New Belgium accepts film submission for Clips Beer & Film Tour

Film and beer festival Clips, organized by new Belgium Brewing, returns to Asheville on Friday, Sept. 4. The event is free and beer sales benefit nonprofit organizations. Submissions are accepted through Wednesday, April 1.

Press release from event organizers:

New Belgium Brewing is taking its 2015 Clips Beer & Film Tour to twenty cities coast-to-coast. The beer-toting, film-traveling, nonprofit-benefitting show will run from May to October, during its sixth season. Clips is a free event, with all proceeds from beer sales going to local nonprofits. Since its inception in 2010, Clips Beer & Film Tour has raised more than $520,000 for nonprofits nationwide and brought more than 35,000 people out to their local parks for a fun and philanthropic night of movie watching and beer tasting.

Clips offers a venue where guests can try New Belgium’s more esoteric beer offerings, pairing them with inspiring short films created by New Belgium fans. Up to 16 beer varieties will be on tap, including some of the more hard-to-come-by beers from the Lips of Faith sereis, as well as brewery classics.

New Belgium beers will be available in 3-ounce samples, 12 ounce pours, or cans. Served up by local beneficiary volunteers, there’s plenty of fun to be had once the sun sets and the films start rolling. Food from local vendors will also be available.

“We have another exciting season lined up with a couple new stops, new toys, new beers and new films,” said Christie Catania, Clips national special events manager. “We’re excited to tour around the country and work with amazing local groups doing great work in their communities. The funds raised will help each of them continue their mission long after the show wraps up.”

New Belgium also teams up with a local sustainability partner at each stop and has diverted at least 85 percent of event waste from landfills over the past five years.

As for the films, New Belgium is still on the hunt, with the submission window closing on April 1. To learn more about the submission process go to http://www.newbelgium.com/events/clips-beer-and-film/submit-your-film.aspx. New Belgium will select about 20 short films to feature during the tour.

2015 Clips Beer & Film Tour will roll through each of the following cities:

Kansas City, MO                     May 21                    Theis Park
Bloomington, IN                     May 29                    Bryan Park
Chicago, IL                             June 5                      Eckhart Park
Grand Rapids, MI                   June 11                    Ah-Nab-Awen Park
Austin, TX                              June 19                    Long Center for the Performing Arts
Boulder, CO                            June 25                    Valmont Disc Golf Park
Santa Barbara, CA                  July 10                     Chase Palm Park
Sacramento, CA                      July 24                     Southside Park
Seattle, WA                             July 31                     Gas Works Park
Colorado Springs, CO             August 6                  America the Beautiful Park
Madison, WI                           August 27                 Olin Park
Asheville, NC                         September 4              Pack Square Park: Roger McGuire Green
Reston, VA                             September 10             Reston Town Center
Charlottesville, VA                 September 17             Washington Park: Lower Field
Columbus, OH                        September 24             Columbus Commons
Atlanta, GA                             October 2                   Historic Fourth Ward Skatepark Field
Nashville, TN                          October 9                   East Park
Charleston, SC                        October 15                 Marion Square
Miami, FL                               October 22                 Margaret Pace Park
Tampa, FL                               October 29                 Curtis Hixon Park

For the latest information on Clips, go to NewBelgium.com/Clips. For more information on New Belgium Brewing, visit NewBelgium.com.

 

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About Alli Marshall
Alli Marshall has lived in Asheville for more than 20 years and loves live music, visual art, fiction and friendly dogs. She is the winner of the 2016 Thomas Wolfe Fiction Prize and the author of the novel "How to Talk to Rockstars," published by Logosophia Books. Follow me @alli_marshall

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