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The band Avid Discord will provide live music for the event, and Rosita’s, Vinny’s and Macky’s Snacks will serve food from their trucks.

The event will offer ten categories of drinks, including three types of wines, six types of beers and a hard seltzer category. The drink list for the festival is not yet finalized, as there are still shipments to be made, “but it looks like we’re going to have over 30 beers and over 20 wines,” Diedrich said. “We’re not quite there yet, but it’s close.”

Only those 21 and over may attend, and IDs will be checked to ensure peoples’ ages. Diedrich said most of the Young Professionals’ other events are more family friendly.

Proceeds from this year’s Beer and Wine festival, like in years past, will go to support the community. Normally, the specificities of where the proceeds will go are ironed out after the event is over, though Diedrich suggested they could go toward improving the 18th Street Plaza. Previous donations aided the Riverside Discovery Center and the Western Nebraska Pioneers, among other groups. Donations usually average around $5,000, Diedrich said.

Other events the Young Professionals put together include the Spring up the Bluff run, Progressive Dinner socials, and Pathways to Success luncheons. The Spring up the Bluff event is the only other one primarily aimed at raising money for the community. The others are more focused on networking.