OCTOBER 22-31: Pumpkin Tap Takeover At The Camel!

by | Oct 20, 2011 | POLITICS

The Camel, the excellent live venue and watering hole on W. Broad St., is presenting a Pumpkin Tap Takeover in celebration of Halloween this year. The event begins on Saturday October 22 and will continue through Halloween, for a total of 10 days of pumpkin brew awesomeness. There’ll be a ton of great bands playing at the Camel during that time as well, so even if you don’t plan on drinking any pumpkin ales, you’ll still have plenty of reason to make it down there as often as possible. From pop-punkers The Menzingers to heartfelt rock n’ rollers Polar Bear Club and Make Do And Mend to Noah O’s Hip Hop Halloween showcase to the heartfelt folk of Crooked Fingers, there’ll be a wide variety of genres and styles on display. Come down and check them out as often as possible!

WHAT: The Pumpkin Tap Takeover!
WHERE: The Camel, 1621 W. Broad St.
WHEN: Saturday, October 22 – Monday, October 31

Check out the full list of beers that will be available on tap, and the full schedule of awesome musical performances going on during this event, after the jump.


The Camel, the excellent live venue and watering hole on W. Broad St., is presenting a Pumpkin Tap Takeover in celebration of Halloween this year. The event begins on Saturday October 22 and will continue through Halloween, for a total of 10 days of pumpkin brew awesomeness. There’ll be a ton of great bands playing at the Camel during that time as well, so even if you don’t plan on drinking any pumpkin ales, you’ll still have plenty of reason to make it down there as often as possible. From pop-punkers The Menzingers to heartfelt rock n’ rollers Polar Bear Club and Make Do And Mend to Noah O’s Hip Hop Halloween showcase to the heartfelt folk of Crooked Fingers, there’ll be a wide variety of genres and styles on display. Come down and check them out as often as possible!

WHAT: The Pumpkin Tap Takeover!
WHERE: The Camel, 1621 W. Broad St.
WHEN: Saturday, October 22 – Monday, October 31

Check out the full list of beers that will be available on tap, and the full schedule of awesome musical performances going on during this event, after the jump.

The pumpkin and October beer list will include:

Dogfish Head Punkin
Southern Tier Pumking
Hardywood Farmhouse Pumpkin
Cottonwood Pumpkin
Sixpoint Autumnation
Heavy Seas The Great Pumpkin
Wolaver’s Pumpkin
Hofbrau Oktoberfest
Sam Adams Octoberfest
Spaten Oktoberfest
Heavy Seas Prosit!
Roanoke Railhouse Track 1

And the musical performances scheduled for this time period are as follows:

October 22nd: Jackass Flats and Dark Water Rising
October 23rd: Filter Magazine Presents: Army navy, Santah and Dogs on Main Street
October 24th: The Menzingers, The Flatliners, Broadway Calls, Dead To Me, Banner Pilot, The Arteries
October 25th: Emre Kartari group featuring Skip Gailes
October 26th: Polar Bear Club, Make Do and Mend, Soul Control, Worn in Red and Broadside
October 27th: Noah O presents Hip Hop Halloween
October 28th: WRIR Mashquerade
October 29th: Peoples Blues of Richmond/Think!
October 30th: Crooked Fingers, Stand of Oak and Clint Maul
October 31st: The Big Payback Halloween Party (James Brown cover band)

Marilyn Drew Necci

Marilyn Drew Necci

Former GayRVA editor-in-chief, RVA Magazine editor for print and web. Anxiety expert, proud trans woman, happily married.




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