Hopkinsville Brewing Co.’s annual Hoptoberfest will be Saturday, Oct. 15. The brewery opens at noon.
“This year’s family-friendly Hoptoberfest features a mix of new and old with the return of Hoptown’s only stein-holding contest and beard competition, as well as the new additions of silent disco and Junior Auxiliary’s famous pork chop sandwiches,” the brewery announced in a Facebook post.
The stein-holding contest will begin at 2:30 p.m., followed by the beards competition at 4:30 p.m. and a silent disco at 6 p.m.
The brewery is on Fifth Street between South Main and South Virginia streets.
Jennifer P. Brown is co-founder, publisher and editor of Hoptown Chronicle. You can reach her at editor@hoptownchronicle.org. Brown was a reporter and editor at the Kentucky New Era, where she worked for 30 years. She is a co-chair of the national advisory board to the Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues, governing board past president for the Kentucky Historical Society, and co-founder of the Kentucky Open Government Coalition. She serves on the Hopkinsville History Foundation's board.
