# Event Details - **Event Name**: Thread City Hop Fest 2026 - **Event Start and End Date**: Sun, 17 May, 2026 at 01:00 pm – Sun, 17 May, 2026 at 05:00 pm (-04:00) - **Event Description**: For tickets, visit: http://threadcityfest.com Jillson Field is reserved and ready for action, the brewers are signing up and the food trucks are getting on board! Now all we need is YOU! Please Join us to celebrate 11 years of good cheer and 🍻BEER🍺 at the 2026 Thread City Hop Fest on Sunday May 17th from 1:00p.m-5:00pm in Willimantic, CT! 🐸Thread City Hop Fest is a fundraiser organized by the Willimantic Brewing Company under the fiscal umbrella of Willimantic Renaissance Inc. 🎗️Hop Fest donates 100% of its profits to local organizations that provide aid services, resource training and cultural enrichment to the local community. With your participation we have been able to donate $338,000 over the past 10 festivals. What could be better? A fund raiser and the biggest outdoor party of the year featuring 60+ breweries, cideries, meaderies, wineries and distilleries. The field provides plenty of wide-open space for sampling with your thirsty pals while you play corn hole, grab a tasty lunch at one of the procured food trucks, peruse the grass roots vendor tents or just chill on the grass and listen to some DJ provided favorite tunes. Whatever your preference, we are just glad that you’re up for joining us again for what promises to be a full on celebratory and lively affair. This is our 11th annual Hop Fest so get your tickets today for Sunday, May 17th from 1 - 5 pm in Willimantic! 🎟️ Tickets are limited and subject to selling out so don’t delay! See you on the field! 🎫 GA TICKETS are $50+fee/per person in advance, or $65+fee at the gate (if any remain). Attendees will enjoy samples from 60+ breweries, cideries and distilleries from Connecticut & throughout New England. *There are no VIP ticket sales for the 2026 Thread City Hop Fest* Designated Driver tickets will be available for purchase at the beer fest gate for $10.00. Cash only. 🎶 Music: DJ Keith C. Rice & Wild Rice Entertainment Curious about who we help to support? Project Hope, Horizons Inc., Click, Covenant Soup Kitchen, Silverback Wrestling, Project Graduation, Willimantic Renaissance, Holy Family Shelter, First Baptist Church, Grow Windham, Eastern CT Railroad Museum, Windham Textile Museum, The America Museum, WAIM, CATS Northeast, Project Imo, Willimantic Downtown Neighborhood Associations, Willimantic Public Arts and the CT Brewers Guild. ITEMS FOR SALE 2026 Assorted LEGACY glasses from previous years for sale Mixed bag pricing: 1 glass $3.00 6 glasses $8.00 10 glasses $10.00 20 glasses $18.00 30 glasses $22.00 These purchase can be picked up when exiting the Hop Fest field Available at the t-shirt tent located near the front gate. T-Shirts for Sale $30.00 XXL sizes are 35.00 Unisex sizing Available: Small 10 Medium 19 Large 24 X-Large 24 Double **-Large 19 - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/willimantic/thread-city-hop-fest-2026/200029891015820 - **Event Categories**: Festivals, food-drinks, Nonprofit, Sports, Workshops, Art - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 ## Ticket Details - **Ticket URL**: http://threadcityfest.com/?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=willimantic-events ## Event venue details - **city**: Willimantic - **state**: CT - **country**: United States - **location**: Jilson Square Park - **lat**: 41.712290332063 - **long**: -72.20907195128 - **full address**: Jilson Square Park, 46 Valley St, Willimantic, CT 06226-2704, United States ## Event Organizer details - **affiliate_id**: 2 - **organizer**: Thread City Hop Fest (https://allevents.in/org/thread-city-hop-fest/8184774) ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: banner - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events8/banners/9fb859542dc40357985dabc7e1b4784e89a958e80ca2b2484d5c8f237ccc0373-rimg-w1200-h675-dca9894d-gmir?v=1775211139 - **Alt text**: thumbnail - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events8/banners/2709261e9f1adebdb69e04e67cfb3e6d3c758cd2425425895d85fc8f21c85cd2-rimg-w300-h300-dc92a8ba-gmir?v=1775211140 ## FAQs - **Q**: When is the event happening? - **A:** Sun, 17 May, 2026 at 01:00 pm (-04:00) - **Q**: Where is the event happening? - **A:** Jilson Square Park, 46 Valley St, Willimantic, CT 06226-2704, United States - **Q**: Who is organizing the event? - **A:** Thread City Hop Fest - **Q**: What type of event is this? - **A:** Festivals, food-drinks, Nonprofit, Sports, Workshops, Art - **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Thread City Hop Fest 2026 ? - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents. ## Structured Data (JSON-LD) ```json [ { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "Event", "name": "Thread City Hop Fest 2026", "image": "https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events8/banners/9fb859542dc40357985dabc7e1b4784e89a958e80ca2b2484d5c8f237ccc0373-rimg-w1200-h675-dca9894d-gmir?v=1775211139", "startDate": "2026-05-17T13:00:00-04:00", "endDate": "2026-05-17T17:00:00-04:00", "url": "https://allevents.in/willimantic/thread-city-hop-fest-2026/200029891015820", "eventStatus": "https://schema.org/EventScheduled", "location": { "@type": "Place", "name": "Jilson Square Park", "address": { "@type": "PostalAddress", "streetAddress": "46 Valley St, Willimantic, CT 06226-2704, United States", "addressLocality": "Willimantic", "addressRegion": "CT", "addressCountry": "US" }, "geo": { "@type": "GeoCoordinates", "latitude": "41.712290332063", "longitude": "-72.20907195128" } }, "eventAttendanceMode": "https://schema.org/OfflineEventAttendanceMode", "description": "For tickets, visit: http://threadcityfest.com\n\nJillson Field is reserved and ready for action, the brewers are signing up and the food trucks are getting on board! 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