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Taste Twin Ports

You’re invited to Taste Twin Ports! Saturday, July 12, 2025 12:00pm – 8:00pm Formerly known as Taste of Duluth and later Festival by the Lake, our signature summer event is returning to its roots with a fresh new name: Taste Twin Ports. This reimagined lakefront celebration is inspired by the Taste Twin Ports podcast, hosted by Joe Macor and Pez Davila. Their love for local cuisine, craft beverages, and community connection is driving an exciting new chapter for the event — and we’re so excited to work with Pez and Joe to make it even better. You can still expect all the things you love: Delicious food from local restaurants and food trucks. Craft beer and Cider from top Twin Ports breweries. A variety of local craft and retail vendors. A family-friendly kids area, sponsored by the Irving Community Club. And this year, we’re thrilled to share the weekend with…

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A crowd of people, some holding glasses of different types of locally crafted beer, laugh and cheer during a live music concert during bent paddle's annual festiversary, celebrating over a decade of brewing in duluth, minnesota near lake superior.

Bent Paddle’s Annual Festiversary

Festiversary 2026 May 9, 2026 | 2-8pm Festiversary – An Outdoor Beer Festival Block Party Celebrating Bent Paddle’s 13 Year Anniversary – is Back!!! Join us and a few thousand of your closest friends at the Brewery on Saturday, May 9, 2026 from 2 – 8 pm to help us celebrate! We will be taking over our West Michigan Street block and neighborhood parking lots and throwing a “Festiversary” party – an outdoor brewery festival celebrating Bent Paddle Brewing Co.‘s anniversary and you – the Partners & Paddlers that have helped us make it this far! There will be two stages of live music, curated food trucks and vendors, games and family friendly activities, entertainment, community connections galore, and of course a whole lot of specialty Bent Paddle beer (and canna)! Kids 14 and Under Are FREE! (no ticket necessary | no pint glass) Tickets start at just $15 can be…

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