Summer Ale Festival
Lions & Tigers & Beers, Oh My!
The WILDEST beer festival in Philly returns to Philadelphia Zoo this summer!
We’re bringing more than 100 award-winning craft beers, ciders, hard iced teas, hard seltzers, local food trucks, and live music to our 42-acre campus for the wildest festival of the season! Summer Ale Festival is the only beer celebration in the region where guests can visit animals like big cats, great apes, and more. Experience a different side of the Zoo at this one-of-a-kind, adults-only event!
Summer Ale Fest is limited to those 21 or older with valid identification. Tickets are available exclusively through our website and will not be available for purchase at the door. Taps close at 9:30 PM.
Featured Breweries:
2Moods Vodka Seltzer • Angry Orchard • Axe and Arrow • Beatbox Brew (“Party Punch”) • Bellefonte • Big Oyster Brewery • Bovinos Brewery • Broad Street Brewing • Cartesian Brewing • Chestnut Hill Brewing Company • Conshohocken Brewing Company • CT Valley Brewing • Dock Street Brewery • Double Nickel Brewing Co. • Escape Goat • Erie Brewing Company • Ever Grain Brewing Co. • Evil Genius • Fegley’s Brew Works • Fishtown Iced Tea • Flying Fish • Farm Truck • Happy Dad • Imprint Beer Co. • Jersey Girl Brewing • Last Wave Brewing Co. • La Cabra Brewing • Lost Time • MudHen • Neck of the Woods • New Ridge Brewing • Neshaminy Creek • Nice Things Beverages • Punch Buggy Brewing • Requiem • Revolution Bees • Rupee • Sam Adams • Sea Isle Iced Tea • Slack Tide • Spellbound Brewing • Spring House Brewing Company • Stateside • Swedesboro Brewing Company • Ten7 Brewing Company • Three 3’s Brewing • Toms River Brewing • Triple Bottom Brewing Co. • Truly • Twisted Tea • Von C • Urban Village Brewing Company • Warsteiner • Warwick Farm Brewing • White Claw • Widowmaker • Wild Air Brewing • Wissahickon Brewing Company • Workhorse Brewing Co. • Yards
Our band lineup includes:
- Ridge Runners
- Kind Hearted Strangers
- Nik Greeley and the Operators
Our food truck lineup includes:
- Bacon on a Stick
- BYZ Empire
- Calle De Sabor
- Chickie’s & Pete’s
- The Little Sicilian
- The Pasta Truck
- Mac Mart
- Many Hands Coffee
- Mozzarepas
- Philly Cheesesteak Co.
Transportation Options:
- Taking a Lyft or Uber? Our rideshare drop-off and pick-up location is on 34th Street, near the front entrance of the Zoo. Look for the signs for the spot to meet your driver.
- Free parking for Summer Ale Fest is located in the Zoo Garage at 35th Street and Girard Avenue, and the Tiger Lot on 34th Street. Parking directions can be found here.