Just one more friendly reminder for readers that Decatur Beer Festival tickets go on sale at noon today, since you’ll likely only get one 20 minute window to purchase them.

You can buy $40 regular admission or $100 VIP tickets directly from Ticket Alternative HERE.

Clear your calendar for 12-12:30p Monday.

Decatur Beer Fest tickets go out sale at noon and if prior years are any indication, you’re going to have to be very quick on the draw.  Here’s a breakdown by year since 2007 based on DM reports over the years…

• 2013 – 25 minutes
• 2012 – 29 minutes
• 2011 – 1 hour
• 2010 – 7 hours
• 2009 – 12 days
• 2008 – 3 weeks (best guess)
• 2007 – 1 month

The Decatur Beer festival announced this morning that they will be offering 300 $100 VIP tickets to the October 18th event.

A summary in the latest Decatur Focus – not yet online – states that VIPs will be let into the Festival an hour early at 11a, receive exclusive craft beers, have an “exclusive” entrance and receive complementary snacks.   All this same info is shown throughout the graphic shown above.

Reminder: the non-exclusive $40 tickets go on sale next Monday at noon and will likely sell out in 15-20 minutes if prior years are any indication.

The Decatur Beer Festival’s annual logo selection is always a buzzworthy event.  It looks like the this year’s logo contest winner was posted online sometime in the last week.  Check it out above or on the Beer Fest website.

Beer list and map still to come.  Tix go on sale Monday September 15th at noon.
h/t: The Decatur Minute

How fast will they sell out??  It was like 20 minutes last year, wasn’t it?

Oh right! The link.  Buy them HERE.

As tickets now sell out in less than 30 minutes, here is your heads up that Decatur Beer Fest tickets go out sale next Monday, Sept. 16th at noon. Tickets are $40 a pop and only 4,000 will be sold.

All tickets are sold via Ticket Alternative.

A recent Patch post reminded me that the Jan/Feb Decatur Focus announced the benefactors of this year’s Decatur Beer Festival grants.  According to the Focus, since 1998 the festival has given more than $550,000 back to the community.  Here are this year’s winners via the Focus…

Decatur’s MLK Service Project – to assist low-income senior homeowners with home maintenance and repair.

Boys and Girls Clubs of Metro Atlanta – to support Power Hour, a comprehensive education and tutoring program.

I CARE – to provide transportation services to Decatur senior residents for doctor, hospital, and pharmacy appointments.

Decatur-area Emergency Assistance Ministry – to computerize the office for ability to do business with other organizations such as Atlanta Community Food Bank.

Poverty is Real – to coordinate efforts with musicians and businesses to help raise money for local organizations addressing poverty and homelessness.

Decatur Education Foundation – to support the start of a microfinance program that will make loans to students for entrepreneurial projects.

Our House – to support the Early Childhood Education program.

Wylde Center – for a solar pump with water reclamation system to bring water to the garden.

The Global Village School – to provide transportation to school and related educational and volunteer resources in Decatur.

On the Same Page – for supplies for each child in the reading program.

Housing Authority of Decatur – for the STAR after-school program.

DeKalb History Center – to create an Exhibits Design workshop.

Literacy Volunteers of Atlanta – to provide instruction to the adults in the Family Literacy Program.

Ahimsa House – to provide shelter and vet care for pets while their owners stay at family violence shelters.

Woodlands Garden – to help plant 50 trees in Woodlands Garden.

Oakhurst Cooperative Preschool – to replace a chain link fence on the property.

DeKalb Rape Crisis Center – to provide four months of Crisis Line answering service costs.