97x Beer In The Park

I had so much fun at Beers on the Bay! There were plenty of samples to go around. My friends and I went to all the tents, some two or three times. Absolutely loved it

Great set up and enjoyable atmosphere! The beer options were awesome and the staff was so friendly, great event!

Fantastic event, plenty of beer for tasting, short lines, great music and crowd.

I had a good time. I made it my goal to try NEW beers while I was there...and did end up finding some new favorites. The only "complaint" I would have was I wish maybe not so many tickets were sold...for the space provided it was pretty crowded. But I love that area, the band was great and of course.....great beer! :)

The event was fun and about as expected, except for the fact that a lot of the food vendors started running out of food about an hour and a half into the event. We ended up showing up a little late, so the only food left at that point was pizza, which quickly ran out as well. After about two hours into the event, there was no food left other than buying something extra from a food truck. The event was pretty crowded, but that's to be expected from an event like this.

The lines were fair and not too long. I appreciated the free pizza from Domino's before it ran out. The beer choices were superb and the volunteers were friendly and happy to be there. More food truck choices/free food for the price would be appreciated.

This was my second year going to 97x Beer in the Park and it was great! The wide variety of beer selections and the event location was perfect.

Loved it. Had about 20 of my friends and they all loved it. Can't wait for the 3/1/2014 Beer in the Park.

I read some of the reviews below, and wanted to say I thought the event was great. Yes, the lines were somewhat long, but the volunteers worked hard and were knowledgeable about the beers. I spoke to the 97X event coordinator and this year, they have double the tents to reduce the long lines. More food, and more entertainment. So I am in!

It wasn't expensive, but still not worth the money or time. The beers varied from bud light to some of the more common craft beers, but nothing interesting. It was very small and overcrowded. Most of the beers were in the bottle, and the people serving them had nothing to do with them. After completing one short circuit, we left unsatisfied. The food was limited and boring. Not recommended.

The event would have been great, had not the cups broke over and over. The lines were very long. The food ran out early or was busy getting more. And if you thought the beer and food lines were bad, the lines for the facilities were worse by far.

Absolutely horrible...to pay 30 bucks and wait in really long lines with a tiny shot glass sized cup and get your little cup filled only half way and get right back in line again all night, is not my idea of a good time.

I highly recommend the Kona KoKo Brown. The lines were a little long but moved fast enough that I was just finishing my beer by the time I was up for a new one. The music was great as well. What's not to like about "free" beer and live music. Weather was perfect. We are going again if they have another. It's only too bad that there is only one of these per year.

The event was oversold and not enough vendors. There were way too may tickets sold to that event. I get they want to make/raise money but it was not a good over all experience. There should have been more food vendors! The live band was good and a must have for the event.

Fun event with amazing music. There was a really good reggae rock band. We were able to try quite a few beers that we have never tried before. The "local restaurants" consisted of an inch piece of pita, a couple pieces of chicken and a very small piece of pizza. I was expecting a little bit more variety. There were long lines but all of them went very fast, besides the bathroom line. At a drinking event like that, there should definitely be more bathrooms.

Spent more time in line than enjoying the beer. Make the lines shorter, and the beer samples larger.

This was our first year going to the 97x event. We have traveled all over the country and have gone to multiple beer and food fests. This unfortunately, by far was the most disappointing. Alrhough there was an ample amount of beer vendors, the beer cups were VERY small, which didn't help that the lines were ridiculously long. Where was the food? Hyde Park and South Tampa has plenty of resturaunts that could have easily participated and didnt. It had a very unorganized feel to the entire event. I went with a group of people and sadly, they all had the same response. This will prob be my last 97x event, unless I hear they have revamped and upgraded their events.

I thought the overall selection of beers was great. I think there should be more food vendors and more places to use the restroom. The time and location were perfect. I liked how last year you had a lanyard that got punched to help keep track of what tents you had already visited.

Will not be attending this event if they ever do it again (highly doubtful). Nothing like spending thirty dollars to be handed a Dixie Cup and then to have to wait in a ten minute line to get a drop of beer. Oh and there's the food, they should have just left that part off of the details. Very small selection and all the food ran out before the first hour. Terrible experience! The only positive part was that a percentage of the profit went to charity (albeit probably a small percentage).