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Summer Ale Festival

Summer Ale Festival

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Lions & Tigers & Beers, Oh My!

The WILDEST beer festival in Philly returns to Philadelphia Zoo this summer!

We’re bringing more than 100 beers, ciders, seltzers, mead, spirits, and non-alcoholic options (including 13 new vendors)—plus local food trucks and live music—to our 42-acre campus for the wildest festival of the season! Performing this year are Philly-based bands Nik Greeley and the Operators, Echo Kid, and Moonroof. Summer Ale Festival is the only beer celebration in the region where guests can visit animals like big cats, great apes, and more. Experience a different side of the Zoo at this one-of-a-kind, adults-only event!

Summer Ale Fest is limited to those 21 or older with valid identification. Tickets are available exclusively through our website and will not be available for purchase at the door. Taps close at 9:30 PM.

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Full List of Breweries

*NEW for 2026

  • 2Moods
  • *Aldus Brewing Co.
  • Axe and Arrow
  • *Bald Birds Brewing Company
  • BeatBox Beverages
  • Bellefonte
  • Big Oyster Brewery
  • Broad Street Brewing
  • Bru Daddy’s Brewing Co.
  • Cartesian Brewing
  • Chestnut Hill Brewing
  • CT Valley Brewing
  • *Dock Street Brewery
  • Double Nickel Brewing Co.
  • Ever Grain Brewing Co
  • Evil Genius
  • Farm Truck
  • Fegley’s Brew Works
  • Fishtown Iced Tea
  • *Good Boy Vodka
  • Happy Dad Hard Seltzer
  • *Hore Hollow Distillers DBA Jimmy Juice
  • *Ironbound Cider
  • Jersey Girl Brewing
  • La Cabra Brewing
  • Lancaster Brewing
  • Last Wave Brewing
  • Mermaid Spirits
  • MudHen
  • *NA Beer Club
  • Neck of the Woods
  • nicethingsBEVERAGE
  • Punch Buggy Brewing Co.
  • Requiem
  • Revolution Bees Meadery
  • Sea Isle Iced Tea
  • *Ship Bottom Brewery
  • *Singlecut
  • Spellbound Brewing
  • Spring House Brewing Company
  • Stateside
  • Swedesboro Brewing Company
  • Three 3’s Brewing
  • Tom’s River Brewing
  • *Top Dog Cocktails
  • Triple Bottom Brewing Company
  • Tullamore DEW
  • *Urban Village Brewing Company
  • *Vault
  • *Victory
  • vonC Brewing
  • *Wander Back Beerworks
  • Warwick Farm Brewing
  • Widowmaker
  • Wild Air
  • Wissahickon Brewing
  • Yards