Festival of Darkness is the most epic zombie apocalypse-themed beer festival around, but this year we have a sub-theme that will shiver your timbers - PIRATES. Join us as a horde of undead buccaneers invades the brewery for the ultimate celebration of dark beer, alongside over 30 local and regional breweries and distilleries pouring samples of their selections in our beer garden of darkness, stilt-walking and fire-breathing circus artists, live music from The Big Dam Horns and Dial Up, cash prizes for best dressed zombie pirates, and plenty of food and beer. Mark your calendars and let's get shipwrecked, mateys.

Schedule of Events:

4:00PM - Early ENTRY

VERY IMPORTANT ZOMBIES with Early Entry Passes have an hour to sample specialty VIP pours from all breweries, early access to Nighty Night Imperial Stout and three new Nighty Night Small Batch flavors, and first access to limited edition merchandise.

5:00PM - Bring out your undead!
FEST IS ON!

The Beer Garden of Darkness opens for General Admission with 35+ local and regional breweries on hand to pour samples of their dark beer selection for the celebration. Each brewery will pour until they are out. Get there early!

Nighty Night Imperial Stout 2023 sales tent opens. This beer and the three new small batch flavor series packages are very limited, and ONLY AVAILABLE AT THE BREWERY this year. NO DISTRIBUTION. First come, first sold.

Visit the Lost Forty Pop-Up Shop tent for all NEW Dry Goods and stop by the INK tent to create your own Festival of Darkness apparel.

Purchase locally-made food inside the Lost Forty Taproom

5:30PM - 9:00PM - Enjoy LIVE & LOCAL MUSIC

Enjoy live music by Big Dam Horns & Dial Up on the Lost Forty Main Stage

Live fire-breathing, aerial silks, and stilt walking performances by Arkansas Circus Arts.

7:30PM - WIN PRIZES

Winners of the Costume Contests are Announced

8:30PM: LAST CALL

Beer samples and sales end

Stock up on last-minute merch items

Date: Saturday, October 21, 2023

Time: 5:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Location: Lost Forty Brewing, 501 Byrd Street, Little Rock, AR 72202

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