Biz Markie
Saturday, January 21
Doors open at 9pm

Rapper Biz Markie takes the Vapor stage along with DVDJ Dread and Host J Will!

Ticket price: $10

Dress to Impress. Dress code enforced.

Vapor is 21 and older. No refunds or exchanges.

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Join us as we present Eve Ensler’s “The Vagina Monologues” up close and personal after you enjoy a fabulous three course meal prepared by Suzie’s staff at Cafe 217.

This is our fifth year presenting this unique opportunity to dine with friends, enjoy some theater, and raise money for The Upper Hudson Planned Parenthood as well as The V-Day Spotlight Campaign: The Women and Girls Of Haiti.

Tickets are $35 per person plus tax, tip, and bar.

Reservations are required and can be made by calling the Director at 518-253-9821.

Date: February 5, 2012
Time: 1:00pm
Doors Open: 12:00pm

The Harlem Globetrotters

Date: Sunday, February 5, 2012
Time: 1:00pm
Doors Open: 12:00pm

Tickets

Get your tickets through ticketmaster.com

Hilton Garden Inn | 30 Clifton Country Rd Clifton Park, NY 12065

Join CAYP and event sponsor e-BizDocs on Wednesday, January 11th from 6 to 9pm for our January Networking Social at the NEW Angelo’s Prime Bar + Grill!  The event is FREE for CAYP members and $10 for non-members (cash or check at the door).  To become a CAYP member you can join at our Join Us page or pay the $50 membership fee at the event.

Dress Code is business casual.

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~THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23rd 2012~

Registration
3:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Location: The Saratoga Hilton Lobby

Get here early so you can take full advantage of all the great events!  If you are unable to make it on Thursday we will re-open registration on Friday at 9am at the City Center meeting room 1.  This is just for PASSPORT HOLDERS ONLY and no tickets will be sold at these locations.  PASSPORT only available for pre-sale!

NY Breweries Pub Crawl
7:00 PM – 11:00 PM
Location: Starts at The Olde Bryan Inn

Make sure to register for this one of a kind event between 7:00-7:45 at the Olde Bryan Inn.  Crawlers will continue on stopping at The Saratoga City Tavern, Baileys, Irish Times, and finishing at the Putnam Den for some live music.

Cost: Free to register, beer and food are additional costs

Tap Takeover
7:30 PM – 11:00 PM
Location: The Stadium Cafe on Broadway

Redhook, Widmer, Kona, and Goose Island invade The Stadium Cafe for a night of rare brews as they take over 12 draft lines.  Head brew master Andy Schwarz will be on hand to answer questions and lead in a toast to kick off Saratoga Beer Week 2012!

Cost: $10 includes a glass, t-shirt, and pre negotiated food/beer specials (free with passport)

Meet the Brewers

8:00 PM – 12:00 AM
Location: The Saratoga City Tavern

Join TBD brewery as they pour off a special brew created for the Saratoga City Tavern and Saratoga Beer Week and of course the brewer will be on hand to answer any questions.  If this sounds good, get real excited because The Saratoga City Tavern will be doing this on three of its five floors with different breweries this night.

Cost: Free, beer and food are additional costs

 Beeraoke… Karaoke with Beer!
10:00 PM – 3:00 AM
Location: The Saratoga City Tavern

Karaoke with over 50 draft lines to choose from!

Cost: Free, beer and food are additional costs

~FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24th 2012~

Passport Registration
9:00 AM – 10:00 AM
Location: Saratoga City Center

If you are unable to join us Thursday evening for our opening festivities here is your chance to pick up your Passport to be included in seminars, Saratoga Beer Summit, and the Friday night Passport Appreciation Beer and Food Pairing.  Last chance to pick up your Passport will be Friday at 6:00 at the beer and food pairing.  PASSPORTS ARE PRE SALE ONLY!

Seminar Series 1
10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Location: Saratoga City Center

Have you ever wanted to learn how to pair beer with food, or learn what goes into the process choosing that right beer for the right pallet?  Have you ever wanted to brew your own beer but would rather be shown how then read how?  Have you ever wanted to learn how a brewery decides on which direction they are going with the different seasonal brews?  Well we have the answers for you…actually we found the right people with these answers.

Homebrew 101 – Roger and Russell Savoy of the Homebrew Emporium will discuss and demonstrate how to make that perfect home brew for the beginner or pick up new tips for the advanced home brewer. (CLICK FOR BIO)

Food Pairing 101 – Greg Engert of Birch and Barley and Churchkey in Washington DC will discuss how to pair food and beer at home or when you are out at your favorite restaurant. (CLICK FOR BIO)

Decisions Of A Brew Master – Andy Schwarz, head brew master for Redhook, Widmer, Kona, and Goose Island will be speaking on the thoughts and decisions which go into picking that perfect seasonal brew.   Andy will speak for about 20 minutes and then answer questions from the crowd.

Cost: Seminar series 1 and 2 tickets can be purchase online for $30 (free with Passport)

Seminar Series 2
2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Location: Saratoga City Center

Don’t you wish they offered these classes in school!?  Getting back to our roots while we discuss the influx of hops back into our region as well as how to grow hops in your backyard.  If your hops grow well, you learn how to make a great beer, and now what?  Yes, we will even educate you on the ins and outs of a small and large craft brewery.

How to Hops 101 – Michael Roffman, founder and general manager at Atlantic Hops and Gregg Baimel, head of market development for Gorst Valley Hops will discuss hop production in our region and how to get started for either beginners or hop aficionados (CLICK FOR BIO)

Start a Brewery 101 – Craig Thiesen from Peaks Organic will discuss the ins and outs of starting a brewery and why anyone would want to do it or why he did it!  Craig will save half of his time to answer questions.

Cost: Seminar series 1 and 2 tickets can be purchase online for $30 (free with Passport)

Firkin Fridays
5:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Location: TBD

Celebrate Friday with some great rare brews served straight from a Firkin

Cost: Free, beer and food are additional costs

Grand Food and Rare Beer Tasting
6:00 PM – 8:30 PM
Location: Saratoga City Tavern

Exclusive to our Passport holders only! This event will include 14 breweries from around the world pouring rare brews while being represented by the brewer themselves.  Each brewery will be paired with a food of choice and participants will be able to maneuver throughout at their own pace while listening to local musicians and mingling with national brewers.  Everything is included with the purchase of your Passport.

Cost: $95, limited space available (free with Passport)

Beer FUNdamentals
8:00 PM – 12:00 AM
Location: Saratoga City Tavern

Back at it again, celebrating five floors and 50 plus draft lines!!  Join some of the regions top brewers as divide and conquer the first three floors with seasonal releases to celebrate an early spring.

Cost: Free, beer and food are additional costs

Adirondack After Party
9:00 PM – 12:00 AM
Location: The Parting Glass

Meet and greet with the brewers, owners and the beers of the Adirondacks. Saranac and Lake Placid Breweries will be taking over this establishment with some unique brews to showcase where they are going and what they have done!

Cost: Free, beer and food are additional costs

~SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25TH, 2012~

Tour Olde Saratoga Brewery
10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
Location: Olde Saratoga Brewery

Don’t miss this opportunity to tour a local brewery which brews beer for breweries around the country.  Jump in the tasting room at the end of the tour to get a head start on the Saratoga Beer Summit that afternoon!!

Tours will leave at 10am, 10:45am, and 11:30am.

Cost: $5, (free with Passport)

Saratoga Beer Summit Session 1
12:30 PM – 4:00 PM
Location: Saratoga City Center

Welcome to the main event!! This isn’t your normal beer festival, craft brew festival, or beer fest.  We will take you around the world in three and a half hours           starting in Saratoga traveling through the Northeast across the seas to Ireland, Belgium,  and Germany.  If you want to continue on your international travels we have you covered,  otherwise its back to the West Coast and maneuvering back to beautiful upstate New York.  Yes, we are drinking you around the world at this International brewery event.  Also don’t forget The Saratoga Beer Summit kicks off the seasonal spring collection for most breweries, do you need any more reasons??

Cost: $20 presale/$30 at the door…include commemorative glass and four samples more samples may be purchased (admission free for Passport Holders)

Saratoga Beer Summit Session 2
5:00 PM – 8:30 PM
Location: Saratoga City Center

Welcome to the main event!! This isn’t your normal beer festival, craft brew festival, or beer fest.  We will take you around the world in three and a half hours starting in Saratoga traveling through the Northeast across the seas to Ireland, Belgium,  and Germany.  If you want to continue on your international travels we have you covered,  otherwise its back to the West Coast and maneuvering back to beautiful upstate New York.  Yes, we are drinking you around the world at this International brewery event.  Also don’t forget The Saratoga Beer Summit kicks off the seasonal spring collection for most breweries, do you need any more reasons??

Cost: $20 presale/$30 at the door…include commemorative glass and four samples more samples may be purchased (admission free for Passport Holders)

Food and Craft Beer Tasting
5:00 PM – 10:00 PM
Location: The Stadium Cafe on Broadway

Consider this an after party if you attended the Saratoga Beer Summits first session otherwise consider this an awesome dinner at Saratoga’s finest sports bar with over 20 tap lines.  A set menu will be graciously brought to you by your server who will take your 4 beer choices and your 4 food choices, then your server will return with these choices and you will smile!

Cost: Free admission, beer and food are additional costs

After Party
8:00 PM – 2:00 AM
Location: Irish Times

Specials, prizes, entertainment, and more great brews.

Cost: Free, beer and food are additional costs

For more information visit:  http://www.saratogabeerweek.com/events/

Albany All Stars Roller Derby

Doors open at 6:00PM, the first whistle is at 7:00PM. Adult tickets are $10 in advance and $12 the day of.  Children +12yrs are $4. Tickets are available at the Washington Avenue Armory Box Office and via Ticketmaster.com.

MIRK will be providing entertainment from 6PM-7PM and during intermissions.

A portion of event proceeds will be donated to the Capital District Women’s Employment and Resource Center www.cdwerc.org.

For more information, please visit AASRD’s website: www.albanyallstars.com

Event Logo Courtesy of Albany All Stars Roller Derby

Fashion Show at 9pm featuring:

Fiat Feminae
Fashionably Chic Boutique
Yellow Boutique
Rockabella Boutique
Miss Scarletts Boutique
Lucia and Piper

Hair by Philippe Bevan and makeup by Gina Camaj Salon.

Then Shop til You Drop:

If you like what you see, fashions will be available for purchase from each of the show participants, plus specialty items from McGillycuddy’s Naturals and Lisa Burke – Stella and Dot.

First 50 women through the door receive a sexy “swag” bag!  Plus, they can enter to win a year of free tanning at Total Tan or jewelry from Hannoush!

No cover charge. Vapor is 21 and older.

Vapor Nightclub
342 Jefferson Street
Saratoga Springs, NY 12866