Bottoms Up! Cider Swig is back. With its new location at the LeMay America’s Car Museum, the hugely popular event can accommodate more vendors, award-winning food trucks and happy celebrants. You’ll sample from more than 130 Pacific Northwest ciders showcased by 30 cidermakers. Selected regionally crafted libations like mead, beer, wine, and spirits are also on board.
Cider Swig highlights our region’s agricultural heritage, reinforces community friendships, promotes local businesses, agricultural and environmental organizations, and showcases regional talent throughout the day. Born out of a commitment to community and the environment, and the love for local flavor, Cider Swig connects festivalgoers directly with the makers. Sips presented for sampling will be for sale in the Pop-up Bottle Shop, allowing you to take your favorites home.
The festival features live music and entertainment. See new competitions like Hammerschlagen (nail driving), Apfelweinkrug (cider-stein) holding, keg toss, and the Cornhole Pit in the festival’s Midway. Are you ready for the return of the Apple Pie Contest?
The music lineup is amazing!
- Spare Thyme: dueling fiddles with Cajun and Celtic influences
- The Apollo Trio: unforgettable fiery jazz
- Birch Pereira & the Gin Joints: blended jazz, Americana, swing, and R&R
- The Shy Boys: blues to R&R greats from the 50’s through today
Looking for Good Eats?
Check out Arnold’s Happy Days, Boss Mama’s Kitchen, Gigo’s Jamaican Grill, The Pie Bar, Polish Cuisine on Wheels, Smokin Robinson’s BBQ, Starvin Marvins Hot Dogs, and Uncle Mike’s Filipino Comfort Food. There’s no reason to leave hungry.
More than a dozen area artisans and small businesses will share their wares. Have a little cider while doing a bit of early holiday shopping.
Cider Swig is a major fundraising event that has invested hundreds of thousands of dollars into projects aimed at improving the environmental health of the Puget Sound. Proceeds are distributed through the Lu Winsor Memorial Environmental Grant program, which is managed by the Foundation.
Tickets are for adults only and include a tasting glass, five drink tickets, re-entry pass, live music and entertainment, access to food trucks, pop-up bottle shop, vendors, competitions, and other festival activities, and, of course, an awesome time. Additional tokens are available at the festival.
Purchase Online: .gghf.info/swig. Visit the Cider Swig Festival page: gigharborfoundation.org/cider-swig or on Facebook: facebook.com/ciderswig
Mary Ellen Psaltis