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Zelienople Goes 'On Tap & Unplugged' with Craft Beer and Music Festival

The event will include free concerts and plenty of beer from local breweries

Zelienople is giving cheers to beers—and music—with a new festival.

The Friends of the Park and the Community Park Association will host Zelie On Tap & Unplugged at 3 p.m. Saturday, June 1 at Zelienople Park Hill.

The event will feature free concerts from 3 to 9 p.m.

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A variety of craft beers from local breweries also will be featured at the festival, including concoctions from Shubrew, Full Pint, East End and Blue Canoe.

Other up and coming breweries scheduled to be at the event are Reclamation, Butler Brew Works and BASH (Butler Area Serious Homebrewers).

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Registration for the festival begins at 3 p.m. and tastings will take place between 4 and 7 p.m.

Here’s a look at the lineup for the free concerts

  • 3 to 4 p.m.—Soundshift
  • 4:15 to 5:15 p.m.—Pluto’s Fall
  • 5:30 to 6:30 p.m.—The Lids
  • 7 to 9 p.m.—Scott, Rob and Greg of The Clarks (acoustic show)

Don’t forget to bring blankets and chairs for the hillside seating. No coolers or outside food or drink is permitted at the festival.

The event also kicks off the dedication ceremony for the James A. Ayers Sr. Amphitheatre. The Ayers family donated the money for the amphitheatre to honor Ayers, a businessman and community volunteer.

The tiered lawn venue sits on the top of the hill near the large rotary shelter in the park. The Ayers family also will be in attendance at the dedication.

For hungry concertgoers, local restaurants, including Duffy's Dog House, Jackson Fish Company, Z-Town Cafe and Shubrew will be selling food at the event.

Tickets costs $40 and include a tasting glass, T-shirt, two free bottles of water and a hotdog.

Participants must be at least age 21 to attend the beer tasting. Identification is required at registration.

Tickets are available online at www.myzeliepark.org or at the Zelienople On Tap & Unplugged Facebook page. Tickets purchased on the day of the event are $45

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