Brrs, Beards, & Brews: A Lumberjack Festival

Schedule

Sat Mar 29 2025 at 12:00 pm to 05:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

Outside on the 1200 Block of Turner Street in Old Town Lansing | Lansing, MI

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Pull out your best buffalo plaid and facial hair and join us for the sixth annual Brrs, Beards and Brews: A Lumberjack Festival! We're once again braving the mean streets of Old Town (otherwise known as the 1200 block of Turner Street) to share with the world Michigan's Least Professional Beard Competition, the amazing Feats of Strength (requiring both brawn and brains), vendors, bourbon, beer, games and food. Of course, it wouldn’t be an Old Town festival without a fabulous soundtrack in incredible Old Town Lansing! To accommodate those of you who wanted to tear the sleeves from your flannel and show off those guns, we've bumped the date to March 29! It might be snowing or it might be 80 degrees. Who knows what we’ll get, but we know it’ll be fun!
Back by request (at least we always have fun), is Michigan's least professional beard and mustache competition! Do you have what it takes to win? Start growing or creating your mad whisker plan now so you don't embarrass yourself. Can’t grow your own beard, no worries; join the Wiskerinas competition!
Think you have what it takes to be the 2025 Feats of Strength Champion? Start flexing those brain and brawn muscles, gather four friends to create a co-ed team and register for Old Town's own Feats of Strength! Will you be holding a log? Almost guaranteed. Will you have to master a ridiculous game? Highly likely. Will you be subject to whatever our hearts desire? Absolutely. Moral of this story, be nice to the festival planners and judges who may decide to award you style points! We’ll provide registration information in the near future.
Leave your weapons at home. The only gun show we want to see is bulging under your sleeves. And, although you might have the opportunity to huck an ax or toss a log, we'll provide them for you!
We all know folks who could grow a full beard by 16 (you should have seen my sister!), so be sure to have your valid, government-issued, up-to-date, photo ID on you. We won't let you in unless you're 21 and you can prove it to the man with your photo ID! Please note, while we love tiny lumberjacks and four-footed, furry ones, this festival is not the place for them, but they're welcome to watch the events from outside of the fence!
Please, please, please don't bring in outside food or beverages (we'll have plenty of that for you!). We know you’re proud of that new Stanley but it gets really awkward when we have to call you out on bringing things in and threatening our ability to have future festivals. Let's not ruin the fun for everyone! Don’t worry! We’ll provide you with fabulous beverages ranging from beer, non-beery things that come in a can, bourbon and non-alcoholic beverages.
Special thanks to the volunteers who help to put this on and to our fearless sponsors who make it possible!
All we ask is for a $10 suggested donation for so much ridiculous fun. You're drinking for charity, which is the best drinking!
For additional information, message us here or reach out to: [email protected].
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Outside on the 1200 Block of Turner Street in Old Town Lansing, 1221 Turner St, Lansing, MI 48906-4377, United States,Lansing, Michigan

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Old Town Lansing

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