Celebrating Women in Craft Beverage Festival
Brave Brews
March 7-9, 2025 • AUBURN, NEW YORK
Brave Brews Nominated Best Beer Festival
A panel of beer experts and USA TODAY 10Best editors nominated Brave Brews and Prison City’s FIRE & ICE Festival for a second year in a row as one of the Top 20 Readers’ Choice Beer Festivals in the country. Last year, the event ranked on the leaderboard as the No. 5 Best Beer Festival and this year it landed in the No. 8 Best Beer Festival spot!
Come experience a weekend to remember in the place Where Brave Women Winter, featuring special guests, specialty tours, and the coolest brewfest in town.
Join us for the fourth annual winter festival in Auburn, NY, supporting the women and non-binary individuals of New York’s burgeoning craft beverage industry in the epicenter of equal rights heritage.
The City of Auburn’s Brave Brews: Celebrating Women in Craft Beverage Festival was inspired by the inclusive message and seven-year success of the Pink Boots Society® Pink Boots Collaboration Brew Day® held at Prison City Brewing each March.
This annual ritual hosted by Prison City Co-Owner Dawn Schulz is now part of an expanded weekend to kickoff Women’s History Month and create a welcoming environment for fermented/alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverage professionals and consumers. The 2025 event will again feature special guests and the flagship event, Prison City Fire & Ice Festival.
FRIDAY
3/7
Brew Day // First Friday
Pink Boots Collaboration Brew Day® at Prison City North Street Brewery
10 AM–4 PM
Auburn Downtown BID First Friday Brave Brews Weekend Kickoff
10 AM–10 PM
SATURDAY
3/8
Specialty Tours // Brew Fest // Live Music // Karaoke Night
Seward House Museum Presents: The Real Housewives of Auburn Specialty Tours
10 AM, 12 PM & 2 PM
A Cast of Thousands @ Moondog’s Lounge
7–10 PM
Karaoke Night @ The Good Shepherds Brewing Company
9 PM–12 AM
Prison City FIRE & ICE Craft Beverage Festival @ Prison City North Street
4–8 PM (VIP Tickets 3 PM)
Prison City FIRE & ICE After Party ft. Psychedelic Sushi
8:30–10:30 PM
History tells us that it takes a brave woman to thrive in a Finger Lakes winter. As the epicenter of the women's rights movement, this fiercely beautiful region celebrates women both past and present.
Spend your day exploring Cayuga County, honoring local historic trailblazers like Harriet Tubman and Frances Seward, and supporting the many women-owned businesses.
New this year, Cayuga and surrounding counties are featuring “Brave Women Week.” This weeklong celebration, which includes International Women's Day on March 8, features themed events and specials at women-owned businesses.
Learn more at BraveWomenFLX.com
Brave Brews is presented by the City of Auburn and produced in collaboration with Prison City Brewing, NYS Equal Rights Heritage Center, City of Auburn Historic & Cultural Sites Commission, Downtown Auburn Business Improvement District, and the Cayuga County Office of Tourism.
Celebrate with us!
Brave Brews Festival attendees must be 21+ to participate.
Safe and free Big D’s Limos shuttle buses will be available on Saturday, March 8, 2025. Park in the City Parking Garage and other free lots throughout the City, and take the shuttle from Prison City Pub & Brewery State Street location to Prison City Brewing's Fire & Ice Festival on North Street.
