Dogfish Head to Host Harvest Festival with Record Expo & Milton Appreciation Night

From Dogfish Head:

Event features special Q&A with brewery founder, pop-up record shop, DJs spinning vinyl and free gift for Milton residents.

Milton, DE , Thursday, August 26, 2021— As summer winds down, Dogfish Head ushers in the fall with its first-ever Harvest Festival, slated for Thursday, September 16, from 1-7 p.m. at the brewery’s Tasting Room & Kitchen in Milton. Starting in the parking lot, folks will be greeted by a pop-up record shop deemed “Paved Paradise.” Hosted by the Secretly Group, a global music label consortium comprised of Dead Oceans, Ghostly International, Jagjaguwar, Numero Group and Secretly Canadian, the expo brings the classic record store experience outdoors, with bins packed full of LPs, hundreds of 45s, cassettes and CDs, limited merchandise and DJs spinning all afternoon. At 6 p.m., the needle drops on a LIVE Q&A session with Dogfish Head Founder & Brewer, Sam Calagione, Numero Group Founder, Ken Shipley, and Paved Paradise Organizer, Amanda Colbenson. While fielding questions from those in attendance, the trio will chat about beer, music and everything in between.

"There’s no better way to welcome fall than with an outdoor festival celebrating independent music, community togetherness and of course, craft beer,” said Sam. “I am most looking forward to checking out all the awesome records our friends from the Secretly Group and Paved Paradise will be bringing to the event, an exploration of goodness that will be amplified by simultaneously sipping on a beer and listening to some analog tunes. No doubt, I’ll be taking home at least one new record … or maybe, more like five! I invite and encourage beer and music lovers across the Delmarva peninsula to make their way to the brewery to enjoy all the off-centered festivities.”

The fun continues inside the Tasting Room with a special edition of Dogfish Head’s iconic Vintage & Vinyl event. DJ Right On Radio will dig deep into his vinyl stash to find the perfect lyrical pairings for some delicious, vintage pours. BUT that’s not all! Members of the brewery’s Off-Centered Society loyalty club will enjoy double points on purchases all day and from 5-6 p.m., Dogfish Head will celebrate its annual “Milton Appreciation Night.” To show some extra love to its nearest neighbors, the brewery is offering all Miltonians a free apple fritter when they show their ID with a 19968 zip code. Throughout the day, the Tasting Room will also be pouring Dogfish Head’s fall-favorite Punkin Ale, a brown ale brewed with real pumpkin, brown sugar and spices, and serving a special beer cocktail made with a mix of lemon juice, a house-made orange maple pumpkin syrup and Dogfish Head Distilling Co.’s Straight Whiskey, topped with Punkin Ale and garnished with a dehydrated apple slice.

“All of us at the Secretly Group are thrilled to be working with Dogfish Head to bring Paved Paradise to music lovers in Delaware,” said Amanda. “Earlier this year, we embarked on a 15-stop, nationwide tour to share our outdoor record shop experience with people from coast-to-coast. We are just about halfway through that tour and given Dogfish Head’s longtime love of music, connection to the independent record store community AND all the awesome Harvest Festival events it has planned, I think this may be our most exciting – and fun – stop yet!”

Schedule of Happenings

• 7 p.m. – Paved Paradise record label pop-up in the brewery’s parking lot and Vintage & Vinyl with DJ Right On Radio in the Tasting Room.
• 5-6 p.m. – Milton Appreciation Night with free apple fritters for Milton residents.
• Starting at 6 p.m. – Q&A session with representatives from Dogfish Head, Numero Group and the Secretly Group’s Paved Paradise event team.
• ALL DAY: Double points on purchases for Off-Centered Society members and tours of the Steampunk Treehouse. Guests can also expect a slew of off-centered giveaways, food specials and more!

For more about Dogfish Head and its Milton Tasting Room & Kitchen, visit www.dogfish.com. To learn about the Secretly Group and its Paved Paradise event series, check out www.pavedparadise.secretlygroup.com. 

Dogfish Head Craft Brewery:

Dogfish Head has proudly focused on brewing beers with culinary ingredients outside the Reinheitsgebot since the day it opened as the smallest American craft brewery nearly 25 years ago. Dogfish Head has grown into a top-20 craft brewery and won numerous awards throughout the years, including Wine Enthusiast’s 2015 Brewery of the Year and the James Beard Foundation Award for 2017 Outstanding Wine, Spirits, or Beer Professional. A Delaware-based brand with Dogfish Head Brewings & Eats, an off-centered brewpub and distillery, Chesapeake & Maine, Dogfish Head’s seafood and cocktail spot, Dogfish Inn, a beer-themed inn on the harbor, and Dogfish Head Craft Brewery, a production brewery and distillery featuring the Tasting Room & Kitchen and Dogfish Head Distilling Co., Dogfish Head is a supporter of the Independent Craft Brewing Seal, the definitive icon for American craft breweries to identify themselves to be independently-owned and carry the torch of transparency, brewing innovation and the freedom of choice originally forged by brewing community pioneers. Dogfish Head currently sells beer in all 50 states and Washington D.C. For more information, visit www.dogfish.com, Facebook: @dogfishheadbeer, Twitter: @dogfishbeer, an Instagram: @dogfishhead.

Paved Paradise: Part pop-up shop, part block party, and part roadside fruit stand alike, Paved Paradise brings the record store experience outdoors, giving an opportunity to test drive the latest sounds and styles flowing from five record companies operating at the top of their respective games. Tucked under two tents, sonic specialists from Dead Oceans, Ghostly International, Jagjaguwar, Numero Group and Secretly Canadian will be onsite to talk shop, spin records and host special guests to also DJ and share their music knowledge. Expect bins packed with LPs, 45s, cassettes and CDs including exclusive products, limited colored vinyl variants, out of print items, gently used LPs, vintage compact discs and small run tapes. Browse our digital libraries using the Qobuz-powered Hi-Res listening station. Load up on T-shirts, mugs, totes, pins, socks, sunglasses, hats, and whatever other miscellany can fit into a 24-foot Penske.