes every single late night and long brew day worth it. We care about this place and our loyal patrons more than words can express, and we are endlessly grateful for the way you have embraced us as your own.

Here’s to 30 incredible years of great beer, unforgettable memories, and the absolute best customers anyone could ask for.”

While there is no big hoopla planned to mark the milestone, they are offering limited-time-only, 30th anniversary t-shirts, crewnecks, and hoodies. With zip-ups, and long sleeves coming soon.

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I’ll keep updating this list and resharing it as I hear about more fresh hop happenings — so bookmark it, check back often, rinse and repeat. If you’re putting together a festival, a tap-takeover, or any other kind of freshie-focused event this year, submit your event here. And yes, we reserve the right to decide what makes the cut. Also — Washington only. We love our freshie friends in Oregon, but let’s keep this local.

So what actually counts as a fresh hop event around here?

Look, a lot of bars are going to throw a few fresh hop beers on tap this year, and that’s great — genuinely, it’s a mother-beautiful thing. But that’s not an event. Around these parts, that’s just a Tuesday during the fresh hop season.

For something to make this list, it needs to give people a real shot at tasting multiple fresh hop beers without having to commit to full pints and end up completely schnockered by beer number three. We’re talking tap takeovers. Taster flights. Festivals. Actual events built around the beers that celebrate fresh hops.

Beyond that, we’re all grownups; I don’t think I need to spell it out for you. Submit your event here.

Fresh Hop Beer Festivals and Events

Already Underway (Seattle)
Fresh Hop Freshtival at Growler Guys
This isn’t so much a single event as it is an extended celebration of the fresh hop beer season. The Growler Guys will tap into dozens of fresh hop beers over the course of the coming weeks. This one, literally, goes until the season’s bounty is depleted. They have 60 taps, so they have the ability to dedicate a couple dozen, at least, to fresh hop beers. This is also the site of the Washington Fresh Hop Awards Ceremony (details forthcoming). The Growler Guys, 8500 Lake City Way NE, Seattle, WA 98115.

Saturday, September 26 (Capitol Hill)
Washington Harvest Fest – (Info/Tickets)
The Washington Brewers Guild presents its first-ever Harvest Fest, a celebration of Washington’s agricultural bounty. And of course, that means fresh hop beer. Along with all the beers, seasonal lagers, and curated food-and-beer pairings. Plus, the opportunity to chat with industry experts from CLS Hop Farm, LINC Malt, and Cold Stream Malt & Grain. Stoup Brewing Capitol Hill, 1158 Broadway, Seattle, WA 98122. 

Saturday, September 26 (Wenatchee)
Wenatchee Fresh Hop Fest – (Info/Tickets) 

The 3rd Annual Fresh Hop Festival at Pybus Public Market in Wenatchee, WA, on September 26, 2026. Enjoy live music from Beau Warren and friends, delicious food, and a fun family game area. Those 21+ can savor fresh hop beers, meads, and ciders in a vibrant fall harvest celebration.Six tasting tokens are included with each general admission ticket. Non-drinkers can purchase separate tickets at the door to enjoy the food, music, and activities. Pybus Public Market, 3 N Worthen St, Wenatchee, WA 98801.

Friday, October 2 (White Salmon)
18 and Life to Go at Everybody’s Brewing – (Details)
It’s an anniversary celebration and fresh hop fest. The brewery invited some other breweries to the party to pour their best fresh hop creations festival-style. The party is all day, but the actual beer fest part of it is in the evening, from 5 – 9. Everybody’s Brewing, 177 E Jewett Blvd, White Salmon, WA 98672. 

Saturday, October 10 (Yakima)
Yakima Fresh Hop Ale Festival – (Info/Tickets)
This long-running community event is the mother of all fresh hop festivals. Of course, the Yakima Valley produces the lion’s share of the nation’s annual hop crop, so where better to celebrate the bounty than alongside the farmers and hop industry professionals who supply the nation, and the world, with the hops. The festival itself is a non-profit organization and proceeds benefit a range of the area’s worthwhile programs and organizations. State Fair Park, 1301 S Fair Ave, Yakima, WA 98901. 

October 15 – 17 (West Seattle)
Fresh Hop Beer Festival – Freshie Fest – (Details)
Beveridge Place Pub and Washington Beer Blog Present Freshie Fest, a celebration of fresh hop beers. The freshest wet hop fest or the wettest fresh hop fest. You decide. Thursday and Friday, at least a couple dozen fresh hop beers on tap: taster trays or full pours. On Saturday, upwards of 40 fresh hop beers poured festival-style, inside and outside in the Beveridge Garden. Beveridge Place Pub, 6413 California Ave SW, Seattle, WA 98136.

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This will mark location number three for Vice Beer, which already runs a brewery and taproom on Vancouver’s east end plus a smaller taproom downtown (Little Vice). The new-to-them spot sits just north of downtown on Main Street, in the Uptown Village business district. Credit where it’s due — New School Beer + Cider broke this story first, and you can read their original report here.

Full disclosure: we’d heard whispers about a possible ownership change at Trap Door’s Uptown location a couple weeks back, but couldn’t confirm anything at the time. Now we can.

It is worth noting that this change comes not long after some events at Trap Door that stirred up plenty of conversation in the community — divisive is probably a better word than controversial. Whether that played any role in this decision, we honestly don’t know, and we will not speculate.

Brian Shull, the owner of Trap Door Brewing, explained to us when announcing the plans in Brush Prairie that the businesses are purposefully structured to operate independently: each location is (will be) its own business entity. That probably made the handoff to Vice Beer a lot easier. 

One more thing worth keeping an eye on: Brian Shull is juggling a lot right now. Beyond running Trap Door and pushing forward those ambitious plans for the Brush Prairie taproom and food truck court, he announced back in April that he’s running for a seat on the Clark County Council. The election is in November.

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Mark the calendar: October 15th through 17th, join us in West Seattle for a fresh hop beer festival – the freshest wet hop beer festival, or the wettest fresh hop festival. You decide. Whatever you call it, get ready for a biblical flood of fresh hop beers.

The Freshest Fresh Hop Fest in the West. West Seattle, That Is

The Washington Beer Blog is once again teaming up with Beveridge Place Pub to provide beer lovers with an opportunity to sample a variety of fresh hop beers side by side and experience a broad range of fresh hop flavors. The wettest fresh hop festival, or the freshest wet hop fest. You decide, but whatever you call it, it’s gonna be fabulous.

The final list of breweries and beers is still coming together for the Fresh Hop Festival at Beveridge Place Pub (Thursday – Saturday). We know for certain that Thursday and Friday will offer hop lovers a selection of something like 24 fresh-hop beers (or more), available in full pours or on self-designed taster trays. Saturday is the main event, with something like 40 beers available festival-style: commemorative taster glass, taster-sized pours, you know the drill.

Gary the Publican and I got together to brainstorm and create a wish list. A dream team. Call it an invitational fresh hop fest. The lineup will include select breweries that we believe either have or will excel at making beers of this style. While this year’s exact lineup is still coming together, you can see last year’s brewery lineup here. It’ll get your mouth watering with antici……pation.

Basic Details:

• A three-day celebration of fresh hop beer crescendos with a full-on fresh hop beer festival on Saturday
• Thursday, October 15th, 3-11 p.m. (taster trays, full pours, something like 24 freshies on tap)
• Friday, October 16th, 3-11 p.m. (ditto)
• Saturday, October 17th, 1-7 p.m. (fest-style, something like 40 freshies on tap)
• Saturday: Tunes spun by DJ ABV, 2-5 p.m.
• Beveridge Place Pub, 6413 California Ave SW, Seattle, WA 98136
• 21+ only  

Here is a taste of what to expect. 

• Enjoy beers from fresh-hop rockstars like Bale Breaker Brewing, Cloudburst Brewing, Single Hill Brewing, Stoup Brewing, and Varietal Beer. 
• Beers from breweries recognized for their exceptional hop prowess, like Breakside Brewing and Grains of Wrath Brewing, two of the most highly decorated producers of IPA in the nation. 
• Many other breweries on our all-star roster. 

By its nature, fresh hop beer is an ephemeral, time-bound style of beer. We will share more details as they reveal themselves. Hell, they haven’t even started harvesting in the Yakima Valley yet. But that doesn’t mean you cannot write this one in on your calendar.

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But first, I want to tell you a bit about the foundation itself. The Glen Hay Falconer Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit created in memory of Glen Falconer, a well-loved Northwest brewer known for his passion, creativity, and dedication to the craft. The foundation is dedicated to empowering aspiring and professional brewers, with contributions that fund full scholarships at renowned brewing schools. 

Some Details:

• Mission: Contribute to the Northwest craft brewing community by providing opportunities for professional and aspiring brewers to further their knowledge and expertise. 
• Track record: Since 2004, the foundation has awarded 57 scholarships, honoring Glen Falconer’s memory and legacy by investing in the future of craft brewing. 
• Recent scholarships: In 2025, in collaboration with the Siebel Institute of Technology, the foundation offered two full-tuition scholarships (plus $1,000 travel/lodging stipends) to the World Brewing Academy’s Concise Course in Brewing Technology in Chicago. For 2026, they’re partnering with the American Brewers Guild to offer a full-tuition scholarship to the Intensive Brewing Science & Engineering course. 
• Eligibility: Scholarships are typically open to professional brewers and homebrewers from Washington, Oregon, Alaska, Hawaii, and Northern California. 
• Roots: Glen began his brewing career as an avid homebrewer and member of the Cascade Brewers Society in the Eugene/Springfield, Oregon area.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

September 2026

** APPLY NOW FOR FALCONER FOUNDATION SCHOLARSHIP TO AMERICAN BREWERS GUILD **

In collaboration with the American Brewers Guild, we are offering a full-tuition scholarship to the Guild’s Intensive Brewing Science & Engineering program. 

The Intensive Brewing Science & Engineering course is a 22-week distance education program with a final week of residential instruction.  The course is designed for brewers and homebrewers who lack formal training in brewing science and covers all the fundamentals of beer production and quality assurance.

The American Brewers Guild is a premier school for the craft brewing industry, dedicated to providing a comprehensive learning experience focused on the technical, scientific, and operational issues brewers face in a craft brewing environment. 

The American Brewers Guild is now accepting applications for the Glen Hay Falconer Foundation slot in the Intensive Brewing Science & Engineering course that runs from January 17, 2027 through June 26, 2027 with the final week of onsite instruction in Burlington, Vermont. The full application must be received no later than November 6, 2026. Note: This class is full except for this scholarship slot.

The scholarship is open to professional brewers and homebrewers from the states of Washington, Oregon, Alaska, Hawaii, and California’s northern geographic region (San Francisco/Monterey Bay areas and north).  The full-tuition scholarship also includes a $1,000 stipend to help offset travel and lodging expenses for the residential week in Burlington, Vermont.  Full details and scholarship applications are available at www.abgbrew.com.

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Cider season is back! Cider Summit Seattle is returning for another round of the region’s biggest hard cider tasting festival, packed with great food and even better drinks. Head to the Cider Summit Seattle website for all the details. Or just check out the info we share below.

Mark your calendars for Friday, September 11 (3–8 p.m., with a VIP head start at 2 p.m.) and Saturday, September 12 (noon–5 p.m.). The festival is coming home to the Lawn at Discovery Center in the heart of South Lake Union — 101 Westlake Ave. N — so you know exactly where to point your rideshare.

Want to level up your cider game? Grab a spot at the exclusive four-course pairing session Saturday morning (11 a.m.–noon), where Slightly Furry Cider teams up with Dahlia Bakery for a lineup of cider-and-cupcake pairings that sound almost too good to be legal. Come thirsty, leave happy. And you can feel good about the whole thing: Cider Summit benefits some truly worthy causes, as explained below. 

“We’re very excited to celebrate this benchmark,” said Alan Shapiro, Cider Summit co-founder and producer. “Each year we’re excited to introduce a range of new vendors and new products to even our most loyal festival attendees.”

Cider Summit Seattle is presented by Amazon and Slightly Furry’s Southend Public House. At the event, more than 40 producers come together to share more than 125 ciders, meads, cider cocktails, and fruit spirits, sourced both from the Pacific Northwest and beyond. But that ain’t all; festivalgoers can talk with cidermakers who offer firsthand guidance on tasting and pairings.

“Each year our members and cider fans throughout the region look forward to Cider Summit Seattle,” said Emily Ritchie, Executive Director of NW Cider Association. “Since 2010, it has been the area’s signature cider event. We’re excited to see its momentum continue in the PNW.” 

Tickets are on sale now

General admission and VIP tickets are now available online for purchase until 11:59 am on September 11, 2026.

• VIP tickets –$50+. The VIP tickets include early entry into the festival on Sept.11, as well as 16 tasting tickets and a festival tasting glass.
• General admission tickets –$40+ through Sept. 11 and $55/$56 at the gate (includes all taxes/fees). General admission tickets include 12 tasting tickets and a festival tasting glass.
• Cider & Cupcake paired tasting – available for $30+ as an add-on to any ticket purchase. Includes access to a hosted, four-course tasting event on Saturday beginning at 11 a.m. Space is limited to 60 participants and will feature a surprise bonus tasting.
• Designated driver tickets – available for $10/$11 at the gate only and include a complimentary bottle of water. Minors are not allowed at the festival.

Taxes and fees are not included except as noted. Advance-sale tickets will be available exclusively online. Additional tasting tickets are available onsite at $2 per ticket.

Food and More Fun

• Eats are available for purchase from Kathmandu MoMoCha and Hawk Dogs along with additional onsite snacks from KaffeeKlatsch, Little Jamie’s Mini Donuts, Don & Joe’s Meats and Salt Blade Handcrafted Meats.
• Oregon Fruit Co. Fruit Cider Challenge, with voting via QR code to determine winner.
• Heritage Cider Pavilion featuring farm-based regional artisanal cider producers.
• Stop by the Dog Lounge, hosted by and benefiting Seattle Humane Society, for shade, water, and treats. Well-behaved dogs on leash are welcome at the festival!
• Event store featuring to-go bottles and cans, festival merch, and extra tasting tickets.
• Cider Summit Rewards featuring post-event bonus offers and discounts from event sponsors and local vendors.

About Cider Summit

Founded over a dozen years ago, Cider Summit produces cider tasting festivals in Seattle and Chicago. Cider Summit Seattle is sponsored by Amazon, Southend Public House, BevMo!, Oregon Fruit Co., and Odom Corp. Media partners include The Stranger, Sip Magazine, and Pommes & Pints Podcast. Our event beneficiaries include the Institute for Myeloma & Bone Cancer Research, Seattle Humane Society, and NW Cider Association. Learn more at CiderSummit.com and follow @CiderSummit on social media and join the conversation with #CiderSummitSEA.

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Across the Columbia, in Hood River, Oregon, the festival formerly known as Hood River Hops Fest has evolved into the Hood River Orchard & Ale Festival, expanding its focus to celebrate both fresh-hop beers and autumn craft ciders. But before that event happens on Saturday, spend some time on the Washington side of the river and raise a pint, or two, to Everybody’s Brewing. It’s an 80s-themed party. 

With hair held firmly big by Aqua Net Super Extra Hold Hairspray, the band Skid Row said it best: “Your crime is time and its eighteen and life to go.” Surely, some of you know what I’m talking about. 

Here are the event details

18 Years of Everybody’s
Lil Fresh Fest

Friday, October 2nd | Food Specials All Day | Festivities Begin at 5pm
It’s a lil fresh hop festival at Everybody’s Brewing. Fresh hop beers, live music, local artists, and great food.

Guest Breweries: Everybody’s Brewing • Recluse Brew Works • Solera Brewery • Level Beer • Grains of Wrath • Threshold Brewing • Loowit Brewing Company • Fortside Brewing Company • Single Hill Brewing 

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All Day | Anniversary Food Specials
We’ll be celebrating all day long with special food offerings from the kitchen, so come hungry and stop in anytime. 

5 to 9 pm | Lil Fresh Fest
Fresh hop season is too good not to share. We’ll have nine fresh hop beers pouring throughout the pub, including Everybody’s and freshies from some of our brewery friends. Grab your tasting tickets and make your way around the beer stations to try them all, revisit your favorites, or use your tickets however you please.

5 to 9 pm | Local Artist Market
Sip while you shop with a collection of local artists and makers downstairs in our brewery space. Check out what they’ve been creating and show some love to our local creative community.

Lil Freshies Kids Area
Bring the whole crew. We’ll have a dedicated Lil Freshies Kids Area with some fun for our littlest partygoers, too.

6 to 9 pm | Live Music
We’re doubling up on live music for the night with two live acts playing throughout the evening, one in the brewery and one out on the deck. Wander between the two, grab a fresh hop beer, and rock out with us.

Anniversary Toast and 80s Contests
This year’s anniversary theme is Skid Row “18 and Life,” so break out the denim, tease up that hair (biggest hair and best mullet contest!), and come celebrate 18 years of Everybody’s Brewing with us. 

Between music sets, we’ll raise a glass to 18 years of Everybody’s Brewing with an anniversary toast and crown the winners of a few very important competitions.

Biggest Hair | Best Mullet. Consider this your official permission to go completely overboard.

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But, as that insidious plot unfolds, there’s a different narrative that should interest craft beer fans. Some smaller, craft-focused distribution companies are gaining momentum, offering an alternative for craft breweries. It’s tough sledding, but in the midst of the well-documented struggles facing the beer industry, Kent, Washington’s River Barrel Distributing is expanding its portfolio. Here’s a press release about that.

River Barrel is expanding its craft portfolio and strengthening its hands-on approach to distribution across Western Washington

The Pacific Northwest has long been one of the country’s great craft beer regions, built by breweries, neighborhood bottle shops, bars, restaurants, and retailers willing to take chances on good beer and the people behind it. As the distribution side of the industry continues to consolidate, River Barrel Distributing is heading in a different direction.

Left Hand Brewing, Anderson Valley Brewing, Occidental Brewing, and Steeplejack Brewing are transitioning from Odom to River Barrel Distributing, marking one of the largest portfolio additions in River Barrel’s history.

The move adds four established breweries to a River Barrel portfolio that has already grown considerably over the past year. “When we look at where the industry is headed, we know we aren’t trying to become the biggest distributor in Washington,” said Joe Cohen, owner of River Barrel Distributing. “We want to become the distributor known for thoughtful representation, exceptional service, and long-term partnerships.”

A Bigger Commitment to Craft

Brand movement is nothing new in beer distribution. Breweries change partners, portfolios change hands, and distributors adjust their focus. River Barrel and Odom worked together on the latest transition with the goal of putting the four breweries in a position to succeed over the long term.

For River Barrel, the fit is straightforward. The company has built its business around craft beer and maintains a strong presence in the independent bottle shops, bars, restaurants, grocery stores, and specialty accounts where these brands have long been relevant.

“Left Hand Brewing has been a part of the Washington craft beer scene since 2007, best known for our Milk Stout Nitro and Peanut Butter Milk Stout, along with our unique seasonal offerings. This past spring, we expanded our portfolio in the state with Dry Dock Brewing, celebrated for its iconic Apricot Blonde. As the #1 craft stout and the #1 apricot beer in the country, we’re excited to continue bringing our beers to the best craft beer spots in Washington with our new partnership with River Barrel Distributing. Our two companies share similar values — independence, quality, and a commitment to educating and taking care of our customers. We couldn’t be more excited to partner with River Barrel,” said Chris Lennert, COO at Left Hand.

Left Hand and Anderson Valley bring decades of brewing history and established followings in Washington. Occidental and Steeplejack add two highly regarded Oregon breweries with a natural fit in River Barrel’s Pacific Northwest-focused portfolio.

They also join a growing list of recent additions. Over the past year, River Barrel has brought on Bierly Brewing, Jellyfish Brewing, Slightly Furry, and Schönramer, while continuing to build its specialty import, cider, and non-alcoholic business.

The common thread isn’t simply adding more brands. It’s finding producers that fit the way River Barrel sells beer.

“Our goal has never been to carry the most brands,” Cohen said. “It’s to represent the right brands. We want every supplier in our portfolio to receive meaningful attention and every retailer to know they’re working with a team that genuinely believes in the products we sell.”

Staying Close to the Market

River Barrel operates from Kent and serves retailers throughout Western Washington. Its sales team works directly with neighborhood bottle shops, restaurants and bars, grocery retailers, and specialty beverage accounts across the region. That local presence matters. It gives the company direct feedback from buyers, helps the team identify opportunities quickly, and allows sales reps to spend time actually selling and educating accounts on the brands they represent.

River Barrel has also invested in making the nuts and bolts of distribution easier for customers. Its Fresh Sheet provides current inventory and pricing, while online ordering gives retailers more ways to place orders and keep up with new releases.

For River Barrel, those things are all connected: know the products, know the customers, deliver consistently, and make it easy to do business.

What’s Next

Beer distribution isn’t going to stop changing. There will be more consolidation, more portfolio movement, and more breweries deciding what they need from a distributor. River Barrel sees room in that changing market for a locally owned distributor that remains focused on craft.

“The future of craft distribution for us isn’t built by having the largest portfolio,” Cohen said. “It’s built by earning trust, staying close to our market, and building partnerships that last. If we continue doing that, growth becomes the result, not the objective.”

About River Barrel Distributing

River Barrel Distributing is an independent craft beverage distributor based in Kent, Washington, serving retailers throughout Western Washington. The company specializes in craft beer, premium imports, cider, and non-alcoholic beverages, with knowledgeable sales support, responsive customer service, and dependable weekly delivery.

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There’s a certain type of beer nerd who nods knowingly the second you say “fresh hop,” the same way a self-described wine snob might nod along when someone mentions “terroir” even though they don’t know what that really means. Hey, no judgment — I’ve done it too, in other contexts, about other things. Fresh hop beer is one of those topics where a lot of people roaming taprooms, sporting their favorite brewery T-shirts and ticking boxes on Untappd, are quietly winging it. Nodding along.

I’m not talking about you, of course, but for so many other folks, fresh hop beer remains something of a mystery. I’ve fielded the questions more times than I can count, at festivals, in comment sections, at parties where I probably should have just been enjoying myself instead of giving an impromptu lecture about hop farming. And honestly? It’s a genuinely tricky thing to explain if you don’t already have some baseline understanding of how beer gets made and what hops actually do in the first place.

So let’s fix that once and for all. Bookmark this page, forward it to that one friend who keeps nodding along. Let’s stop winging it.

Fresh Hop FAQ

Grocery rebate. Starting September 1, shoppers who buy two qualifying 2 Towns Ciderhouse or Seattle Cider multipacks, along with a qualifying $25 grocery purchase, can upload their receipt for a $10 digital rebate. The offer runs at participating grocery retailers across Oregon.

Food donations at the taproom. Throughout September, guests at the 2 Towns Ciderhouse Taproom in Corvallis (33930 SE Eastgate Cir) can bring nonperishable food donations. Each donation earns an entry for a chance to win a pair of tickets to the 16th Annual Harvest Party.

Harvest Party. The 16th Annual Harvest Party runs Saturday, October 3, from noon to 9 p.m. at 2 Towns Ciderhouse headquarters in Corvallis. Net proceeds benefit Oregon Food Bank, and attendees are encouraged to bring additional nonperishable donations to support Linn Benton Food Share. The event was named a 2026 Best of the Willamette Valley winner and draws thousands of guests for cider, live music, local food, and production tours. This year’s lineup includes performances by Chali 2na with special guest Chris Karns, DJ D-Man, and Citizens of the Universe, plus artisan vendors, food trucks, cidermaker talks, and factory tours.

“Food and cider have always brought people together, and that sense of community is at the heart of who we are,” said Lee Larsen, co-founder and CEO of 2 Towns Ciderhouse. “We believe strong communities take care of one another, and that includes helping ensure no one has to wonder where their next meal is coming from. We wanted to create a campaign where everyone can participate by raising awareness, supporting Oregon Food Bank, donating food to neighbors in need and even receiving a little help stretching their own grocery budget.”

Oregon Food Bank works with a statewide network of regional food banks and more than 1,200 partner agencies to expand access to food and address the root causes of hunger.

“When businesses invest in their communities, the impact extends far beyond a single event,” said Kathryn Kocarnik, Community Philanthropy Senior Developer at Oregon Food Bank. “Partnerships like this help connect more people to food today while building stronger communities for tomorrow. We’re grateful to 2 Towns Ciderhouse for helping build awareness and inspire community action during Hunger Action Month.”

Whether it’s a grocery run, a food donation, or a Harvest Party ticket, every action taken this September supports the same goal: strengthening food access across Oregon.

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