1. (a)

   1. (1) There is a beer festival license.
   2. (2) The Board may issue not more than four beer festival licenses each year.
   3. (3) An applicant for the license shall submit an application on the form that the Board provides.

2. (b) The Board may issue the license to a holder of:

   1. (1) a retail license issued by the Board;
   2. (2) a Class 5 brewery license;
   3. (3) a Class 6 pub-brewery license;
   4. (4) a Class 7 micro-brewery license;
   5. (5) a Class 8 farm brewery license; or
   6. (6) a person that is eligible to hold a Class C multiple day or multiple event license.

3. (c) The license authorizes the holder to display and sell beer that is:

   1. (1) manufactured and processed in any state; and
   2. (2) distributed in the State when the license application is filed.

4. (d) A license holder may display and sell beer:

   1. (1) at retail for on- and off-premises consumption; and
   2. (2) during the hours and days designated for a beer festival.

5. (e) The Board shall:

   1. (1) hold a hearing on a license application;
   2. (2) publish notice of the license application hearing one time at least 7 days before the hearing;
   3. (3) choose a fixed period of time for the festival of up to 3 consecutive days, excluding Sunday; and
   4. (4) choose a location that is not already licensed.
6. (f) Notwithstanding subsection (e)(1) of this section, a holder of a beer festival license issued for a location at which Sunday sales are allowed under § 21-2002(e) of this title may make Sunday sales beginning at 10 a.m.

7. (g) Beer displayed and sold shall be:

   1. (1) invoiced to the license holder by a wholesaler or holder of a Class 5 brewery license, Class 6 pub-brewery license, Class 7 micro-brewery license, or Class 8 farm brewery license; and
   2. (2) delivered to the beer festival from the licensed premises of the wholesaler.

8. (h) A holder of a State wholesaler's license, a Class 5 brewery license, a Class 6 pub-brewery license, a Class 7 micro-brewery license, or a Class 8 farm brewery license may enter into an agreement with the license holder to:

   1. (1) deliver beer not earlier than 2 days before the effective date of the license; and
   2. (2) accept returns not later than 2 days after the expiration date of the license.
9. (i) A person may hold a beer festival license in addition to another license.
10. (j) The Board shall set the fee.
11. (k) The Board shall adopt regulations to carry out this section.

Added by Acts 2016, c. 41, § 2, eff. July 1, 2016. Amended by Acts 2016, c. 228, § 1, eff. July 1, 2016; Acts 2017, c. 144, § 1, eff. July 1, 2017; Acts 2018, c. 169, § 2, eff. July 1, 2018; Acts 2022, c. 766, § 2, eff. July 1, 2022; Acts 2022, c. 767, § 2, eff. July 1, 2022; Acts 2025, c. 790, § 1, eff. July 1, 2025; Acts 2025, c. 791, § 1, eff. July 1, 2025.