Hickory Hops Festival

Hickory Hops Festival The 22nd annual; Hickory Hops beer festival will be held on April 11, 2026 in downtown Hickory.

New location this year - just west one block - should be a great festival even better. downtown Hickory's annual beer fest- craft brewed beer and live, live music

Pop the Cap celebration
07/22/2026

Pop the Cap celebration

๐‡๐ข๐œ๐ค๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐‡๐จ๐ฉ๐ฌ ๐‚๐ซ๐š๐Ÿ๐ญ ๐๐ž๐ž๐ซ & ๐Œ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐œ ๐…๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐š๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ๐๐š๐ฒ!! ๐€๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐ฅ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ญ๐ก, ๐Ÿ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐Ÿ”๐ฉ๐ฆ! The weather is going to be perfect and we ...
04/11/2026

๐‡๐ข๐œ๐ค๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐‡๐จ๐ฉ๐ฌ ๐‚๐ซ๐š๐Ÿ๐ญ ๐๐ž๐ž๐ซ & ๐Œ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐œ ๐…๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐š๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ๐๐š๐ฒ!! ๐€๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐ฅ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ญ๐ก, ๐Ÿ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐Ÿ”๐ฉ๐ฆ! The weather is going to be perfect and we are looking forward to another great year of celebrating craft beer!! ๐‹๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐œ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐“๐ซ๐ž๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ & ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ/๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ ๐‘๐จ๐œ๐ค ๐๐š๐ง๐! Advance tickets are no longer available and tickets will be available at the gate! Cash lines move fastest!
๐‘ต๐‘ฌ๐‘พ ๐‘ป๐‘ฏ๐‘ฐ๐‘บ ๐’€๐‘ฌ๐‘จ๐‘นโ— ๐‘ฌ๐’‚๐’“๐’๐’š ๐’„๐’‰๐’†๐’„๐’Œ-๐’Š๐’ ๐’‚๐’—๐’‚๐’Š๐’๐’‚๐’ƒ๐’๐’† ๐’‚๐’• ๐‘ถ๐’๐’…๐’† ๐‘ฏ๐’Š๐’„๐’Œ๐’๐’“๐’š ๐‘ฉ๐’“๐’†๐’˜๐’†๐’“๐’š ๐’‡๐’“๐’๐’Ž 10:30๐’‚๐’Ž-12:30๐’‘๐’Ž. ๐‘ฎ๐’†๐’• ๐’š๐’๐’–๐’“ ๐’‚๐’“๐’Ž๐’ƒ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’‡๐’๐’“ ๐‘ญ๐‘จ๐‘บ๐‘ป ๐’†๐’๐’•๐’“๐’š ๐’Š๐’๐’•๐’ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’‡๐’†๐’”๐’•๐’Š๐’—๐’‚๐’โ—Cheers!
The festival will be located in the parking lot between Lowes Food City Park and the Elks Lodge in downtown Hickory.

Online Ticket Sales have ended and tickets will be available at the gate! Cash lines move fastest!! The weather is going...
04/10/2026

Online Ticket Sales have ended and tickets will be available at the gate! Cash lines move fastest!! The weather is going to be perfect and we are looking forward to another great year of celebrating craft beer!! Live music from The Tremors & 20/20 Rock Band!
๐‘ต๐‘ฌ๐‘พ ๐‘ป๐‘ฏ๐‘ฐ๐‘บ ๐’€๐‘ฌ๐‘จ๐‘นโ— ๐‘ฌ๐’‚๐’“๐’๐’š ๐’„๐’‰๐’†๐’„๐’Œ-๐’Š๐’ ๐’‚๐’—๐’‚๐’Š๐’๐’‚๐’ƒ๐’๐’† ๐’‚๐’• ๐‘ถ๐’๐’…๐’† ๐‘ฏ๐’Š๐’„๐’Œ๐’๐’“๐’š ๐‘ฉ๐’“๐’†๐’˜๐’†๐’“๐’š ๐’‡๐’“๐’๐’Ž 10:30๐’‚๐’Ž-12:30๐’‘๐’Ž. ๐‘ฎ๐’†๐’• ๐’š๐’๐’–๐’“ ๐’‚๐’“๐’Ž๐’ƒ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’‡๐’๐’“ ๐‘ญ๐‘จ๐‘บ๐‘ป ๐’†๐’๐’•๐’“๐’š ๐’Š๐’๐’•๐’ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’‡๐’†๐’”๐’•๐’Š๐’—๐’‚๐’โ—Cheers!
The festival will be located in the parking lot between Lowes Food City Park and the Elks Lodge in downtown Hickory.

๐‡๐ž๐š๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ซ ๐๐š๐ง๐ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐‡๐ข๐œ๐ค๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐‡๐จ๐ฉ๐ฌ: ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ / ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ ๐‘๐จ๐œ๐ค ๐๐š๐ง๐2020 is a rock, pop, blues, and country cover band founded in 2008 in ...
04/10/2026

๐‡๐ž๐š๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ซ ๐๐š๐ง๐ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐‡๐ข๐œ๐ค๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐‡๐จ๐ฉ๐ฌ: ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ / ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ ๐‘๐จ๐œ๐ค ๐๐š๐ง๐

2020 is a rock, pop, blues, and country cover band founded in 2008 in Hickory, NC region. We love what we do and seeing the crowd rockinโ€™ out with us. We have opened for the Beach Boys-original members and many other national acts. We cover The Who, Stones, Beatles, Monkees, Kings of Leon, Coldplay, Aerosmith, Steppenwolf, and more. Join us at Hickory Hops, and donโ€™t forget to bring your dancing shoes along.

๐Ž๐ฉ๐ž๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐๐š๐ง๐ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐‡๐ข๐œ๐ค๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐‡๐จ๐ฉ๐ฌ: ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐“๐ซ๐ž๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ฌSince 2003, the Tremors have been serenading music lovers with their raw and u...
04/09/2026

๐Ž๐ฉ๐ž๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐๐š๐ง๐ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐‡๐ข๐œ๐ค๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐‡๐จ๐ฉ๐ฌ: ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐“๐ซ๐ž๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ

Since 2003, the Tremors have been serenading music lovers with their raw and unruly backwoods rockabilly rhythms and causing more uptempo commotion than should be allowed by law. A night with the Tremors is a hell-bent chicken run into the primordial goodness of authentic rockโ€™nโ€™roll boogie.

Jimmy Tremorโ€™s strung-out yelp has the nervous jump of Carl Perkins on his way to rehab, his lean guitar attack snarling in sparse intensity. The rhythm section frantically rattles the rafters with a mean streak as Lowbrow Lukeโ€™s slap bass, goes toe-to-toe with the rim shots of Stretch Armstrong, resulting in a feverish foundation loaded down with tons of home-spun hillbilly charm.

The bands dedication to the musical roots of rockโ€™nโ€™roll comes through in every whipsaw atomic blast and their original compositions capture the spirit and sounds of 1950s rockabilly so well that they blend seamlessly with the choice first-generation cover material that the band has hand-picked to perform.

Over the years, the Tremors have self-produced five releases (โ€œThe Scourge of the Southโ€, โ€œUranium Rockโ€, โ€œInvasion of the Saucermenโ€, โ€œDemon Boogie Feverโ€ and โ€œOld-Fashioned Hillbilly Feudโ€) on their own label, Brain Drain Records, and have been included on more than a dozen compilations. Theyโ€™ve played hundreds of shows, some with major talents (such as band favorites Jerry Lee Lewis and Hasil Adkins), infamous characters (mountain dancer Jesco White) and have appeared at top festivals like the Oneida Rockinโ€™ 50s Fest, the Nashville Boogie and the Heavy Rebel Weekender.

Rockabilly, the most primitive form of rockโ€™nโ€™roll, the sound that changed the world. No living soul can resist itโ€™s appeal.

Tickets are on sale!! Visit www.hickoryhops.com to grab yours! The weather is going to be perfect and we are looking for...
04/09/2026

Tickets are on sale!! Visit www.hickoryhops.com to grab yours! The weather is going to be perfect and we are looking forward to another great year of celebrating craft beer!! Live music from The Tremors & 20/20 Rock Band!
๐‘ต๐‘ฌ๐‘พ ๐‘ป๐‘ฏ๐‘ฐ๐‘บ ๐’€๐‘ฌ๐‘จ๐‘นโ— ๐‘ฌ๐’‚๐’“๐’๐’š ๐’„๐’‰๐’†๐’„๐’Œ-๐’Š๐’ ๐’‚๐’—๐’‚๐’Š๐’๐’‚๐’ƒ๐’๐’† ๐’‚๐’• ๐‘ถ๐’๐’…๐’† ๐‘ฏ๐’Š๐’„๐’Œ๐’๐’“๐’š ๐‘ฉ๐’“๐’†๐’˜๐’†๐’“๐’š ๐’‡๐’“๐’๐’Ž 10:30๐’‚๐’Ž-12:30๐’‘๐’Ž. ๐‘ฎ๐’†๐’• ๐’š๐’๐’–๐’“ ๐’‚๐’“๐’Ž๐’ƒ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’‡๐’๐’“ ๐‘ญ๐‘จ๐‘บ๐‘ป ๐’†๐’๐’•๐’“๐’š ๐’Š๐’๐’•๐’ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’‡๐’†๐’”๐’•๐’Š๐’—๐’‚๐’โ—Cheers!
The festival will be located in the parking lot between Lowes Food City Park and the Elks Lodge in downtown Hickory.

Tickets are on sale!! Visit www.hickoryhops.com to grab yours! The weather is going to be perfect and we are looking for...
04/06/2026

Tickets are on sale!! Visit www.hickoryhops.com to grab yours! The weather is going to be perfect and we are looking forward to another great year of celebrating craft beer!! Live music from The Tremors & 20/20 Rock Band!
๐‘ต๐‘ฌ๐‘พ ๐‘ป๐‘ฏ๐‘ฐ๐‘บ ๐’€๐‘ฌ๐‘จ๐‘นโ— ๐‘ฌ๐’‚๐’“๐’๐’š ๐’„๐’‰๐’†๐’„๐’Œ-๐’Š๐’ ๐’‚๐’—๐’‚๐’Š๐’๐’‚๐’ƒ๐’๐’† ๐’‚๐’• ๐‘ถ๐’๐’…๐’† ๐‘ฏ๐’Š๐’„๐’Œ๐’๐’“๐’š ๐‘ฉ๐’“๐’†๐’˜๐’†๐’“๐’š ๐’‡๐’“๐’๐’Ž 10:30๐’‚๐’Ž-12:30๐’‘๐’Ž. ๐‘ฎ๐’†๐’• ๐’š๐’๐’–๐’“ ๐’‚๐’“๐’Ž๐’ƒ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’‡๐’๐’“ ๐‘ญ๐‘จ๐‘บ๐‘ป ๐’†๐’๐’•๐’“๐’š ๐’Š๐’๐’•๐’ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’‡๐’†๐’”๐’•๐’Š๐’—๐’‚๐’โ—Cheers!
The festival will be located in the parking lot between Lowes Food City Park and the Elks Lodge in downtown Hickory.

Tickets are on sale!! Visit www.hickoryhops.com to grab yours! We are looking forward to another great year of celebrati...
04/04/2026

Tickets are on sale!! Visit www.hickoryhops.com to grab yours! We are looking forward to another great year of celebrating craft beer!! Live music from The Tremors & 20/20 Rock Band!

๐‘ต๐‘ฌ๐‘พ ๐‘ป๐‘ฏ๐‘ฐ๐‘บ ๐’€๐‘ฌ๐‘จ๐‘นโ— ๐‘ฌ๐’‚๐’“๐’๐’š ๐’„๐’‰๐’†๐’„๐’Œ-๐’Š๐’ ๐’‚๐’—๐’‚๐’Š๐’๐’‚๐’ƒ๐’๐’† ๐’‚๐’• ๐‘ถ๐’๐’…๐’† ๐‘ฏ๐’Š๐’„๐’Œ๐’๐’“๐’š ๐‘ฉ๐’“๐’†๐’˜๐’†๐’“๐’š ๐’‡๐’“๐’๐’Ž 10:30๐’‚๐’Ž-12:30๐’‘๐’Ž. ๐‘ฎ๐’†๐’• ๐’š๐’๐’–๐’“ ๐’‚๐’“๐’Ž๐’ƒ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’‡๐’๐’“ ๐‘ญ๐‘จ๐‘บ๐‘ป ๐’†๐’๐’•๐’“๐’š ๐’Š๐’๐’•๐’ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’‡๐’†๐’”๐’•๐’Š๐’—๐’‚๐’โ—Cheers!

The festival will be located in the parking lot between Lowes Food City Park and the Elks Lodge in downtown Hickory.

๐“๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐ž๐š๐ซ ๐Š๐ข๐ง๐  ๐†๐š๐ฆ๐›๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ƒ๐š๐ฒ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐‡๐ข๐œ๐ค๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐‡๐จ๐ฉ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง ๐€๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐ฅ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ญ๐ก!! Let's celebrate the King of Beer in proper fashion by r...
04/03/2026

๐“๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐ž๐š๐ซ ๐Š๐ข๐ง๐  ๐†๐š๐ฆ๐›๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ƒ๐š๐ฒ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐‡๐ข๐œ๐ค๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐‡๐จ๐ฉ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง ๐€๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐ฅ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ญ๐ก!! Let's celebrate the King of Beer in proper fashion by raising a toast, or two and three!! "One more excuse to raise a glass to the ancient โ€œMonarch of Malt." Get your tickets at www.hickoryhops.com

๐“๐‡๐„ ๐๐„๐„๐‘๐ƒ๐‘๐ˆ๐๐Š๐„๐‘โ€™๐’ ๐’๐Ž๐๐†

Gambrinus was a gallant kingโ€“
Reigned once in Flanders old,
He was the man invented beer
As Iโ€™ve been often told.

Of malt and hops he brewed his beer
And made it strong and good,
And some of it he bottled up
And some he kept in wood.

The golden crown upon his head,
The beer jug in his hand,
Beerdrinkers, see before ye here
Your benefactor stand.

Beerlovers, paint him on your shields,
Upon your beerpots paint โ€”
โ€˜Twere well a pope did never worse
Than make Gambrinus Saint.

And now fill every man his pot
Till the foam overflows;
No higher praise asks the good old king
Than froth upon the nose.

Bacchus Iโ€™ll honor while I live
And while I live love wine,
But still Iโ€™ll hold thโ€™ old Flanders king
And beerjug more divine.

While I have wine nightโ€™s darkest shades
To me are full moonlight
But keep my beerpot filled all day
And Iโ€™ll sleep sound all night.

So blessings on thโ€™ old Flanders king,
And blessings on his beer,
And curse upon the tax on malt,
That makes good drink so dear.

-by James Henry, M.D., written while walking from Schopfheim to Gersbach in the Black Forest (Baden), October 6, 1854

๐‘ต๐‘ฌ๐‘พ ๐‘ป๐‘ฏ๐‘ฐ๐‘บ ๐’€๐‘ฌ๐‘จ๐‘นโ— ๐‘ฌ๐’‚๐’“๐’๐’š ๐’„๐’‰๐’†๐’„๐’Œ-๐’Š๐’ ๐’‚๐’—๐’‚๐’Š๐’๐’‚๐’ƒ๐’๐’† ๐’‚๐’• ๐‘ถ๐’๐’…๐’† ๐‘ฏ๐’Š๐’„๐’Œ๐’๐’“๐’š ๐‘ฉ๐’“๐’†๐’˜๐’†๐’“๐’š ๐’‡๐’“๐’๐’Ž 10:30๐’‚๐’Ž-12:30๐’‘๐’Ž. ๐‘ฎ๐’†๐’• ๐’š๐’๐’–๐’“ ๐’‚๐’“๐’Ž๐’ƒ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’‡๐’๐’“ ๐‘ญ๐‘จ๐‘บ๐‘ป ๐’†๐’๐’•๐’“๐’š ๐’Š๐’๐’•๐’ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’‡๐’†๐’”๐’•๐’Š๐’—๐’‚๐’โ—Cheers!

Tickets are on sale!! Visit www.hickoryhops.com to grab yours! We are looking forward to another great year of celebrati...
04/02/2026

Tickets are on sale!! Visit www.hickoryhops.com to grab yours! We are looking forward to another great year of celebrating craft beer!! Live music from The Tremors & 20/20 Rock Band!
๐‘ต๐‘ฌ๐‘พ ๐‘ป๐‘ฏ๐‘ฐ๐‘บ ๐’€๐‘ฌ๐‘จ๐‘นโ— ๐‘ฌ๐’‚๐’“๐’๐’š ๐’„๐’‰๐’†๐’„๐’Œ-๐’Š๐’ ๐’‚๐’—๐’‚๐’Š๐’๐’‚๐’ƒ๐’๐’† ๐’‚๐’• ๐‘ถ๐’๐’…๐’† ๐‘ฏ๐’Š๐’„๐’Œ๐’๐’“๐’š ๐‘ฉ๐’“๐’†๐’˜๐’†๐’“๐’š ๐’‡๐’“๐’๐’Ž 10:30๐’‚๐’Ž-12:30๐’‘๐’Ž. ๐‘ฎ๐’†๐’• ๐’š๐’๐’–๐’“ ๐’‚๐’“๐’Ž๐’ƒ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’‡๐’๐’“ ๐‘ญ๐‘จ๐‘บ๐‘ป ๐’†๐’๐’•๐’“๐’š ๐’Š๐’๐’•๐’ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’‡๐’†๐’”๐’•๐’Š๐’—๐’‚๐’โ—Cheers!
The festival will be located in the parking lot between Lowes Food City Park and the Elks Lodge in downtown Hickory.

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326 Main Avenue NW
Hickory, NC
28602

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1pm - 6pm

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