Event Info

Beer Tasting Afternoon: $50

Experience an afternoon sampling internationally acclaimed and domestically micro-brewed ales, pilsners, stouts and everything in between at this 1st annual event. In conjunction with the premier beers, some of the area’s finest restaurants will be on hand providing free samples of their signature dishes. For more information regarding the beers to be poured, please visit the BEERS page.

For the ticket price, you will receive 15 four-ounce samples of the featured beers, a ticket to the Robert Earl Keen concert, free food samples from some of the finest restaurants in the area, answers to your beer questions, and live music during the tasting.

DON’T WAIT TO PURCHASE TICKETS! THIS EVENT IS EXPECTED TO SELL OUT!

Robert Earl Keen Concert: $15

Don’t care much for sampling premium beers, but don’t want to miss the legendary Robert Earl Keen? Tickets for the concert only are available online for $15. This is a 21-years old and over show; IDs will be checked at the gate. Concessions will be available during the concert.

Bio: Robert Earl Keen

Robert Earl Keen is a Texan singer-songwriter. He is popular with traditional country music fans, folk music fans, the college radio crowd and alt-country fans. Growing up, Keen was interested in music, sports, movies and writing.

Keen attended Texas A&M University, where he majored in English. Disappointed in the College Station music scene, he began playing guitar and learned to read and write music, basing his style on folk, country, blues and rock roots. In 1974 he rented a house from landlord Jack Boyett, where his neighbor was a then-unknown Lyle Lovett. The two became fast friends and performed together on the front porch many evenings. This eventually grew into inspiration for a song entitled “The Front Porch Song”, which both would add to their repertoire.

In 1980, Keen graduated from Texas A&M and moved to Austin, Texas, where he began writing for a newspaper. Soon he was performing in Austin’s nightclubs and live music venues, building a solid following. In 1984 he financed the recording of his own EP and distributed it regionally. In 1986, he moved to Nashville, Tennessee. Discouraged by the polish of the new country sound and unable to land a recording contract, Keen moved back to Austin. In 1989 he released his national debut album, West Textures. His 1993 release, A Bigger Piece Of Sky, gained wider acclaim, both amongst fans and critics. Over the next ten years, Keen would continue to write, record, perform and tour. In 1994 he performed in the musical Chippy. Keen’s 1997 album Picnic features a picture of Keen’s own car in flames at Willie Nelson’s 1974 Fourth of July picnic/concert. He tells the story on the No. 2 Live Dinner album in the introduction to the song “The Road Goes on Forever.”

biography information from Wikipedia.org