Beer Calendar: What to do in October 2006

Here's just a sampling of upcoming events over the next several weeks, mostly in the Philadelphia area, that look interesting to check out. Let us know if you think you might be heading to one of these events or have been to one of them in the past.

Thu. 9/28-Sat. 9/30 - 25th Annual Great American Beer Festival @Colorado Convention Center, Denver, CO (5:30pm-10:30pm; $35-$145)
Fri. 9/29 - Friday Night Tasting (Victory) @Beer Yard, Wayne, PA (5pm-7pm; Free)
Fri. 9/29-Sun. 10/1 - Oktoberfest "Big Weekend" 2006 @Stoudt's Brewing Co, Adamstown, PA (5pm-7pm; $8/$30)
Sat. 9/30 - 3rd Annual Lehigh Valley Brewfest @Riverside Park, Easton, PA (1pm-5pm; $30/$35)
Sat. 9/30 - Victory Fall Fest @Victory Brewing Co, Downingtown, PA (2pm-9pm; pay as you go)
Wed. 10/4 - Oktoberfest @Ortino's Northside, Zieglersville, PA (1pm-5pm; $35/$40)
Thu. 10/5 - Weyerbacher Tasting @The Drafting Room, Spring House, PA (6pm; pay as you go)
Sat. 10/7 - Kennett Square Microbrew Festival Kennett Square, PA (2pm-6pm; $30)
Sun. 10/8 - Chester County SPCA Wine & Beer Festival @Duling-Kurtz House & Country Inn, Exton, PA (12pm-4pm; $30/$35)
Tue. 10/10 - Oktoberfest Beer Dinner @Monk's Cafe, Philadelphia, PA (5pm-7pm; $55)
Fri. 10/13 - Friday the Firkinteenth XIV @The Grey Lodge Pub, Philadelphia, PA (all day; pay as you go)
Sat. 10/14 - Great Eastern Invitational Microbrewer's Festival @Stoudt's Beer Garden, Adamstown, PA (12pm-4pm; 7pm-11pm; $26)
Sat. 10/14 - Oktoberfest @General Lafayette Inn & Brewery, Lafayette Hill, PA (12pm-4pm; pay as you go)
Wed. 10/18 - Rogue Beer Dinner @The Drafting Room, Exton, PA (6:30pm; $49.95)
Thu. 10/19 - Rogue Beer Dinner @The Drafting Room, Spring House, PA (6:30pm; $49.95)
Sat. 10/21 - Chesapeake Real Ale Festival @Wharf Rat/Camden Yards, Baltimore, MD (1pm-6pm; $25/$30)
Sat. 10/21 - Newtown Brewfest @Stocking Works parking lot, Newtown, PA (2pm-6pm; $25/$30)
Mon. 10/23 - Van Steenberge Beer Dinner @Monk's Cafe, Philadelphia, PA (7pm; $60)
Fri. 10/27 - Oktoberfest Beer Dinner @The Farmhouse Restaurant, Emmaus, PA (7pm; $80)