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Maryland Code, Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis § 20-1304

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) There is a beer festival license.

(b) The Board may issue the license to a holder of a retail license, Class 5 brewery license, Class 7 micro-brewery license, or Class 8 farm brewery license.

(c) The license authorizes the holder to display and sell beer.

(d) A license holder shall display and sell beer:

(1) at retail for on- and off-premises consumption; and

(2) during the hours and days designated for the beer festival.

(e) The Board shall:

(1) choose 4 weekends each year for the beer festival that do not fall on the dates chosen for the Cumberland and Shenandoah Valley Wine Festival in Washington County or the Maryland Wine Festival in Carroll County;

(2) choose for the festival:

(i) a location that is not already licensed; or

(ii) subject to subsection (f) of this section, the premises of a holder of a stadium on-sale license; and

(3) ensure that the primary focus of the beer festival is the promotion of Maryland beer.

(f) If a beer festival is held on the premises of a holder of a stadium license, the holder of the stadium license may not sell any alcoholic beverages during the festival.

(g) A beer festival license holder may hold another license of a different class or nature.

(h) The license fee is $15.

(i) The Board shall adopt regulations to carry out this section.

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