Blob's Park to Host Beer and Wine Festival

Area residents will be able to test out an array of beers and wines at a festival next weekend at Blob's Park in Jessup.

The Kegs and Corks event will feature more than a dozen wine and beer vendors, plus food and live music.

The festival will be held from noon to 6 p.m. Aug. 25-26. Tickets are $25 in advance or $30 at the gate. Those with military identification pay $20.

Advertised wineries taking part in the event include St. Michaels Winery, Cassinelli, Cove Point, Far Eastern Shore Winery and Legends Vineyard.

Beer vendors include Yards, Heavy Seas, Port City, DuClaw, Old Dominion, Fordham and Starr Hill.

This is the first time Blob's Park is hosting Kegs and Corks, but the park has a history with beer. In 1947, the park's Bavarian Beer Garden hosted the first-ever Oktoberfest celebration in America.

The said this week that it plans to attend the festival as a fellowship event.

A portion of the proceeds of the event will go to buy an automated external defibrillator device for Anne Arundel County athletic fields.