WHAT
Hoochenanny Whiskey & Music Pageant, the last word three-day celebration of stay music and world-class whiskey, is again for its second 12 months and larger than ever. Pageant organizers Tommy Brunett and Sean McCarthy are bringing an expanded lineup of top-tier musical acts and an immersive whiskey expertise to Camp Eastman in Irondequoit, New York.
WHEN
A number of Go choices can be out there for buy beginning at this time, Friday, March 28, 2025 at midday ET, with early hen pricing out there by way of Saturday, Could 31.
WHERE
Passes can be found on-line at hoochenanny.com/passes.
FESTIVAL DATES AND HOURS
Friday, August 8, 2 to 10 p.m.
Saturday, August 9, midday to 10 p.m.
Sunday, August 10, 2 to 10 p.m.
DETAILS
Hoochenanny 2025 will happen on 14 sprawling acres at Camp Eastman, that includes two out of doors music levels and 7 custom-built expertise tents. Attendees can take pleasure in performances by artists resembling Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, Charles Wesley Godwin, Previous 97’s, The English Beat, Darkish Star Orchestra, moe., and plenty of extra. Extra regional acts can be introduced quickly.
Whiskey lovers can discover 5 distinct tasting experiences inside the World of Whiskey, the Rarities Bar, and Bourbon Broadcast, the place business specialists will lead unique tastings and discussions.
PASS OPTIONS & EARLY-BIRD PRICING (March 28 to Could 31):
Normal Admission Passes: One-day $50, Two-day $85, Three-day $120 plus service charges
- Entry to the competition web site throughout hours of operation
- Entry to up-front standing room at each competition levels that includes regional and nationwide acts
- Entry to Live performance Pavilion Beverage Middle & lavish Stageview Craft Cocktail Lounge
- Entry to the Artisans Bazaar and Barrel Bistro Meals Expertise
- Water fill stations out there
- Complimentary entry to FREE beer tastings at Lager Land
- Over 25,000 sq. ft of lined area and ample seating
- Open to all ages, with designated 21+ areas recognized on-site
Normal Admission Tasting Passes: One-day $75, Two-day $130, Three-day $190 plus service charges
- All the advantages provided to Normal Admission company, plus entry to our curated tasting expertise within the World of Whiskey, that includes 20 totally different tastings. Extra tastings can be out there for buy on-site.
VIP Passes: One-day $150, Two-day $285, Three-day $400 plus service charges
- All the advantages provided to Normal Admission Tasting company plus:
- Entry to the VIP Loft double-decker tent
- Chook’s-eye view of the competition levels with VIP Bridge entry for the most effective vantage factors
- Unique whiskey tastings
- Full money bars and plush cocktail lounges
- Sit-down eating and devoted catering for buy
- Local weather-controlled luxurious restrooms
- Cigar bar that includes custom-made, hand-rolled cigars
- Free on-site parking
For extra data and to buy passes, go to hoochenanny.com/passes.
Music Lineup
The 2025 competition will function an expanded music lineup with worldwide, nationwide, and regional artists performing throughout two levels, delivering a dynamic mixture of Americana, rock, different, punk, outlaw nation and rockabilly.
Friday, August 8: Charles Wesley Godwin, Previous 97’s, The English Beat, Cristina Vane
Saturday, August 9: Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, The Document Firm, Tommy Brunett’s All-Star Cavalcade of Scoundrels, The Jack Knives, Vandoliers
Sunday, August 10: moe., Darkish Star Orchestra, Galactic that includes Anjelika “Jelly” Joseph, Eggy
Regional music acts can be introduced at a later date.
Whiskey Lineup
This 12 months’s whiskey programming can be triple the dimensions of the inaugural competition, showcasing greater than 150 of the best spirits from native, nationwide and regional distilleries.
The World of Whiskey Tasting Expertise will showcase greater than 30 nationwide and regional distillers areas inside an 8,700-square-foot construction tent. The tasting expertise will supply interactive sampling stations, academic classes, and alternatives to fulfill the distillers behind the manufacturers, with samples starting from traditional bourbons to distinctive craft expressions.
The 5 distinctive Tasting Expertise areas are:
- Rickhouse Rendezvous is a prohibition-style rickhouse-meets-speakeasy introduced by The New York State Distillers Guild, it’ll spotlight distillers from throughout the Excelsior state together with interactive reveals and academic shows.
- American Whiskey Journey is a coast-to-coast expertise showcasing whiskey-producing states and distilleries throughout the nation. Patrons can be immersed within the wealthy tradition and heritage of American’s signature spirit, and introduced visions of what American whiskey is and could be sooner or later.
- Rarities Bar affords Hoochenanny whiskey followers unique entry to some really uncommon sips – unique, limited-edition whiskeys, from native, regional and nationwide distillers, together with a number of unique to Hoochenanny.
- Libations Lounge affords a number of craft whiskey cocktails from veteran mixologists, permitting company to expertise pre-prohibition classics as much as fashionable improvements. Patrons can combine their neat whiskey right into a specialty cocktail, or discover a menu of non-whiskey spirits to craft the proper drink.
- Bourbon Broadcast is a hearth chat that includes a nationally acknowledged whiskey media character together with a rotating lineup of business specialists and Hoochenanny grasp distillers, blenders and ambassadors.
Collaborating manufacturers embrace:
- Balcones Distilling
- Bardstown Bourbon Firm
- Black Button Distilling
- Bubba’s Secret Stills Whiskey
- Den of Thieves
- Nice Jones
- Inexperienced River
- Iron Smoke Distillery
- Michter’s
- Pinhook
- Stranahan’s Colorado Whiskey
- Tin Cup Mountain Whiskey
- Woodenville Whiskey Co.
17 extra whiskey manufacturers can be added to the lineup and introduced at a later date.
Extra Expanded Pageant Experiences
The 2025 competition will supply quite a lot of immersive experiences, together with:
- Highball Stage - That includes performances by high worldwide and nationwide music teams.
- Fermenter Stage - Showcasing high worldwide and nationwide music teams, together with the most effective native and regional expertise.
- VIP Loft Double-Decker - This premium ticket choice affords unique entry to a two-story, 5,000-square-foot oasis with a hen’s-eye view of the competition levels or entry to the VIP bridge for the most effective most important stage expertise. The expertise contains sit-down eating, a full money cocktail bar, plush seating with a cigar bar, and unique whiskey tastings. Local weather-controlled luxurious restrooms present consolation whereas company benefit from the final competition expertise.
- Live performance Pavilion - This 10,000-square-foot lined area affords views of the principle and native levels, with ample seating and lounge areas. It could comfortably accommodate 1,000 patrons and options an 80-foot bar serving beer, wine, and seltzer. Pageant and band merchandise will even be out there to browse whereas having fun with stay music in a relaxed environment.
- Stageview Cocktail Lounge - An unique bar with a first-rate view of the principle stage, providing specialty drinks at a money bar. Loosen up in a laid-back environment beneath a 1,650-square-foot tent, the place company can take pleasure in craft cocktails served in actual glasses. The area, out there on a first-come, first-served foundation, accommodates about 300 folks.
- Lager Land - A complimentary beer-tasting space showcasing roughly 15 native craft brews poured to perfection inside a 1,800-square-foot tent simply steps from the motion. Open from 2 to five p.m. Friday and Sunday and from midday to 4 p.m. Saturday, the world gives a possibility to pattern native beers alongside the competition’s music and whiskey choices.
- Barrel Bistro - This assortment of meals distributors will supply distinctive culinary experiences. Quite a lot of native distributors will present meals to enhance the competition. Native distributors can go to the web site for extra data on the way to apply.
- Artisans Bazaar - This market will function distinctive creations of native artisans and handcrafted items. Meet the makers and study their tales. Functions for distributors will open quickly.
