Category: Events

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ABV Chicago’s Fantasy FoBAB League: 2023 Draft Results

With the Festival of Wood and Barrel-aged Beers returning this weekend for the 21st time and the awards set for Saturday afternoon (which you can stream from the Illinois Craft Brewers Guild YouTube page at 2PM), we will be in attendance with our...

great taste of the midwest 2023

Great Taste of the Midwest 2023

I attended my first Great Taste of the Midwest in 2013. I was immediately hooked and have gone every year since. Due to the pandemic, the Madison Homebrewers Guild canceled the 2020 Great Taste making the 2023 edition my tenth....

revolution freedom fest 2023

Revolution Freedom Fest 2023

Revolution is no stranger to staging an event. Typically they focus on two – their yearly Deep Wood releases (which are actually four separate events with only one in the summer months) and their Oktoberfest Block Party on Milwaukee Ave....

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C2E2 2023 Do’s and Don’ts

I’ve been to my fair share of pop culture conventions over the years. I started back in the late 1990s (back when they were mainly called comic book conventions) attending my first Wizard World at the Rosemont Convention Center. Since...