September 24, 2026 America's biggest craft beer stage is trading convention-center lights for Colorado sky. The Great American Beer Festival returns Saturday and Sunday, October 10 and 11, 2026, outdoors for the first time at Denver's Levitt Pavilion in Ruby Hill. If you already bookmarked GABF for a fall beer trip, this is the planner update: new venue, shorter daytime sessions, and a layout built around meeting the people who brew the beer. Sessions run noon to 4 p.m. both days at Levitt Pavilion, 1380 W. Florida Ave., Denver. The nonprofit amphitheater and surrounding green space replace the longtime Colorado Convention Center footprint. Official pages describe a more intimate, curated brewery lineup, open-air tasting, live music, food trucks, stein hoisting, and the Sunday competition awards ceremony back on the festival floor for the public. Tickets start at $60 (about $66.53 all-in with taxes and fees); a two-day pass starts at $109 (about $120.93 all-in). PAIRED beer-and-bite tickets and $29 designated-driver options are also listed. You must be 21+. Trip details: greatamericanbeerfestival.com and tickets via Eventbrite. Brewers Association guidance is clear: rideshare, RTD light rail (I-25 & Broadway or Evans), or the official round-trip shuttle from the Sheraton Denver Downtown beat circling for scarce park spots. Shuttle add-ons sell with festival tickets through October 1. Main entrance sits on the south side off Jewel Ave. near Ruby Hill Bike Park; rideshare drop-offs are steered that way. Build extra time for ID checks and a sunny Colorado afternoon. This is not the same GABF map you used last decade. Outdoor first, daytime sessions, and a Ruby Hill address change the whole Denver weekend. Grab tickets early, reserve a shuttle if you need it, and leave room after 4 p.m. for the rest of the city's taprooms. Claim your brewery page or send us a tip on LocalBrews.Beer. Sources: Great American Beer Festival official news (outdoor move; tickets on sale); GABF Attendee FAQs and Getting Here pages; Eventbrite 2026 ticket listing for Levitt Pavilion address and session times.Levitt Pavilion, not the Convention Center
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