Cost: $40 Admission includes 20 samples of craft beer, sampling glass, AleFest stainless opener and Tasting Guide. Designated Driver Admission $10 includes bottle of water at entry and sampling glass at exit. All Attendees must be at least 21 years of age.

Organizer: AleFest Chicago, proceeds benefit the Illinois Craft Brewers Guild.

What to expect: Beer, beer and more beer—all to the tune of the Eric Jerardi Band.

Why to go: Beer! Craft beer, to be specific: expect delicious brews from these guys: Abita, Allagash, America’s, Arcadia, Avery, Ayinger, Belhaven, Bent River, Black Sheep, Blackthorn, Blue Cat, Boston Beer, Boulder, Breckenridge, Brooklyn, Chang, Charles Wells, Chimay Trappist, Destihl, Dogfish Head, DuBocq, Emmett’s, Flatlanders, Floris, Flossmoor Station, Flying Dog, Gaffel.

And these guys: Goose Island, Gordon Biersch, Gouden Carolus, Great Lakes, Greens, Hirter, Jever, Kaiser, Kasteel, Lagunitas, Lefebvre, Left Hand, Lindemans, Lost Coast, LunaR, McAuslan, Metropolitan, Mickey Finn’s, MT Barrels.

And don't forget these guys: New Holland, North Coast, Piece, RAM/Big Horn, Rock Bottom, Samuel Smith, Southern Tier, St. Louis, St. Peters, Stiegl, Three Floyds, Two Brothers, Unibroue, Wexford, Wychwood, Young’s, Zatec.

Additional info: This event takes place at Soldier Field, Stadium Green.

Centerstage Reviewer: K. Tighe