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Well over a year after its successful inaugural event, Brioux City Brewery's Briouxfest is about to return to Marty's Tap.

The idea came from Mike Kessel of Aorta Music and Management. He wanted to throw a CD release party for local rockers Vibe Rations. He teamed with Kelly Quinn of Marty's Tap and Brioux City Brewery and created this suds-friendly event. Brioux City even brewed a beer named after Vibe Rations with their Vibe PA.

The festival celebrates beer, music, food and art and attracted around 400 attendees. This year is slated to be even bigger. You may notice this year's festival is a bit further into autumn, but that was just to accommodate the talent coming for the fest.

"We are bringing in Shawn James...he's really blowing up," Quinn said. "We wanted to focus on having a headliner and he has a lot of traction in this town. He is one of the most powerful voices in music right now. When people hear him, they want to hear more."

Ten visual artists at Briouxfest will sell their wares at their own individual booths. Also, local artist Jonas Lynch will be doing a live painting of Shawn James during his performance.