CIDER SWIG - Cider Festival

THE CIDERS & MORE RETURN FOR YEAR 14!

Get ready — Cider Swig is back for its 14th amazing year, and we’re coming in BIG and bringing back whole family fun!!

Join us for a full day of fun featuring 130+ ciders (and more!) to sip, fantastic live music, contests and games, local artisan vendors, mouthwatering curbside cuisine... and the first ever — Kid’s Market!

Since its humble beginnings, Cider Swig has poured over 1,000 craft ciders from across the PNW and a bit beyond (like you know ... Vermont), alongside locally crafted wines, meads, brews, spirits, kombucha, coffee, juices, and other regional libations. Rooted in a love for local flavor and a deep commitment to community and the environment, Cider Swig is your chance to meet the makers and even take home your favorites from the Pop-up Bottle Shop.

But wait — there’s more than just eating, music and sipping!

You can swing by the State Farm Bobblehead You! activation and build your very own FREE personalized bobblehead courtesy of State Farm - our 2025 Entertainment Sponsor!

And, the competitions are legendary!
🍎 Pommelier’s Choice Awards
🥧 Battle of the Pies (yes, apple pie glory is on the line!)
🔨 Hammerschlagen
💪 Apfelweinkrug (cider stein holding)
🍺 Keg Toss

There’s no shortage of fun and friendly rivalry at Washington’s largest 1-day cider-centered celebration! More information here.

Music

• Erina McLaren & Back Sass (12:30pm) - Americana meets Country and Folk
• Chicken Joe and the Fabulous Cocks (3:15pm) - Rock/Funk and a whole lot of fun!

Food

• Everything Baked Potatoes - hot and loaded yummy baked potatoes
• Dawg Eat Dogs - dogs and sausages, made your way!
• Jed's Big Slice - serving up pizza with a purpose, one slice at a time!
• Bleu Buttah Fly - "Good food is Soul Food"

Ciders & More (2024 ... 2025 on its way)

2Towns Ciderhouse, Archetype 12 Wines, Blackfish Spirits Distillery, Bushel & Barrel Cider, Dizolve Mead, Dragon's Head Cider, Empyical Orchard & Cidery, Endless Orchard, Fierce County Cider, Finnriver Farm & Cidery, Hierophant Meadery, Incline Cider Co., Locust Cider, Mastrogiannis Distillery & Winery, Mr. B's Meadery, Nightside Distillery, Offset Ciderworks, Oppegaard Meadery, Pear Up Cider, Republic of Cider, Seattle Cider, Schilling Cider, Sisters Cider House, Sky River Mead & Wine, Slightly Furry, Sky River Mead & Wine, Snowdrift Cider, St-Lô Cider, Stina's Cellars, Two Loons Winery, Wet Coast Brewing, Valhöll Brewing, Western Red Brewing, Wildcat Creek Cider, Winsome Ciderworks, Woodinville Ciderworks, Yonder Cider.

More than just a festival, Cider Swig is a celebration of our region’s agricultural roots, supports local businesses and nonprofits, and a showcase of incredible local talent — all in support of our watershed. Since 2014, festival proceeds have provided over $260,000 in grants for environmental education, conservation and environmental stewardship projects, and programs to nearly two dozen organizations and agencies.

Come Get your Swig On!

Ticket includes: 6 drink tickets, festival tasting glass, live music and entertainment, food, vendors, Kid's Market, and all other festival activities.

Additional drink tokens are available at festival. ID is required to enter the Cider Garden.

**Annually, the Cider Swig has brought thousands from around the region to enjoy ciders, great food, live music and fun. And, each year the Cider Swig sells out! Advance ticket purchase is required.**

For more information call or email us:

• (253) 514-6338
• ciderswig@gigharborfoundation.org

The Greater Gig Harbor Foundation is a qualified charitable 501 (c)(3) nonprofit organization serving the greater Gig Harbor and Key peninsula region of Washington's South Puget Sound. All donations are tax deductible to the extent allowed by law.

As always, Cider Swig is made possible by a dedicated team of volunteers - and our Amazing Partners & Sponsors!