West Reading Craft Pretzel & Beer Fest

West Reading Craft Pretzel & Beer Fest West Reading Craft Pretzel & Beer Fest celebrates the eclectic fun and history of Berks County, PA. Come support our region’s bounty.

West Reading Craft Pretzel & Beer Fest is the only Festival that features our area’s founding crafts, Pretzel & Beer! Join us for a day of Live Music, Homemade Pretzels & Beer, and fabulous shopping. Music Schedule
12:15: Mike & the Y-Tones
1:30: John King Dance Band
2:45: FSB
4:00: The Youngers

The festival is free, but you can also enjoy a ticketed tasting of all our regions best locally made

pretzels and beer. Check out the VIP package for Access to the Home Brew Competiton and an extra hour of tasting before the crowds arrive! (Limited Tickets available)

40 beers + even more varieties of pretzel-centric dishes will be featured this year. All proceeds go to support West Reading’s Revitalization. General Admission ticket includes 5 oz. tastings glass 3 hours of unlimited tastings and the best local pretzels. Thank you to our 2022 Sponsors:

Unique Snacks
Chatty Monks Brewing
Customers Bank
PA Beer Alliance
Sundance Vacations

Breweries+Makers to be featured in 2022 include:

Chatty Monks Brewing
Willow Creek Brewing
Broken Chair Brewing
Rebel Hive Meadery
Sly Fox Brewing
Oakbrook Brewing
Simple Days Beer
Yuengling Beer
Victory Brewing
New Trail Brewing Company
Yards Brewing
Tired Hands Brewing
Weyerbacher Brewing
St. Boniface Craft Brewing Company
Roy Pitz Brewing Company
Raven Beer (Baltimore)
Ommegang/Duvel (NY)
Captain Lawrence Brewing Company (NY)
SouthernTier Brewing (NY)
Sixpoint Brewing (NY)
Cape May Brewing (NJ)
Double Nickel Brewing Company (NJ)
Picnic Brunch
Bold Rock Hard Cider
Mother Earth Brewery (NC)
Rebel Hard Coffee
Blake's Cidery
and more TBA!

04/22/2026

Celebrating its 8th year the day prior to National Pretzel Day, West Reading’s Pretzel & Beer Festival is Saturday April 25, 2026 from 11-5pm.

Spanning the 500-700 blocks of Penn Avenue, the streets are closed so festival goers can indulge in pretzels & beer, retail vendors, including a wide array of food and beverage choices, a ticketed beer tasting and live music!

Free to Attend! Ticketed Tasting (21+) requires tickets, now available, limited tickets available event day.

Live Music for your day!
Dylan Zangwill (full band... 3:55 - 4:55 pm)
PURE JERRY (2:35 - 3:35 pm)
Pseudo Seal (1:20 - 2:15 pm)
The Midnight Antics (12:10 - 1:00 pm)

Thank you to our 2026 Event Sponsors

All vendor, sponsor and volunteer applications, tickets for the beer tasting will solely be run via WRCRF’s Eventeny platform.

https://www.eventeny.com/events/west-reading-pretzel-beer-fest-26-28361/

Please be aware of scammers on Facebook.

Ticket swaps, upgrades and vendor/sponsor/volunteer communications are also only made through Eventeny.

02/09/2026
2025 Poster
04/04/2025

2025 Poster

04/26/2024

It is National Pretzel Day! I am having a chocolate covered pretzel for breakfast. Unique Snacks are my favorite. Cheers!

05/03/2023
04/28/2023

Our Beer Tasting tomorrow has been moved to 416 Penn Ave, but the Street Festival has been canceled due to weather. Dustin Douglas & The Electric Gentlemen and Muddy Ruckus are still performing moved to inside Nitro Bar.

UPDATED on 4/27! The music line up for the 2023 West Reading Craft Pretzel & Beer Fest on Saturday April 29th is officia...
03/07/2023

UPDATED on 4/27! The music line up for the 2023 West Reading Craft Pretzel & Beer Fest on Saturday April 29th is officially moved to Nitro Bar. FREE INSIDE SHOW. Dustin Douglas & The Electric Gentlemen (4 PM). Muddy Ruckus at 2:30 PM. The beer tasting event is now in the massive Nitro Bar indoor garage.
The OSP Experience is not performing, however, they are going to be added to an upcoming West Reading event to be announced soon.

Vendors! We are looking for pretzel and beer themed vendors and PA producers of wine and spirits! Is that you?
02/04/2023

Vendors! We are looking for pretzel and beer themed vendors and PA producers of wine and spirits! Is that you?

Celebrating its 5th year and coming just a few days after National Pretzel Day (April 26th) is West Reading’s Craft Pretzel & Beer Fest on Saturday April 29, 2023 from 11-5pm. Spanning the 500-700 blocks of Penn Avenue, the streets are closed so festival goers can indulge in craft and retail vendo...

Homebrewers! Now is the time to brew for the West Reading Craft Pretzel and Beer Festival Saturday, April 29th!Registrat...
01/24/2023

Homebrewers! Now is the time to brew for the West Reading Craft Pretzel and Beer Festival Saturday, April 29th!

Registration is due by April 10th!

Link for details: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/WCBJKBV

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West Reading, PA
19611

Opening Hours

11am - 5pm

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