About Queen City Brewers Festival

Queen City Brewers Festival (QCBF) showcases locally produced beer and cider with invites exclusive to Charlotte-area breweries, brewpubs and cideries along with hand-picked restaurants, snack exhibitors and sponsors. The event premiered in 2012 at the Neighborhood Theatre in NoDa, Charlotte’s art district with 9 brewery participants and his since grown to bring together close to 60 exclusively Charlotte-area breweries & cidermakers. Festival proceeds benefit the Charlotte Independent Brewers Alliance (CIBA).

About the Charlotte Independent Brewers Alliance

The CIBA is a nonprofit trade group whose mission is to showcase and improve the quality of beer brewed in Charlotte and the surrounding area, foster communication among the Charlotte area’s breweries, advocate for the promotion of the local brewing community, positively impact local charitable and community organizations and support lobbying for progressive changes in NC laws to benefit the craft brewing industry in the state.