{"id":74272,"date":"2019-09-07T00:04:51","date_gmt":"2019-09-07T00:04:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/harvest-brew-fest-returning-to-cortez\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T15:59:39","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T15:59:39","slug":"harvest-brew-fest-returning-to-cortez","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/harvest-brew-fest-returning-to-cortez\/","title":{"rendered":"Harvest Brew Fest returning to Cortez"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><figure class=\"wp-block-image naviga-inline-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=f0761c97-667b-4aeb-b951-c7cff5c74ba8&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=2000\" width=\"1711\" height=\"1600\" alt=\"Mark Youngquist pours a sample at the Dolores River Brewery booth at the 14th annual Harvest Brew Fest in 2012.\" class=\"naviga-image\" loading=\"lazy\"><figcaption><span class=\"caption\">Mark Youngquist pours a sample at the Dolores River Brewery booth at the 14th annual Harvest Brew Fest in 2012.<\/span><span class=\"credit\">Journal file<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><p>September has arrived, and that means the annual Harvest Brew Fest is coming to Cortez.<\/p>\n<p>This is the 21st year of the Brew Fest, which will take over Parque de Vida from 4-9 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 14, with live music, food trucks and, of course, brews.<\/p>\n<p>The fest is hosted by the Montezuma Land Conservancy, which conserves local land by working with landowners to put their property in conservation easements. It\u2019s MLC\u2019s biggest annual event to raise funds for operations, said Bonny Wayman, the event coordinator.<\/p>\n<p>One of the taglines for the festival is \u201cDrink Beer, Save Land.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This year, 14 breweries, cideries and wineries will participate. They include local hot spots such as WildEdge Brewing Collective, Dolores River Brewery, Fenceline Cider and Sutcliffe Vineyards, among others.<\/p>\n<p>Live music will be provided by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.felixylosgatos.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Felix y Los Gatos<\/a>, a New Mexico-based band playing Zydetejano blues \u2013 a mix of Latin, blues, tejano and outlaw country music.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe think that they\u2019re going to be a lot of fun and get people out and dancing,\u201d Wayman said.<\/p>\n<p>This year, the local nonprofit School Community Youth Collaborative will sponsor a \u201cdrive safe\u201d campaign, providing free rides home in Montezuma County along with overnight parking vouchers.<\/p>\n<p>More than 100 items will be sold at the \u201cSuper Silent Auction,\u201d including outdoor gear, jewelry, backpacks and festival passes.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets, $35 at the gate and $30 in advance online at <a href=\"https:\/\/montezumaland.org\/event\/21st-annual-harvest-beer-festival\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">montezumaland.org<\/a>, include a collector glass and unlimited beer tasting.<\/p>\n<p>Kids 15 and under can enter for free.<\/p>\n<p>Other brewers and companies represented include Animas Brewing Co., Bottom Shelf Brewery, Chainless Brewing, Colorado Native beers, Mancos Brewing Co., Moab Brewery, Main Street Brewery, Montucky Cold Snacks, Ska Brewing Co. and Steamworks Brewing Co.<\/p>\n<p><em class=\"mwc_shirttail\"><a href=\"mailto:ealvero@the-journal.com\">ealvero@the-journal.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Montezuma Land Conservancy\u2019s biggest fundraiser marks 21st year<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":74273,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5738,5737,5736,5735,5741,5784],"tags":[21,28,29,1269],"naviga_topic":[],"class_list":["post-74272","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cortez","category-headlines","category-local-news","category-news","category-newsletter","category-nonprofits","tag-cortez","tag-headlines","tag-newsletter","tag-nonprofits"],"acf":[],"author_name":"dh_admin","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74272","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=74272"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74272\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":92516,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74272\/revisions\/92516"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/74273"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74272"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74272"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74272"},{"taxonomy":"naviga_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/naviga_topic?post=74272"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}