Great American Beer Festival

Attendee FAQs

Oct 10 – Oct 12, 2024. Oct 10 – Oct 12, 2024.

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The Great American Beer Festival, America's premier beer competition, is a cultural phenomenon, as well as a professional festival.

GABF is the world's largest beer tasting and competition. GABF brings the diverse beers and brewers that make America the world's best brewing nation together. Attendees can tour America's brewery landscape one ounce of beer at a time with the tasting sessions. They will have access to thousands and hundreds of beers.

Guests who are unable to produce a ticket may be ejected from the event without a refund. Guests without tickets may be removed from the event and not receive a refund. Guests who try to sneak into the venue may be arrested for admission evasion.

Prices are available on the Tickets Page.

Tickets can be purchased per session with a limit of 16 per transaction. Each session is an independent event, and each ticket must be bought in a separate transaction.

Members of the American Homebrewers Association and Brewers Association will receive a special AXS presale codes by July 7. Members can enter their AXS presale code to gain access to tickets from July 11 10:00 a.m. until July 12 8:00 a.m. on AXS.com and the AXS Mobile App.

American Homebrewers Association (AHA) and Brewers Association members have first access to purchase tickets to the Member Session (Saturday, September 23, 12:00 pm - 4:00 pm) during the presale.- During the presale, tickets must be purchased by an active member, but the ticketholders/attendees do not need to be members.