Every number on the map is a pouring tent. Tap one to see what they brought.
Most breweries are pouring more than their Pro-Am beer — tap a brewery to see the rest. Your ticks are kept on this phone only. Nothing is sent anywhere.
Lined up along Ottawa Avenue on the east edge of the plaza.
The bazaar, in the middle of the plaza between the tent runs.
Additional Vendors
Vendors and Makers joining on festival day.
Free Water Stations
Set up in between brewery tents.
Voting closes at 5:30 PM
People's Choice is announced in the fest's final hours.
- Get the Beer City Brewsader® app Free, from Experience Grand Rapids. You need an account to vote, so make one while you are in the ticket line.
- Sample the Pro-Am beers All 22 are pouring here today. Tick them off in the Beers tab as you go.
- Vote for your top three
- Tap the menu in the top left corner
- Tap the ProAm 26 section
- View the participating breweries and submit your votes
Our Pro-Am brings a Grand Rapids area commercial brewery and a qualifying local homebrewer together to create a beer. They collaborate from the first idea to the final pour, each bringing their own experience and creativity to the brew.
This year, 22 of the 25 participating breweries are pouring a Pro-Am collaboration. The other three are joining the fun without a competition entry. Every brewery will also have additional beers on tap, so there’s plenty to explore beyond the Pro-Am pours.
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Free entry
No ticket to get in. Buy sample tickets at the ticket tent, just inside the gate on the Ottawa Avenue side.
21+ to drink
Bring photo ID. Wristbands are issued at the ticket tent.
Free water
Two stations, marked W, set up in between brewery tents.
Restrooms
Two locations — one on the south side of the plaza below the tent block, one along the north edge above the yard games. Accessible units at both.
Getting onto the plaza
Ramps at the north and south ends of the Ottawa Avenue edge; the gate and the ticket tent are on the level between them. The plaza deck is flat throughout.
Calder Plaza, downtown Grand Rapids — the block bounded by Ottawa Avenue NW, with City Hall to the west and the Kent County Administration Building to the south. La Grande Vitesse is the red sculpture in the middle.
West of the sculpture, in the open stretch in front of City Hall.
Beer City Brewers Guild
Site plan and beer list as issued for October 3, 2026.
Beer descriptions are the brewers' own words.