A Travel Guide to Johnson City Breweries and Festivals

Having trouble deciding where to go for your summer vacation? Look no further than Johnson City, Tennessee. Full of beautiful scenery and cloos to the Nolichuky River

Also known as Little Chicago, once Johnson City was used by Al Capone for bootlegging alcohol across the America.

The tradition of fine alcohol didn’t end with the arrest of Capone though, but instead has been carried on through the creation of various breweries. Downtown Johnson City is host to several different breweries.

 

Johnson City Brewing Co.

 

Yee-Haw Brewing Co.

Yee-Haw Brewing Co. provides a fun and festive atmosphere. One major perk of Yee-Haw is the White Duck Taco, a terrific restaurant connected to Yee-haw.

 

 

 

The Atlantic Ale House

 

 

The Atlantic Ale House is a great place to listen to music and live events. When it comes to food, only the greatest food trucks can be found at The Atlantic Ale House providing amazing tasty unconventional meals.

 

JRH Brewing

JRH Brewing has everything from amazing craft brews to food trucks and yoga. JRH Brewing is also animal friendly.

Johnson City also has more than a few festivals as well.

One festival native to Johnson City is the Blue Plum Festival. The Blue Plum is a great place to listen to fantastic live music at Founder’s Park and take part in arts and crafts of all sorts. A few other things the Blue Plum has to offer is various kiosks of local vendor’a and their wares with food trucks of all kinds.

 

 

The original Blue Plum Festival was in downtown Johnson City. The festival attendees would walk up and down Main Street listening to great music. It was a great setup and everybody loved it. The Festival would prove to be a lucrative opportunity for the business owners downton until the city decided to relocate the festival to a park essentially downtown but away from all the bars and businesses. Once the move occured the downtown businessess got together and created a festival dedicated to beer and music. This festival is called the Little Chicago and Fine Arts Festival.

 

 

 

In addition to those to those festivals in downtown Johnson City is the Umoja Unity Festival. That festival focuses on diversity with a strong emphasis on African American culture and African history.

 

These festivals and breweries are only the begginign of what fun can be had in wonderful Johnson City, Tennessee so do yourself a favor and come visit now!