The Great Bourbon Affair 2024

Switch Yard Party Pass
2024 Entry Pass Fees:
$15 through June 30
$20 July 1 through July 31
$25 August 1 through the event date (or until Sold Out)

Whether you’re a little more rock or a little more country, it doesn’t matter how you show up – just be ready to party! The Switch Yard Party Pass grants you access to a variety of vendors with samples to taste and products to purchase.

This is where Kirsch and Tess, along with the rest of the 99.7 The Blitz and Country 103.9 Street Team, will be blasting tunes and passing out perks of their own.

At 8PM we’ll raise our glasses for the biggest bourbon toast in Ohio featuring a pour of Buffalo Trace! The outdoor party with Kirsch and Tess will continue until 9PM before moving inside to Railhouse.

Vendors include: WhistlePig, Angel’s Envy, Widow Jane, Watershed Distillery, Middle West Spirits, Noble Cut Distillery, Fireball, Cooper’s Craft, Pursuit Spirits, High Noon, Traveller Whiskey, Freddie’s Root Beer, White Claw, Dueling Axes, the little bloom, Angie’s Rainbow Cookies, By Field and Flower, Prospect Jam Co., Itsy Bitsy Bird, Palish, The Buckeye Lady, Simple Times Mixers, JJ’s Meat Fixins’, The Governors Cigar Lounge, and more.

VIP Experience Pass
2024 Entry Pass Fees:
$190 through June 30
$200 July 1 through July 31
$210 August 1 through the event date (or until Sold Out)

This pass provides you with all the perks of the Switch Yard Party Pass, PLUS entry into the legendary VIP Tasting and exclusive access to the members-only Leisure Club.

At 6PM head upstairs to the Mezzanine Level in East Market to participate in the privately hosted bourbon tasting led by 99.7 The Blitz and Country 103.9’s Kirsch. You will be greeted with a bountiful grazing table before receiving a passport featuring four pours from a diverse selection of the best bourbons that can be acquired.

Passports will be passed out at random, so no one will know which spirits they will be tasting until minutes before they hit your lips! If you were hoping to try a specific pour featured in another passport, we encourage you to befriend others – there are no rules against swapping!

All VIP attendees will bring home a bourbon scented candle, compliments of Penn & Beech Candle Co.

After the tasting, be sure to head back downstairs to the Switch Yard at 8PM to join in the biggest bourbon toast in Ohio featuring a pour of Buffalo Trace!

VIP bottles include: King of Kentucky, Thomas H. Handy, Old Forester Birthday Bourbon, Michter’s 10, Eagle Rare 17 Year, WhistlePig Boss Hog, Pappy Van Winkle 15 Year, Rockhill Farm, Wild Turkey Masters Keep, George T. Stagg, Van Winkle Special Reserve 12 Year, Jack Daniel’s 10 Year, Bookers Little Book, William Larue Weller, and more.