Bluegrass & Brews Festival

LOCATED IN THE FOUNDRY PLAZA IN DOWNTOWN LOVELAND | FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

Saturday, June 14th
1:00PM - 9:00PM

Grab your dancin’ shoes and join us Saturday, June 14th for a day of great Bluegrass in Downtown Loveland!

The Loveland Downtown District is excited to announce the return of our One Sweet Summer event: the Bluegrass & Brews Festival for the 5th year!

This one of a kind, family-friendly event will be held from 1:00PM – 9:00PM on Saturday, June 14th in Downtown Loveland at the Foundry Plaza. This festival will feature live music from a variety of bluegrass acts, session beers from local craft breweries, wine from the OBC wine project, local food trucks, a kids zone and more!

Saturday afternoon’s line up includes emerging bluegrass trio The Cody Sisters, a Colorado based band. Grammy winning fiddle player of the Infamous Stringdusters Jeremy Garrett will be taking the stage with his bluegrass band at 3:00pm. Three time Grammy nominated band Blue Highway is traveling from the East Coast to play Saturday evening. And returning for the 4th year in a row, Pixie and the Partygrass Boys will be taking the stage as our festival headliner on Saturday night.

Purchase a Taster Punch Card!

Back by popular demand, we’ll be serving tasters starting at 1:00PM on Saturday afternoon. Festival goers can purchase a punch card for $10.00 which is redeemable for five 4 oz taster pours of beer or a 2 oz taster of mead!

This year, we're excited to announce you'll have more beer options than ever before - we've added a few new breweries and our friends at MeadKrieger Meadery will be pouring their honey-wine as well! And of course, you still have the option to purchase delicious wine from our friends @theobcwineproject.

Come try craft brews from:

@odellbrewing @berthoudbrewing @skybearbreweryandpub @crowhopbrewing @verbotenbrewing @lovelandaleworks @grimmbrosbrew @bigthompsonbrewery @crookedbeech @meadkrieger

Our 2025 Bluegrass Lineup

NEW THIS YEAR!

We are so excited to announce an exciting addition to our summer concerts, the FNBO kids zone! At Bluegrass & Brews Festival we are designating a space in the Foundry Plaza just for kids!

We will have FREE kids activities, arts + crafts and games for the kids to enjoy while parents enjoy the music. We have teams of volunteers lined up to help oversee the kids zone, lead art activities and provide fun entertainment!

On Saturday, June 14th, starting at 1:00pm Artisan You will be volunteering as our "kids-crew" and will be suppling glass bottle sand art kits Starting at 5:00pm Loveland Academy of Music will be leading a musical instrument craft!

We'll also have a face-painter doing small complementary designs for the kiddos!

Bring the family down to our Bluegrass & Brews Festival on Saturday, June 14th from 1:00pm - 9:00pm. This event is free and open to the public!

OUR NON-PROFIT PARTNER

This year, at our Bluegrass and Brews Festival, our non-profit partner is PARTNERS.

Partner's mission is to empower youth and community members to achieve their full potential through mentoring, prevention education, and strategic partnership.

Be sure to add a buck to your tab when purchasing beer or wine at the Downtown Loveland tent! And check out their booth at the festival to learn more about their mission and how to get involved with this wonderful non-profit organization.

Learn more about Partners here: https://poweredbypartners.org/

Curious about where to park?

Currently, there are 3 blocks under construction as part the Heart Improvement Plan. We recommend parking in the Foundry Parking Garage during the Bluegrass & Brews event. If you’re not able to snag a spot in the garage check out the map below, we have many 3 Hour and Long Term Parking lots in Downtown Loveland!

A SPECIAL THANKS

Thank you to The Colorado Sound for helping the Loveland Downtown District promote our Bluegrass and Brews Festival.

Northern Colorado is fortunate to have a local radio station that promotes live music in the community and helps non-profits share their mission. Visit coloradosound.org to learn more.