Keystone Bacon & Bourbon Festival Promo Code

Summertime is festival-time in Colorado and that’s certainly true in the mountain town of Keystone. In Good Taste Denver is proud to partner with the Keystone Neighbourhood Company to feature their season of festivals that run through summer and into early fall. We’re kicking it off with the 12^th Annual Bacon and Bourbon Festival. Here, we’ll share the essentials you need to know and insider tips for making the most out of the experience. Be sure to take advantage of our exclusive discount promo code below.

Know Before You Go to the Keystone Bacon & Bourbon Festival

WHEN IS IT?
Saturday June 24 and Sunday, June 25, 2023, 1-5pm each day.

Insider tip: Sunday is a great day to go because there are fewer people at the festival (hello, more bacon and bourbon for you!). If you stay over Saturday night, you’ll have the morning free to sleep in, grab brunch, stroll, and take a hike. If you stay over Sunday night, you will avoid weekend traffic on I-70 and can breeze back to the city in time for any Monday morning meetings.

WHERE’S IT HAPPENING?
In Keystone, Colorado, in the charming River Run Village. Keystone is an easy drive from Denver, taking less than two hours.

Insider tip: With such a doable, short drive, Keystone is one of our favorite ways to get out of the city and into the mountains, without it being a major haul.

WHAT HAPPENS DURING THE BACON & BOURBON FESTIVAL?
Unlimited sizzlin’ bacon strips, unlimited bourbon and whiskey tastes from Colorado and beyond, other beverages (alcoholic and non), a variety of food from festival vendors, free live music, great swag, and special activities for kiddos.

Insider tip: Eat something in the morning before starting the festival just to fortify you. Slather on the sunscreen, and drink plenty of water. Oh, and wear comfy shoes for strolling about.

I’M IN! WHAT DOES IT COST FOR ALL THIS FUN?
There are several Bacon & Bourbon Festival packages available. Some include alcohol and others don’t:

$75 Hungry Hog Package (Bacon, Beer & Bourbon) Saturday OR Sunday (21 & over)
Hungry Hog Package Includes the following:

• Limited quantities available. Buy early to guarantee availability.
• 4 Festival Food Samples from your choice of participating festival food vendors
  • Additional food samples will be available for purchase on-site from 17 food vendors offering a variety of food from Bacon Mac N Cheese to bacon-topped pulled pork sliders. You get four tastes included with your package from your choice of vendors and then you can sample more if you’re still hungry..
• Unlimited Bourbon Samples = take the TINCUP Whiskey Tour* and try whiskeys and bourbons from Colorado and beyond (Must be 21yrs of age to participate
• Unlimited sizzlin’ bacon strips from heritage hogs from Iowa, Des Moines Bacon Company and Berkwood Farms.
• 2 Festival Beers or Lemonades from the festival bars
• 12^th Anniversary Commemorative Sunhat

$35 Piglet Pass (Kid’s Bacon) Saturday OR Sunday (21yrs & under).
Piglet Pass Includes the Following:

• • Limited quantities available. Buy early to guarantee availability.
  • 4 Festival Food Samples from your choice of different participating food vendors
    • Additional food samples will be available for purchase on-site.
  • 2 Lemonades
  • Commemorative Festival Sling Bag
  • 1 Piggy Craft from The Frosted Flamingo
  • Unlimited sizzlin’ bacon strips

$25 Food Pass (Bacon Dishes Galore) Saturday OR Sunday
Food Pass includes the following:

• Limited quantities available. Buy early to guarantee availability.
• 5 Festival Food Samples from your choice of participating festival food vendors
  • Additional food samples will be available for purchase on-site.
• Unlimited sizzlin’ bacon strips

Oh, and parking is free!

WHAT IF I DIDN’T PURCHASE MY PASS IN TIME BUT STILL WANT TO GO?
No worries, you still have options:

Keystone Bacon and Bourbon Festival – Food and Drink available for purchase the day of:

• A-la-carte Drinks at the KNC Bar: price varies by drink – buy additional drinks after you drink your two package beers. Did you miss out on the Hungry Hog Package and Food Pass? Come buy a beer and enjoy free music in the village.
• A-la-carte Bacon Food Dishes: If you missed out on the Hungry Hog Package, come to Festival Check-In during the festival to purchase your a-la-carte food pass! Connect a food pass to your credit card and purchase as many or as few food samples as you like while enjoying free live music. This does NOT include bacon strip sampling.
• Festival Check-In Location: Warren Station Center for the Arts, River Run Village – 164 Ida Belle Drive, Keystone CO. Come check in at the new spot in Warren Station.  Plenty of room to spread out and get the full rundown of the festival event schedule.

Insider tip: The packages sell out fast so hurry to purchase yours early. If you plan to spend the night, you can get discounted Festival lodging by calling the official lodging partners, Keystone Resort at KeystoneResort.com or Summit Cove Lodging at  https://www.summitcove.com/.

SOME OTHER GOOD THINGS TO KNOW:
* TINCUP Whiskey Tour:

With the purchase of the “Hungry Hog” package, you get to experience a variety of whiskeys that are sure to delight the palate. Taste bourbons and whiskeys distilled here in Colorado and beyond, this year’s Bourbon Tour participants include:

TINCUP American Whiskey, Stranahan’s, Pendleton, Axe & the Oak, Bardstown, Bloody Buddy – Bloody Mary’s, Breckenridge Distillery, Brush Creek, Family Jones, Ben Holladay Bourbon, Clyde Mays, Mcconnell’s, Minor Case, Rebel Yell, Ezra Brooks, Remus, Yellowstone, Twenty20 Beverage Southern Star: Ballotin, Sonoma Distilling, Three Chord

Camp Bacon for Kids is back with pig crafts from The Frosted Flamingo, a festival scavenger hunt, face painting, the Cave of Confusion, and a commemorative sling backpack, all included with the purchase of a Piglet Package.

Insider tip: It’s worth saying again – Sunday is the less-busy day to attend the festival. Same amount of fun, but fewer people.

NOW, HOW ABOUT THAT DISCOUNT CODE?   

Exclusive IGTD Discount Code:  Use the Sunday discount code IGTDSUNDAYFUNDAY when you purchase tickets and get $3 off any single Sunday ticket, (discount code is valid on single tickets only, not the 2-glass 1-food pass ticket packages available at Wine & Jazz and Bluegrass & Beer festivals or on the Food Pass-Only tickets). Click HERE to get started.

BUT WAIT, THERE’S MORE?
In addition to kicking off the summer season, celebrating the wonderfulness that is bacon and bourbon, and enjoying great music, fun, and frivolity, there’s another reason to attend the Bacon & Bourbon Festival.

The Festival is a proud supporter of Friends of the Dillon Ranger District, a non-profit organization that partners with the Dillon Ranger District by leveraging the power of volunteers to ensure that the National Forest lands, enjoyed by millions of people each year, are not negatively impacted by their popularity.

For more information on this and upcoming festivals, visit KeystoneFestivals.com.  

-Article by Courtney Drake-McDonough, Publisher and Managing Editor of InGoodTasteDenver.com.

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