Bar holds packed mask-free beer festival despite coronavirus pandemic

A bar held a packed beer festival with live music, no masks and no social distancing despite hundreds of thousands dying of coronavirus.

Beer Snobs, the title of the bar in question, held the party in Hartland, Wisconsin over the weekend.

Hartland Village Board President Jeffery Pfannerstill was in the crowd and said that they ended up having ‘outstanding attendance.’

‘People weren’t six feet apart,’ he said. ‘Again, people were outside. I think erring on the side of not infringing with people’s freedoms to go about their business as they see fit.’

The bar was not available to comment, but the manager of the band that played, Rebel Grace, said that ‘masks come off when people drink and have a good time.’

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Anonymous residents had concerns about the event but Pfannerstill didn’t seem to have a problem with it, even as cases are beginning to surge in Wisconsin.

‘I don’t think it was wrong or inappropriate,’ he said.

‘Thirty active cases out of 10,000 people,’ Pfannerstill said. ‘I personally feel very comfortable, and I think all the people that were there did also.’

This wasn’t the first concert Beer Snobs has hosted since lockdown. There was Snob Fest in June and there is another scheduled next month called Snobtober Fest.

The current public gatherings protocol for the county states that ‘outdoor events may exceed 250 individuals when proper outdoor space, separation of groups, social distancing and other CDC guidelines are followed.’

FOX6 News reached out to the manager of the band, Rebel Grace, which played Snobtober Fest. He said masks come off when people drink and have a good time, and referred us to the owner of the bar. 

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