An overall decline in vendor numbers has led Hill Country Council for the Arts to cancel this fall’s eighth annual Boerne Bierfest.
Every last weekend of September, people near and far flock to the grounds of The Agri-Cultural Museum and Arts Center to taste the best beer and enjoy the best art Boerne has to offer.
Traditionally, dozens of booths offered miniature steins for people to use for samples, while artists hung and sold their works of art.
“We’ve seen attendance get weaker, and we’ve seen the bottom line get smaller,” said Rob Ziegler, treasurer of the Hill Country Council for the Arts, the event sponsor.
“What we didn’t want to do is put it on and not have the program everybody is used to attending and enjoying,” Ziegler said.
“I’m really disappointed as well,” said Paula Horner, HCCA president. “We didn’t feel we could make it happen, so the committee decided to cancel it. We’re not in a position where we can really do anything about it.”
Ziegler said the home brew competition will continue, with a site to be determined. The HCCA hopes to announce a home brew winner on Sept. 27, the date previously reserved for Bierfest.
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