Westport Beer Festival is June 7

Craft-beer drinkers will have a lot of festival options this summer.
BeerKC’s third annual Westport Beer Festival is slated for Saturday, June 7, which happens to be the weekend before Boulevard Brewing Co.’s Boulevardia festival.
Thirty-one breweries have been announced so far.
They include:
4 Hands Brewing
75th Street Brewery
Ameristar
Boulevard Brewing Company
Brewery Ommegang
Civil Life Brewing
Deschutes Brewery
Empyrean Brewing Co.
Firestone Walker Brewing Co.
Founders Brewing Co.
Free State Brewing Co.
Goose Island Beer Co.
Gordon Biersch Brewery
Great Divide Brewing Company
Green Flash Brewing Company
Kansas City Bier Co.
Lagunitas
Left Hand Brewing Company
McCoy’s Public House
Mother’s Brewing Co.
Nebraska Brewing Company
New Belgium Brewing Company
North Coast Brewing Company
Odell Brewing Co.
Perennial Artisinal Ales
Schlafly Beer
Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.
Southern Tier Brewing Company
Stiegl
Urban Chestnut Brewing Co.
Tallgrass Brewing Company
The Westport Beer Festival runs from 5 to 9 p.m. in front of McCoy’s Public House (4057 Pennsylvania Avenue). Look for food, more than 80 craft brews and members of Sporting KC, who will be hanging out.
Tickets cost $30 in advance ($35 on the day of the event), which gets you a tasting glass and unlimited pours while they last. The festival is also a benefit for AIDS Walk Kansas City. Purchase tickets here.