Once crowned the world’s ugliest animal, the blobfish just scored Fish of the Year in New Zealand — proving that weird can be wonderful. Kind of like the beers we pour at Blobfish Festival.
Back for 2025, Blobfish is Australia’s celebration of wild, sour, and funky beer — from barrel-aged beauties to fruit-filled oddities and small-batch rarities. It’s not your average beer fest… and that’s exactly the point. Nothing ugly about this.

Saturday 6th September, 2025

Tickets include 60mL tastings of LOTS of festival brews, a Blobfish branded festival glass and more. Please note this is a strictly 18+ event. 

Location: Hop Nation Taproom
6/107-109 Whitehall Street, Footscray VIC 3011

Session times:

10:30AM - 1:30PM
2:00PM - 5:00PM
6:00PM - 9:00PM

Full list of breweries:

Boatrocker Brewing & Distilling Co., Braeside VIC

Dollar Bill Brewing, Ballarat VIC

Garage Project, Wellington NZ

La Sirène Brewing, Alphington VIC

Sailors Grave Brewing, Orbost VIC

Sobremesa Fermentary & Blendery, VIC

Van Dieman Brewing, Evandale TAS

Wildflower Blending & Brewing, Marrickville NSW

Felons Brewing Co., Brisbane QLD

Caldera Brewing & Blending Co., South Murwillumbah NSW

Hop Nation Brewing Co., Footscray VIC

All tickets have SOLD OUT - but have no fear. We're giving you the chance to win a double pass to this year's Blobfish Festival! All you have to do is fill out the form linked below to go in the running.

ENTER HERE

We have collaborated with Concrete Playground Mlebourne to giveaway these tickets and we couldn't be more excited. Winner's will get the chance to select their session of choice for the day. For all the terms and conditions, head to the link above. 

We also cannot forget about our amazing sponsors who are help making this event happen!

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