September 28, 2007

The Hood River Downtown Business Association hosts the fourth annual Hood River Hops Fest, Oct. 6 from noon to 9 p.m.

Admission is free, though a fee is charged for sampling of the beer and wine from 30 Pacific Northwest breweries and eight wineries.

There will be food vendors and music and other family-oriented events including a root beer garden, kids play area, climbing wall and sidewalk chalk art.

The festival will be in the parking lot at Fifth and Columbia streets.

Here is the musical lineup:

Noon — Kate Meloy Trio (folk blues, bluegrass)

1:30 p.m. — Speed Queen Underground (alternative)

3:30 p.m. — Sweety (alternative)

5 p.m. — Eric Hatcher and the Worker Bees (blues)

7 p.m. — Phoenix (classic rock cover band)

Breweries include Hood River’s Double Mountain, Full Sail, and Big Horse; Eliot Glacier from Parkdale; Walking Man from Stevenson, Mt. Hood Brewing from Government Camp, and McMenamins, Lompoc, along with Cashmere, Deschutes, Roots, and other more far-flung breweries.