Swampscott's Bent Water On The Beach Blast Is Back Saturday

SWAMPSCOTT, MA — A much anticipated Swampscott summer beach party is back for a third year this weekend.

The Bent Water on the Beach craft beer and music event, which debuted in 2019 returned last summer after a 2020 COVID-19 hiatus, will run from 3 to 9 p.m. on Saturday.

A $5 entry fee for the event allows attendees to enjoy a day on the beach — on a day that is forecast to be the perfect beach day — with beer and hard seltzer from the Lynn-based Bent Water Brewing Company and food from the Swampscott Yacht Club.

The event will also include live music.

"I think it's really just building community and not just being that bedroom community where you have to go to Salem, or Lynn, or Boston to do anything," Bent Water on the Beach founder David Grishman told Patch last summer. "We want to bring that city amenity to our
14,000-, 15,000-person town.

"You're seeing other communities do this. If Beverly and Peabody can do it, then why can't we bring people together for an incredible event on the beach, so residents can get together and people from other communities can see what Swampscott has to offer?"

Funds from the entry fee will go toward restoring and maintaining the historic Fish House in Swampscott.

The beer garden is 21+.

(Scott Souza is a Patch field editor covering Beverly, Danvers, Marblehead, Peabody, Salem and Swampscott. He can be reached at Scott.Souza@Patch.com. Twitter: @Scott_Souza.)