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First Beer Festival comes to LIC Flea this weekend

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Photos courtesy of Bareburger

Feeling thirsty for something different? Come to the LIC Flea & Food Market this weekend, Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 15-16, for the first-ever Queens Beer Festival.

Ticketholders will enjoy unlimited beer tastings from local Queens Breweries along with craft beer from Brooklyn, Staten Island and Long Island. Participating breweries include Queens Brewery, Big Alice Brewing, SingleCut Beersmiths, Finback, Rockaway Brewery, Coney Island Brewing, Greenpoint Ale, Garvies Point Brewery, Braven Brewing Company, Blue Point Brewing Company, Montauk Brewing Company, Empire Brewing Company, ICONYC Brewing Company, Greenport Harbor Brewing Co., Brooklyn Brewery and more.

Tickets are still available at QueensBeerFest.com, starting as low as $29.

In addition to the Queens Beer Festival, LIC Flea & Food will be open to the public, offering the best in global eats and local vendors offering vintage, handcrafted and curated items. One of the go-to stops for food at LIC Flea & Food is Bareburger, who will be offering up an assortment of organic sliders and other menu highlights.

Bareburger is proud to sponsor LIC Flea & Food. Even with 40+ locations worldwide, they hold their roots in Queens and focus on organic burgers and locally sourced ingredients that are non-GMO and pesticide-free, while providing a casual and eco-friendly dining experience for all appetites and diets.

The LIC Flea & Food Market, located at 5-25 46th Ave., is open on Saturday and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.; it’s within walking distance of the Court Square-23rd Street subway station and the East River Ferry.

For more information, visit www.licflea.com.