Beer Gardens Coming To Racine In Summer 2019: Your Guide

RACINE, WI — A new beer garden is coming to Racine in the summer of 2019. The beer garden - also referred to as biergarten - will be taking place five separate weekends over the course of the summer. Lakeview Park will host four weekends at 201 Goold St, and Island Park will host one weekend at 1700 Liberty St.

“In my first budget, I made a commitment to investing in our parks. Launching biergartens in two great locations is part of that commitment,” said Mayor Cory Mason in a statement to Patch. “Residents can now take a Saturday to go to the beach, visit the zoo, and then stop by the beirgarten just across the street at Lakeview Park to enjoy a brew, live music, and games.”

The Belle City Biergarten will feature live music on Friday and Saturday evenings, stops from local food trucks, lawn games, outdoor movies, and other activities. The Belle City program has partnered with What’s Up Racine, a local non-profit group that aims to make Racine a destination city through events and initiatives aimed at young professionals, students, creatives and entrepreneurs.

What’s Up Racine will be hosting mixers, activities, and events at each of the biergarten weekends. The organization will also benefit with a portion of proceeds from the biergarten going towards their local programming efforts.

2019 Belle City Biergartens Schedule:

Lakeview Park

• June 20-23
• July 11-14
• August 8-11
• August 29-September 1

Island Park

• June 27-30

Hours of operations for the biergartens are Thursdays 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Fridays 4 p.m. to 9 p.m., Saturdays 12 p.m. to 9 p.m. and Sundays 12 p.m. to 7 p.m.

The beers being served will include various selections from local distributor CJW. They will include Miller Lite and a selection of craft beers from various breweries including Leinenkugel’s and Lakefront Brewery.

The biergarten grand opening event will be held on Friday, June 21 at Lakeview Park with a celebratory toast and pouring by City of Racine Mayor Cory Mason at 5 p.m.

“I encourage city residents come join us for the grand opening at Lakeview Park on the 21st. We can kick off summer right with close friends and an ice cold Wisconsin beer,” said Mayor Mason.

If you’re interested in learning more or following along with the biergarten’s schedule of events, you can get more information at facebook.com/bellecitybiergarten or the soon to launch website at www.bellecitybiergarten.com.