TIPS FOR NEXT YEAR...
MAKE SURE TIMES ARE CORRECT ON ALL FORMS OF INFO
DON'T LET THE RED HEAD YELL AT PEOPLE lol
DON'T LET BREWERIES HOLD SPECIAL BREWS WHEN YOU ADVERTISE VIP ENTERANCE.
START MUSIC AT 4 NOT 6!!
I was totally bummed with this event. My husband and I attend beer festivals regularly in many states & GVFOB was very unorganized. I was so stoked too :(
First the VIP tickets that we printed off said early enterance was 3PM & other sites said 4PM so of course we showed up at 3 & it wasn't till 4.
So they started letting people in around 345.. cool right?!?! so we made our way to the VIP area where their were other attendees figuring we could mingled a little.. well out of nowhere a guy with red hair & a green shirt came by yelling at everyone to get out of the VIP lounge!!
Let me tell you about the VIP lounge that we paid extra for.. No chairs.. hahaha.. absolutley nowhere to sit.. standing only & it was 100 degrees.. the food they offered ran out immediately & everyone was standing around waiting.. lol. The beer they featured in VIP area was disgusting too.. Nothing I can't get at Lee's.
Ok so we go outside the VIP lounge to stand in the shade under a tree, we didn't even want anything to do with the VIP "lounge" at this point.. lol. BUT here came the red hed shouting at us to get away from the VIP area.. hahahaha.. My husband & I along with a few others were pretty pissed at this point.. CHILL OUT DUDE.. its a beer fest not the presidents arrival!!!
OK so the fest finally started.. YAY.. went to a couple breweries that were having specific brews only featured at that beer fest. and I'll be dammed that they hade signs up saying they wouldn't be tapping those beers till 6 and 730!!!! Are you kidding me.. All these breweries & the fest advertised to get VIP tickets so you could get these special brews first!
Music did not start till 6 pm either.. so the first 2 hours were horrible.. hot, hardly any good beers, no music and we had already been yelled at by a marketer with a power trip.. hahaha. SO WE JUST LEFT
you only got 2 stars because you offered food vendors & I had never been to Tivioli