Ryan Cormier

The News Journal

It's one and done for Dogfish Head's Analog-A-Go-Go beer and music festival at Bellevue State Park.

Even though the festival's New Castle County debut in September drew the biggest crowd for any event in Dogfish Head's 21-year history -- 3,500 people -- it will return to Milton and Rehoboth Beach this year, officials told The News Journal.

"Since we are one of the big sponsors of Bromberg's Big Noise Music Festival up in New Castle County, we wanted to bring this event back down here this year," says Neal Stewart, Dogfish's vice president of marketing.

Dogfish Head is the lead beer sponsor for Big Noise, which will be held May 20 at Wilmington's Tubman-Garrett Riverfront Park featuring performances by Wilmington resident David Bromberg, Chris Robinson Brotherhood, Dr. John and the Nite Trippers and more. It will feature an on-site Dogfish-themed beer garden selling their brews, including its new line of canned beers, including 60 Minute IPA, Flesh & Blood IPA and SeaQuench Ale.

Analog-A-Go-Go made its move to Bellevue after five years in Sussex County, where musical performances were held at Dogfish's Rehoboth Beach brewpub at night with a record swap and beer festival during the day at their Milton brewery.

This year's festival will be held Nov. 3-4 and will follow a similar format with the Friday and Saturday night concerts set to be held at the brewery's still-under-construction new brewpub on Rehoboth Avenue. The festival's Cask Beer, Record Swap and Artisanal Craft Fair will be held at the Milton brewery on Saturday, Nov. 4.

Bands will be announced in June, Stewart says.

Last year's Analog-A-Go Go featured the largest band line-up of the festival's history with sets by Built to Spill, Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Talib Kweli, Hop Along, Beach Slang and Newark's own Fiancé.

This year’s edition of Analog will host 250 fans for each nighttime concert with 1,400 expected for the Saturday event.

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