ATLANTIC CITY, NJ -- (Marketwire) -- 10/24/12 -- The Celebration of the Suds, better known as "The Atlantic City Beer Fest" returns to The Atlantic City Convention Center for the 8th year on April 5th & 6th. The 2013 event will be an amazing experience in taste and sound including hot music to complement cool brews. In 2013, Atlantic City, New Jersey is the destination to discover beer and music!

Over 90 different breweries from around the corner and across the country will showcase their unique libations. The focus of The Atlantic City Beer and Music Festival is the promotion of craft beers and the brewers that create them. This event is the perfect opportunity for beer aficionados, beer lovers and the casual beer drinker to speak to company representatives and brewers responsible for some of their favorite brews. And it's an opportunity to discover and taste new brews and special "limited release" beers and ales.

Each year the festival organizers review the event and look to further enhance the beer lover's experience and make each year better than the last. Now in its 8th year, the festival has grown to be one of the country's largest celebrations of beer. For 2013, festival producers will bring in musical headliners Reverend Horton Heat and Rusted Root and a top secrect act, to be annouced November 19th, to further highlight each session. Already one of Atlantic City's most anticipated events of the year, the 2013 festival will have the perfect soundtrack to enjoy great brews, great tunes and thousands of great people! All bands and performers will be featured on the event web site under sounds.

The 2013 Atlantic City Beer and Music Festival will also feature culinary demonstrations from area chefs, beer seminars hosted by beer personalities and brewers and some "off the wall" activities. Additional festival vendors will offer great food and some unique beer-related apparel and goods. This year's festival will appeal to absolutely everyone.

The festival offers a "Designated Driver" ticket price of $10, available at the door, to encourage attendee responsibility and use the many transportation options in the Atlantic City area, including jitneys and cabs. New Jersey Transit's Atlantic City Line train arrives right inside the Atlantic City Convention Center and NJ Transit officials report that Beer Fest weekend marks the highest single day ridership numbers all year long. (See www.njtransit.com for a train schedule.) This is one of the reasons why the Atlantic City Convention Center makes for the perfect home of "The Celebration of The Suds."

Tickets for the 2013 Atlantic City Beer and Music Festival go on sale Wednesday, November 21st. Tickets are $50 in advance (fees apply) online at www.acbeerfest.com or through Ticketmaster.com and $55 at the door (if available) or $50 (no group discounts available) at Joe Canal's Discount Liquor Outlets on Fire Road in Northfield or the Black Horse Pike in Egg Harbor Township. For group sales call 609.348.7023. Keep in mind the festival has sold out for the last four years, so don't wait to get tickets.

Bally's Atlantic City is the official Host Hotel of the 2013 Atlantic City Beer and Music Festival offering special rates to festival attendees. Go to www.acbeerfest.com and click the Bally's link at the bottom of the page for details.

All attendees are urged to taste responsibly. Please know your limits. No one under the age of 21 will be admitted into the show. Valid photo identification must be presented.

For up to date information or inside notes follow us on twitter @acbeerfest

                          Featured Musical Artists

      Session 1 Friday, April 5th 7pm to 11pm - Headliner TBA on 11/19
      Session 2 Saturday, April 6th 12pm to 4pm - Reverend Horton Heat
           Session 3 Saturday, April 6th 6pm to 10pm - Rusted Root

   Breweries participating in the 2013 event include (but not limited to)

16 Mile             Flying Dog Brewery Oscar Blues         Rouge
21st Amendment      Fordham Brewing    Goose Island        Voodoo Brewery
Abita               Co.                Pyramid Breweries   Weyerbacher
Allagash            Founders Brewing   River Horse (NJ)    Yards Brewing Co.
Anderson Valley     Great Divide       Sam Adams           Asahi
Ballast Point       Brewing            Saranac             Bruton
Blue Moon Brewing   Great Lakes        Shiner Beers        Chimay
Co.                 Brewing Co.        Sly Fox Beer        Spaten
Blue Point Brewery  Harpoon Brewery    Smuttynose Brewing  Golden Draak
Boaks Beer (NJ)     Heavy Seas         Co.                 Tripel Kareliet
Boulder Beer Co     Schmaltz Brewing   Sierra Nevada       Kwak
Breckinridge        Hometown Beverages South Hampton       La Trappe
Brewery             (NJ)               St John Brewers     Omer
Brooklyn Brewery    Ithaca Beer Co.    Stone Brewing Co.   Palm
Buffalo Bill's      Kane Brewing Co.   Stoudt's Brewing    Rodenbach
Brewery             (NJ)               Co.                 Saison
Cape Anne Brewing   Leinenkugel's      Summit Brewing Co.  Stiegl
Co                  Lagunitas Brewing  Tommy Knocker       Unibroue
Cape May Brewing    Co.                Troegs Craft        Duvel
Co. (NJ)            Lancaster Brewing  Brewery
Carton Brewing (NJ) Co.                Tuckahoe Brewing
Cricket Hill (NJ)   Magic Hat          Co. (NJ)
Dogfish Head        Narragansett       Turtle Stone
Elysian Brewing Co. New Holland        Brewing Co. (NJ)
Epic Brewing        Brewing            Uinta Brewing Co.
Fegley's Brew Works NJ Beer Co. (NJ)   Victory Brewing
Firestone           North Coast        Company
                    Brewing            Henry Weinhard's
                    Old Dominion       Brewing
                    Brewery Ommegang
                    Barking Squirrel

The Atlantic City Beer and Music Festival is a Good Time Tricycle production.

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