I went to the 2015 Beer Me Brew Fest and look forward to going again tomorrow. Many of these Charlotte beer festivals are getting out of hand with $30+ cover charges. Even after the promotional sale dates for this festival were over, you're still getting in under $30 for 4 hours of beer sampling. The weather was perfect last year and it looks like we may be getting some AM showers on 4/2/2016 so we'll see. I would have liked to see more seating and tables around the band tent (but then again I'm sure they don't want people camping out at a table all day). All the reps at the brewery tents are just unbelievably friendly which only contributes to a perfect day of craft beer and cider drinking. There is an emphasis on NC breweries and IPA's and that is a very good thing.