Hooch Wagon Brew Fest
Saturday, July 11 | 4pm-8pm
Sample the Coal Region’s finest craft beer, wine, and cider in Pennsylvania’s historic mining town!
Join us on Sat, Jul 11, 2026 starting at 4:00 PM to taste NEPA’s best brews while enjoying live music and food trucks – all in a one-of-a-kind historic setting. This fundraiser supports our work to preserve Eckley and tell the story of the people who powered America’s industrial rise.
Tickets include unlimited 5 oz. samples. Many of our vendors will have to-go bottles and cans available for purchase.
Tickets purchased by June 1st will receive a souvenir tasting glass. Purchases after June 1st will receive a glass on a first-come, first-served basis while supplies last. All others will receive a plastic tasting cup.
*You must be 21+ to attend this event. No admission without a valid photo ID.
Tap into NEPA’s brewing heritage!
Tickets
$40 | General Admission (21+)
Unlimited samples
$10 | Designated Driver (21+)
Festival admission w/o alcohol service
Vendors
The list continues to grow – check back for updates!
“Oh yes, there was beer men comin’ around.”
Head over to our oral history collection to learn how traveling merchants supplied Eckley residents with beer, whiskey, meat, and other staples and connected isolated patchtowns throughout the Coal Region.