Autumn Ale Faire
Celebrate the autumn season at the first annual Beer Garden at The Elizabethan Gardens on Saturday, October 4, 2025. This family-friendly, fall festival presented by Highland Brewing, will feature local breweries, food vendors, live music, and more on the scenic Great Lawn. Leah Wong Ashburn, CEO of Highland Brewing will be paying a tribute to Uli Bennewitz, founder of NC's first microbrewery, The Weeping Radish, which opened in Manteo in 1986. Spend time enjoying new beers or hanging with your youngster in the Kid's Zone! This event is dog-friendly and there will be games and contests in the earlier part of the day.
Schedule of Events:
11:00-1:30 – Live music with Bill Rae & Adam Nixon
11:00 – 3:00 – Kid’s Zone
- Overlook Terrace
- Craft Tables – Dare County Master Gardeners (more TBD)
- Lawn Games – Croquet, Giant Jinga, Tic-tac-toe, Cornhole
- Spacewalk Inflatables
2:00 – 4:30 – Live music with Funkamongus and Sam on Sax
4:30 – Great Lawn - Living Tribute and a Toast to Uli Bennewitz – Leah Wong Ashburn, CEO Highland Brewing | Special Keg Tapping – “Friends with Bennewitz” – Highland Brewing
5:00 – 8:00 – Live music with Trickfly
*Just like the OBX weather, listed items are subject to change without notice.
Brewers:
- Highland Brewing - Presenting Sponsor
- Outer Banks Seltzer
- Ocean South Imports
- Coastal Beverage
- Swells'a Brewery
