MobCraft
Weird Fest Block Party!
August 3, 2024 | 11:30am-7:30PM
We’re celebrating our 11th anniversary as a brewery and 8 years in Walker’s Point! Join us at the intersection of Weird Street and Weird Street for a celebration of all things weird! Weird Fest 2024 will be held on Saturday, August 3 @ 11:30am. Put on your weirdest costume or come as you are. We have a full day featuring high-flying Mondo Lucha wrestling, live music, food, belly dancers, face painters, local vendors, and of course, plenty of inspired and interesting beer. New to this year’s entertainment is Mermaid Echo, a “real life” swimming mermaid. Weird Fest is family-friendly with free admission for all. Come early, come late – We’re here to get weird all day.
Beer. Food. Live Music. Shenanigans. Let’s get weird!
Location – MobCraft Beer Brewery and Taproom: Walker’s Point at 505 S. 5th St. Milwaukee, WI 53204
LIMITED WEIRD FEST BEER RELEASES
Bloody Mary Brunch – Spicy Bloody Mary inspired beer
Baja Buds – Lemon lime Weiss with blue raspberry
5 Pepper Amber– MobCraft Amber with garden hot peppers
pHunky Pebbles – Sour Ale with the flavors of Fruity Pebbles – Hold the milk
All four inspired beers will be pouring on draft both inside and outside the taproom starting at 11:30am while supplies last. Quantities of each are limited!
11 YEAR ANNIVERSARY BARREL AGED CRUSH SMOOTHIE-STYLE
The debut of barrel aged Crush! The honorary anniversary beer will be available in extremely limited draft and four packs of cans to go. Festival goers who are interested in the limited release cans are recommended to arrive when the festival kicks off to purchase a four pack.
Live Music & Entertainment
WEIRD FEST SHENANIGANS
Doors Open at 11am – We Party at 11:30am! Grab food and beer and let’s get weird!
Making a Weird Fest debut, prepare yourself to be in awe of Wisconsin’s premiere professional mermaid entertainer and fresh water conservation educator, Mermaid Echo. Watch as they swim, swirl and dazzle festival goers in a custom built water tank that will be on site through the duration of the fest!
11:30am – Live music starts from Jump the Bluff
12:30pm – Mondo Lucha Wrestling Match #1
12:45pm – Belly Dancing
1:00pm – Live music from Cozy Danger (set 1)
2:00pm – Mondo Lucha Wrestling Match #2
2:15pm – Live music from Cozy Danger (set 2)
3:15pm – Mondo Lucha Wrestling Match #3
3:30pm – Belly Dancing
3:45pm – Mondo Lucha Wrestling Match #4
4:00pm – Live sing along favorites from Dad Strength (set 1)
5:30pm – Mondo Lucha Wrestling Match #5
5:45 – Live Music from Dad Strength (set 2)
7:00pm – Mondo Lucha Wrestling Match #6
Weird Fest Shenanigans End at 7:30pm – But the taproom will be open until 11pm so stick around for beers and food. Check out the taproom menu here!
BOOK YOUR RESERVATION AT THE WORLD’S SMALLEST ISLAND PARTY!
Inspired by an article published in 2023 by our friends at Milwaukee Record, the Worlds’ Smallest Island Party return to Weird Fest! Tiny tiki bar lovers can book a reservation to live the island life…for 15 minutes at the block party festival. Your reservation gets you and a guest the only two seats at the smallest island bar in the world. Your reservation comes with your choice of one tropical drink per person – 16 oz. Crush or 12 oz. Cloudless Tropical Seltzer. Don’t miss out! Reservations sold quickly in 2023.
WEIRD FEST FOOD
MobCraft Kitchen Menu:
- Serving up pizzas and special off-the-wall grub. More to come!
Additional Food Vendors:
- K&L Barbeque – serving up smoked meats and sides. Follow on Facebook & Instagram.
- Style Pop Cafe – specialty coffee drinks, bagged coffee, egg rolls and their signature baked goods.
Check all of the Weird Fest vendors:
- Amie’s Blooms & Botanicals – Mobile flower shop & greenhouse bus traveling southeastern WI.
- Beauty By Brooke Theissen – jewelry and more
- Canni – Adaptive herbs, mushrooms, hemp derived THC, in edible and drinkable forms. CBD tinctures, topicals, edibles. Pet Products.
- Christian Sis Face Painting – Face painting and body art.
- Fishing 4 Bangers! – With TVs Dug Dusto. Vintage T-Shirt Fishing Gameshow!
- J.R. Busch Images – Hand made linoleum block prints.
- James Steeno Gallery – Milwaukee and Wisconsin artwork by James Steeno.
- Knots and Braids – Macrame home decor, jewelry, accessories.
- Lakefront Leather Design – Handcrafted leather goods made custom to order.
- Lili’s Art Boutique – handmade goods, wall art, home decor, apparel and more.
- Linny’s Artsy Fingers®️ LLC – High Quality Pearl and Semi-Precious Gemstone Jewelry
- Moose Vintage – Vintage clothing and accessories.
- OK, DAD Printmaking – Original linoleum & woodblock prints.
- Otavalo – Jewelry in leather and stones, embroidered dresses, alpaca wool ponchos and blankets.
- PINdecent Exposure – Enamel pins and crochet flowers.
- Plushzilla – Local handmade plush stuffed animals and toys.
- Souvenir Regrets – Vintage goods and novelty items.
- Sub-Zero Candy – Freeze dried candy & sweets.
