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2025 Grove City Heart of Grove City
Bourbon & Spirits Festival

Saturday, Aug. 9

The event is rain or shine.

NEW FOR 2025 — VIP Bourbon & Spirits Festival Tasting
Limited to just 100 tickets — secure your spot today before they’re gone.


Reserve Your VIP Ticket Now

Must be 21 or older to purchase. Valid photo ID required.

Premium pours. Rare bottles. Private tent. An elevated festival experience like no other.

Reservations for our VIP Tasting has closed. We may have a few VIP Tickets available at the Festival.

Neat, on the rocks or with a splash of water. No matter how you take your bourbon, our annual Bourbon & Spirits Festival is a can’t-miss event! Sample bourbon and spirits from well-known heritage brands to some of the up-and-comers craft distilleries.

Hear firsthand from bourbon craftsmen about the distillation, barrelling, aging, and finishing processes that give each bottle its own unique character. While at the Festival, enjoy music, food trucks, DORA, and more.

Invite your friends and enjoy the good whiskey with us this year.

PARTICIPATING DISTILLERIES

  • High Banks Distillery
  • Leather & Oaks Spirits
  • Lake Erie Distillery
  • M & O Spirits
  • Echo Spirits Distilling
  • Noble Cut Distillery
  • Middle West Spirits
  • Adventure Spirits Distilling
  • Gervasi Spirits
  • Motherwell Distilling Co.
  • Seven Brothers Distilling
  • Name Brandt
  • Belle of Dayton
FOOD TRUCKS
  • Schmidt’s Sausage Truck
  • Chef Shack
  • McDave’s
  • Raphies Fish & Chips
  • Drunk Food
  • Shark Tato/ Nashville Chop Co.
  • Tacomania
  • Happy Elephant
  • Tortilla Street Food
  • The Forking Pierogi
  • Our very own Grove City Brewing Co. will be there serving their craft beers.
VENDORS
Village Cigars will also be present with a variety of cigar options.
New this year, for your enjoyment and shopping experience, there will be a few Bourbon and Spirits merchandise vendors!

Planning to Attend?

Secure your stay for the Heart of Grove City Bourbon & Spirits Festival
August 8–11, 2025


Book Your Festival Stay Now

Ticket Information

  • Tickets are $30 for 8 tickets and a keepsake glass (cash), $35 for debit or credit. After the initial purchase, additional tickets are available 3 for $10.
  • The first 2,000 people receive a keepsake glass.
  • Most bourbons are one ticket per taste, but some might be a higher ticket cost.
  • Tickets will be available the day of the event.

 

Traffic Detour & Info

  • Westbound Columbus Street traffic detours: Haughn Road → Park Street → Broadway → back to Columbus.
  • Eastbound Columbus from Broadway can turn south onto Dudley Avenue.
  • Festival may cause extra traffic; please plan alternate routes and extra time.
  • Details: Grove City Alert

Parking

  • Parking is available throughout the town center and surrounding neighborhoods.
  • Please do not drink and drive. Assign a designated driver or use a car share service like Lyft or Uber.

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