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ShakesBeer: Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival, Seven Sirens Brewing Company team up for summer concert series

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Actors performing a play at the Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival.

CENTER VALLEY, Pa. — O beer, O beer, wherefore art thou?

The Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival, or PSF, has announced that Seven Sirens Brewing Company has been named the official brewery of the season which runs through Aug. 6.

  • Seven Sirens Brewing Company has been named the official brewery of the Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival
  • The brewery will offer craft beer, seltzer and ciders on Tuesday, Friday and Saturday evenings
  • The festival is also hosting ShakesBeer Tuesdays, a free concert series which started June 5.

The brewery will be open on Tuesday, Friday and Saturday evenings starting this week.

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Seven Sirens Brewery has teamed up with the Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival this summer.

Attendees of the Shakespeare festival can purchase seasonal craft beers, shelters and ciders from the company’s Water Buffalo brewery, which has its home “On the Green” in front of the Labuda Center for the Performing Arts at DeSales University.

ShakesBeer Tuesdays

PSF will also launch ShakesBeer Tuesdays from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. where patrons can listen to local acoustic musicians performing before the shows, along with drinks from Seven Sirens and light bites from the Shakespeare Café.

The Tuesday performances are free to attend.

Artistic Director Jason King Jones states, “PSF has a great history of free pre-show entertainment. Now, with Seven Sirens Brewing and singer-songwriters like Kendal Conrad, there are even more reasons to spend the summer with PSF,” PSF artistic director Jason King Jones said in a statement.

The complete line-up of artists for ShakesBeer Tuesdays will be announced soon; and live music will be free to enjoy before every performance this summer.

The Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival will feature performances of “Henry IV, Part 2” (May 31 to June 11); “James and the Giant Peach” (July 7 to Aug 5); “Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill” (July 19 to August 6) on the Schubert Stage.

The Main Stage will showcase “In the Heights” (June 14 to July 2); “The Tempest” (July 12 to August 6); “Jane Austen’s Sense and Sensibility” (July 20 to August 6); and Shakespeare for Kids (July 26 to August 5).

On the Outdoor Summer Stage: “The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) [revised][again],” (June 28 to July 16).

In addition, “Play On!” “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” Community Tour will take place through June 18 at various locations in the Valley.

For a complete schedule, click here.