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Purchase Cider and Ale Festival tickets and member tickets online.
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Cost
Event ticket: $75
VIP ticket: $85
Designated Driver ticket: $35
Child ticket (ages 4 through 17): $12
Member Cost
Event ticket: $65
VIP ticket: $75
Designated Driver ticket: $25
Child ticket: Free
Event ticket purchasers must be 21 or older and present a valid ID at check-in.
Event tickets include 20 3-ounce samples, a 3-ounce tasting glass, and admission into the Arboretum on Saturday, October 3.
VIP Tickets
VIP ticket holders receive everything included in regular event tickets, plus a 6-oz welcome pour from Foxes Den Meadery, a commemorative pint-size beer glass, and exclusive access from 11:00 a.m. to noon to enjoy cider and ale samples before the festival opens to all ticket holders.
VIP ticket holders receive a pint-size beer glass that commemorates this year’s event with a sweet-gum leaf.
Designated Driver Tickets
Designated Driver tickets are available for anyone wishing to accompany a Cider and Ale Festival ticket holder. These tickets include admission to the Arboretum on Saturday, October 3, access to nonalcoholic samples along the tasting route, and one nonalcoholic beverage (tea, soda, coffee, or water).
Designated Driver tickets must be purchased online and in advance, and will not be sold at the gatehouse.
Child Tickets
Child tickets are available for children who accompany Cider and Ale Festival ticket holders to the Arboretum on Saturday, October 3. Child tickets must be purchased online and in advance, and will not be sold at the gatehouse.
Child tickets are free for Arboretum members.
Vendors and Map
Please note that participating vendors are subject to change up until the date of the event.
VIP Table Foxes Den Meadery
CranRazz: SESH (sparkling session mead with cranberry and raspberry)
Table 1 Misbeehavin’ Meads
Peanut-Coated Caramel Apple Cider (spiced cider with peanut butter)
Don’t Bring Me Down (mead)
Table 2 Pilot Project Brewing
Brewer’s Kitchen – Lunar Dawn
Brutalist Brewing Cooperative – Agro Pop
Brutalist Brewing Cooperative – Isle of Pine
Table 3 Coastal Cocktails
Apple Bourbon Smash (bourbon cocktail)
Blackberry Bramble Gin (gin cocktail)
Table 4 Pollyanna Brewing & Distilling
Pollyanna Pils (German pilsner)
Pub Ale (English pub ale)
Table 5 Woodchuck Cider
Woodchuck Blueberry (blueberry cider)
Woodchuck Amber Cider (sweet cider)
Table 6 Unpossible Mead
Livin’ the Dreamsicle (session mead)
Sunlit Sangria (mead)
Table 7 ERIS Brewery and Cider House
E-Phoria (cider with Gala apples and vanilla)
Blush (cider with sweet and tart cherries)
Table 8 Penrose Brewing Company
Autumn Crush (spiced cider)
Apple Cider Donut Seltz-Up (hard seltzer with apple and spices)
Table 9 More Brewing Company
Oktoberfest (Märzen amber lager)
Morever (New England IPA)
Table 10 Noon Whistle Brewing
Festbier (Festbier golden lager)
Squishy Gummy Peach & Orange (hazy IPA)
Table 11 Founders Brewing Co. and Avery Brewing Co.
Mortal Bloom Imperial Thorn (imperial IPA)
Easy Drinking Beer (golden ale)
Water Hazard (vodka cocktail)
Oktoberfest (Festbier golden lager)
White Rascal (Belgian-style white ale)
Ellie’s Brown Ale (American brown ale)
Yuzilla (yuzu fruit ale)
Table 12 Go Brewing
F*k’in Pum’kin Ale (nonalcoholic pumpkin ale)
Damn Good Oktoberfest (nonalcoholic Märzen amber lager)
Table 13 Scorched Earth Brewing Company
Hey Chicago German Style Helles (German-style Helles pale lager)
Hefe’n It (Bavarian-style Hefeweizen pale wheat ale)
Sloppy Kisser (hazy IPA)
Bleuprint Blackberry Blueberry Wheat Ale (fruited wheat ale)
Table 14 Right Bee Cider
Blossom (semi-dry hard cider with cherry blossom and lemon myrtle)
Semi-Dry (semi-dry hard apple cider)
Table 15 Riggs Beer Company
Hefeweizen (Hefeweizen golden wheat ale)
Red Lager (red lager)
Oktoberfest (Festbier golden lager)
Table 16 Blake’s Hard Cider
Triple Jam (cider with strawberry, blackberry, and raspberry)
Salted Caramel Apple (salted caramel cider)
American Apple (imperial cider)
Table 17 Seattle Cider Co.
Honeycrisp (sweet cider)
Pumpkin Spice (spiced cider)
Odyssey (semisweet cider)
Table 18 93 Octane Brewery
Clown Car Snickerdoodle (cream ale)
Wingman (American pale ale)
Table 19 Lake Effect Brewing Company
Lake Effect Snow (witbier)
Pale Ale (pale ale)
Table 20 Homewood Brewing Company
Mass Effekt (Märzen amber lager)
Hazeologist (hazy IPA)
Table 21 The Cider Farm
Classic Dry (English-style cider)
Oak-Aged Cider (oak-aged cider)
Cyser (apple and honey cider)
Table 22 BubbleHouse Brewing Company
Get Yo Festy On (Märzen amber lager)
Livin’ on a Prairie (American wheat ale with elderflower)
Table 23 Black Horizon Brewing Company
Dune Shaper (blueberry golden ale)
Dark Mountain (Dunkelweizen dark wheat ale)
Table 24 Prima Cider
Prima Most (farmhouse-style cider)
Prima Verboten (bourbon barrel-aged dry cider)
Table 25 Big Grove Brewing
Citrus Surfer (citrus wheat ale)
Easy Eddy (hazy IPA)
Table 26 Revolution Brewing
Oktoberfest (Märzen amber lager)
DDH Brunch-Hero (double dry-hopped IPA)
TV Party (IPA)
Table 27 Eagle Park Brewing Company
M.C. Hammerschlagen (Festbier golden ale)
Bowie’s Spacesuit (New England IPA)
Spekto Kooler (orange and tangerine hard seltzer)
Table 28 Pipeworks Brewing Co.
Oak Aged Märzen (oak barrel-aged Märzen amber lager)
Pumpkin Spice Latte (oat ale with pumpkin, coffee, and spices)
Doom Jazz (hazy imperial IPA)
Table 29 Foxes Den Meadery
Key Lime Pie: SESH (session mead)
Chocolate Covered Raspberry: SESH (session mead)
Food and Beverages
Food and beverages from food trucks and a concessions stand will be available to purchase at the event.
Food Trucks
Fall Color Concessions
As part of the Arboretum’s Fall Color Festival, special seasonal concessions will be available in Arbor Court during the Cider and Ale Festival.
Enjoy a delicious lineup of autumn favorites at the Fall Color Concessions tent—including freshly popped kettle corn, taffy apples, barbecue pulled pork sandwiches, apple cider doughnuts, and hot apple cider.
Fall Color Concessions are available from 11:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. starting on Friday, October 2.
Ginkgo Restaurant and Café
The Ginkgo Restaurant will be open from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. on the day of the event. The menu of internationally inspired meals includes vegan, vegetarian, and gluten-free options, as well as craft beer and wines, baked goods, and coffee.
Bakery items, salads, and sandwiches will be available to purchase at the Ginkgo Café in the Visitor Center until 6:00 p.m. Espresso beverages, hot tea, and drip coffee are also available at the café.
Accessibility
Tasting booths will be spread out along ADA-accessible paths following the Conifer Walk, Meadow Lake Trail, and the Frost Hill walking path.
The mile-long paved path begins near the Visitor Center and parking lot P-1, and is accessible for wheelchairs and walkers (it includes a few gently graded hills). The tasting tables will be stationed on the grass within 10 feet of the path.
See Accessibility at The Morton Arboretum for more information.
Frequently Asked Questions
Accordion List
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No additional samples will be available for purchase.
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Yes, Arboretum admission is included with your Cider and Ale Festival ticket. Guests are allowed to remain on-site for the duration of the day. The Arboretum will close at sunset.
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Yes, your Cider and Ale Festival ticket includes all-day admission to the Arboretum on Saturday, October 3. Festival attendees can access Arboretum grounds starting at 9:00 a.m. Festival attendees who are Arboretum members may access the grounds at 7:00 a.m.
Festival attendees who arrive early will not be given their festival tasting credentials or tasting glasses until the time slot on their tickets.
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In addition to the breweries and cideries attending the event, several food vendors will also be on-site.
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Yes, craft cider breweries will be offering gluten-free options. Nonalcoholic brews will also be available. See Vendors and Map for details.
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Yes. Designated Driver tickets include admission to the Arboretum on Saturday, October 3 and one nonalcoholic beverage (tea, soda, coffee, or water). Additional nonalcoholic beverages will be available to sample along the tasting route.
Designated Driver tickets must be purchased online and in advance, and will not be sold at the gatehouse.
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Designated Driver tickets tickets are available for anyone wishing to accompany a Cider and Ale Festival ticket holder. These tickets include admission to the Arboretum on Saturday, October 3 and one nonalcoholic beverage (tea, soda, coffee, or water). Additional nonalcoholic beverages will be available to sample along the tasting route.
Designated Driver tickets must be purchased online and in advance, and will not be sold at the gatehouse.
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Child tickets are available for children who accompany Cider and Ale Festival ticket holders to the Arboretum on Saturday, October 3. Child tickets must be purchased online and in advance, and will not be sold at the gatehouse.
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Due to capacity restrictions, access to the Arboretum on Saturday, October 3 will be restricted to Cider and Ale Festival ticket holders after 10:00 a.m. Members who arrive at the Arboretum between 7:00 and 10:00 a.m. are welcome to stay for the remainder of the day.
