Tony's logo for the New Albanian Charlie Vettiner Open.

Disc golf will be the sporting pretext for the coming weekend's Bank Street Brewhouse tent party.

Disc golf will be the sporting pretext for the coming weekend's Bank Street Brewhouse tent party.

Bank Street Brewhouse will be staging a parking lot party this Friday and Saturday, September 4 and 5. Both nights, there'll be a tent, live music, and outdoor grill for burgers and brats, and plenty of NABC's progressive pints.

The important part: The public is invited to come take part in the fun. The actual reason for all of it requires a more detailed explanation.

The New Albanian Charlie Vettiner Open for disc golfers takes place this coming weekend. It's described as Louisville's first A-tier disc golf event, and NABC is sponsoring it along with FADE Gear, LLC.

Tournament action takes place at courses in Louisville and Lanesville, with the players coming to Bank Street Brewhouse to register on Friday night, September 4, and then returning on Saturday night, September 5, for the official tournament shindig.

I suppose that makes it a private/public party of sorts. We expect Friday night to be more laid back, with Saturday's the bigger crowd. I'll be at NABC Grant Line (in Prost) on Friday night doing this year's Lambic by the Glass seminar (you're invited to that, too), but hope to see friends, countrymen and fellow travelers on Saturday. It will be our third big weekend in a row, with the annual Carnegie Museum fundraiser across the street coming on Friday, September 11 (after-party at BSB), then a few weeks of relative peace until Fringe Fest 2009.

We're seriously considering starting Fringe Fest on Saturday, October 3, at the conclusion of the Harvest Homecoming parade, and running it continuously for almost eight days (maybe one day off) through Saturday, October 10 -- the final full day of booths. There'd be different formats for different days, with something happening constantly. It's completely insane, and because it makes so much sense, it isn't certain that the state of Indiana will permit us to do it, but we're checking.

Stay tuned. I just don't understand why my uncouncilman always talks about a "depression" when there's so much exhilaration going on.

NABC to sponsor disc golf's Charlie Vettiner Open in September.

I don't claim to know very much about disc golf. If you don't, either, then learn more at Disc Golf Basics. Our brewery is staffed by avid disc golfers, and John Campbell (outside sales guru) has also caught the bug.

What I do know is that NABC will be sponsoring the Charlie Vettiner Open in September. There's more at the LouisvilleDiscGolf.com discussion board.
We're committed to throwing a great shindig for the participants, and it's going to be fun.

There'll be more details later.