SheBrew Returns to Portland Art Museum for 11th Festival Spotlighting Women Homebrewers

Moving into the Portland Art Museum at 1219 SW Park Ave, SheBrew’s 11th annual Beer & Cider Festival will spotlight more than 40 professional female brewers and 10 homebrewers in a layout the organizers say is double the space of previous years. The festival is scheduled for Saturday, March 7, 2026, and the museum venue is intended to provide a more comfortable tasting environment for exhibitors and attendees.

The event runs as a two-session tasting day, with sources reporting session times that conclude at 3 p.m. and resume 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.; VIP ticket holders receive entry one hour before general admission. NorthwestBeerGuide’s press materials list sessions as 12 p.m. to 3 p.m. and 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. with VIP beginning at 11 a.m., while Southeast Examiner frames the festival as an 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. all-ages event that includes the VIP hour; ticket prices are reported in the $40 to $75 range and are available at shebrew.beer. The festival will admit all ages on site but restrict alcohol consumption to those 21 and older.

Competition and collaboration are central to the festival’s programming. A national homebrewers competition will precede the festival, and the Best in Show winner will be announced during the event with an opportunity to collaborate with Natalie Baldwin of Wayfinder Beer. Festival attendees will sample homebrews and vote for a People’s Choice winner, who will get a brew opportunity with Whitney Burnside of Grand Fir Brewing, according to the event copy and press release.

On-site activities listed on SheBrew’s event page include a photo booth, raffle, family area, a low-sensory space, vendors and food trucks, Girl Scout Cookies for sale, and even a tattoo artist. Organizers emphasize accessibility and family-friendliness through the low-sensory area and separate family space, while the Portland Art Museum’s increased footprint is meant to ease traffic between pour stations and vendor rows.

SheBrew’s mission to spotlight female-identified beer and cider makers coincides with timing described by Southeast Examiner as “kicking off Women’s History Month.” Southeast Examiner also reports that 100 percent of proceeds will go to the Human Rights Campaign; that allocation is cited to Southeast Examiner and has not been independently confirmed in other event materials. NorthwestBeerGuide’s press release also promoted what it called the festival’s “first-ever spirits,” a program detail listed in the outlet’s headline that festival organizers should confirm for the official program.

Local industry tie-ins include Von Ebert Brewing’s “Island of Sirens” release noted as supporting SheBrew. For tickets, session specifics, and the full exhibitor roster, the festival’s official page at shebrew.beer and SheBrew’s Instagram handle @shebrewpdx are listed in event materials.