Oskar Blues Brewery presents its two-day music, camping and imbibing festival, Burning Can. “Cans of craft beer were meant to be brought along and cracked open wherever you needed them – at a music festival, after a killer ride, on an epic paddle trip, or camping in the backcountry,” says the festival’s website. Burning Can “condenses what’s best about the craft can lifestyle” — though it doesn’t condense too much.
Dozens of canning breweries from around the country will be at the Friday and Saturday, July 17-18 event; there’s running, paddling, riding and dirt-jumping, and presumably any of those activities can be accompanied by a canned adult beverage. The Beer Relay competitive trail run actually encourages the mashup of alcohol and sports — before each 5K lap you down a 12 ounce beer in exchange for two minutes deducted from your lap time. The prizes are awarded in — wait for it — beer.
The music lineup is just as dynamic: Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue, Rebirth Brass Band, Yo Mama’s Big Fat Booty Band, Jarekus Singleton, Ruby Velle and the Soulphonics, Porch 40 and Travers Brothership all make the list.
The festival takes place at the Oskar Blues REEB Ranch, 315 Shoals Falls Road, Hendersonville. Doors open at 6 p.m. on Friday (camping checkin is at 4 p.m.). General admission is $50, festival plus camping is $60, beer relay is $50 per person, VIP tickets (with priority camping, a brewer’s party and barbecue dinner and more) are $150.
Before you comment
The comments section is here to provide a platform for civil dialogue on the issues we face together as a local community. Xpress is committed to offering this platform for all voices, but when the tone of the discussion gets nasty or strays off topic, we believe many people choose not to participate. Xpress editors are determined to moderate comments to ensure a constructive interchange is maintained. All comments judged not to be in keeping with the spirit of civil discourse will be removed and repeat violators will be banned. See here for our terms of service. Thank you for being part of this effort to promote respectful discussion.