SF Beer Week 2026 Launches Feb. 20 with 100+ Events

SF Beer Week opened Feb. 20 and staged its tentpole SF Beer Week Fest at Salesforce Park on Feb. 21, an afternoon that Brewdeck described as “pouring from 45 Bay Area breweries.” The ten-day celebration runs Feb. 20–March 1 and includes more than 100 different events and 130 participants across Silicon Valley, making what organizers and local coverage call “the Bay Area’s crown jewel beer calendar event.”

The flagship festival at the 5.4-acre rooftop oasis of Salesforce Park presented unlimited tastings, limited-edition collaboration brews, live entertainment, and reusable commemorative tasting glasses. FunCheap summed the offering: “SF Beer Week kicks off at San Francisco’s 5.4-acre public park in the sky, Salesforce Park. Your ticket entitles you to unlimited tastings, limited-edition collaboration brews and special releases, live entertainment, and a reusable commemorative tasting glass, all while supporting your local craft brewing community and spending the afternoon in one of San Francisco’s most beautiful settings.” Event listings show differing start times for Feb. 21 - the SF Beer Week event page lists 12:00 PM, a calendar listing shows 1:30 to 5:00 PM with VIP starting at Noon, and one venue calendar displays an 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM block; the Salesforce Park address appears as 425 Mission St., San Francisco, and a contact number on one calendar entry is 415-597-5000. Early bird tickets were reported at $75, VIP inventory was “already sold out,” and general admission tickets were described as moving fast.

Silicon Valley programming leaned on local breweries and release parties. Barebottle Brewing kicked off Beer Week with a “Doomsday” party for Doom Bloom, a triple IPA brewed with prickly pear cactus fruit, and is listed as hosting the SF Beer Week Gala at its Salesforce Park taproom and scheduling drag brunches across taprooms on Sunday. Barebottle’s week includes trivia on Tuesday, a collab night on Feb. 25 featuring beers with Old Caz, Hop Dogma and Bartlett Brewing, and an arcade night with free arcade games on Feb. 26.

Santa Clara’s Taplands Taproom & Brewery opened its ninth annual Wake n’ Break at 9 a.m. on Saturday with breakfast beers including pastry stouts, coffee porters, fruity sours and Micheladas paired with a doughnut breakfast sandwich from Stan’s. Taplands followed with a Brews and Brines oysters pairing, a Feb. 26 “Collab-a-Pallooza” with Brewing with Brothas and Settle Down Beer, and closes Beer Week with an eighth annual locals-only event Feb. 28–March 1 showcasing Silicon Valley chapter brews.

Offsite kickoff events included the Hop on MUNI IPA Pub Crawl Kickoff at Standard Deviant in the Mission, a Feb. 20 5:00 PM start where participants “be among the first to sip ‘Hop on Muni’ IPA, grab your crawl card, and let Muni guide you through 15+ participating bars across multiple routes. Stickers, prizes, and a community toast to start the week right.” Drake’s Brewing Company published a daily-themed schedule tied to Beer Week with events labeled SlamTown (Friday), Yappy Hour (Saturday), Bluegrass Jam (Sunday), Trivia Night (Tuesday), Love On Tap Speed Dating (Wednesday), Beauty & The Brew Bingo (Thursday), Blues N Brews (Saturday Feb. 28), and Grillin N Chillin (Sunday March 1).

The Bay Area Brewers Guild framed Beer Week as collective momentum: “Beer Week works because, for one concentrated stretch of time, the Bay Area’s beer community moves together. Breweries, bars, retailers, and most importantly, beer drinkers align their calendars and show up for one another. That shared momentum creates real energy, and reminds people why this scene matters in the first place.” The festivities trace back to 2009 and, as FunCheap reminded readers, “Just remember, it’s a marathon, not a sprint.” FunCheap also advised: “Please double check event information with the event organizer as events can be canceled, details can change after they are added to our calendar, and errors do occur.”

SF Beer Week programming continues through March 1 with collab nights, release parties, homebrewing demos and neighborhood events across the nine Bay Area subregions.