The pregame is usually a parking lot with a cooler. This one comes with 50 craft beers, food trucks, a DJ, and a soccer match.
Orange County SC's Beer Fest series wraps the match-day experience into something that starts hours before kickoff — unlimited tastings of 50+ craft beers and seltzers, live music at Championship Soccer Stadium, and a ticket to that night's OCSC match. VIP gates open at 4 PM. Standard entry at 5. By the time the referee's whistle blows, you've already had the kind of afternoon that makes you wonder why every sporting event doesn't do this.
The series exists because someone at OCSC understood that the tailgate IS the game for half the people who come. So they built a real one — not a few tents, but a festival-grade beer garden with local food trucks and live entertainment that stands on its own even if you don't care about the second half.
Saturday, September 5, 2026. Championship Soccer Stadium, 1 Championship Way, Irvine, CA 92606. Tickets include beer fest entry + OCSC match. Details at orangecountysoccer.com.