Richmond-based craft brewery East Brother Beer Co. is taking an active part in Port Chicago Weekend, scheduled from July 17 to 20.
On Sunday, July 20, from noon to 6 p.m., the brewery will hold “Victory Pints for Port Chicago” at its taproom at 1001 Canal Blvd. Hosted in partnership with the Port Chicago Alliance, the event offers live music, locally sourced food trucks, and East Brother’s signature beers.
Port Chicago Weekend is a Bay Area-wide, four-day festival organized by the Port Chicago Alliance in partnership with Visit Concord. This festival includes events blends music, art, food, community activities, and deep educational significance, all centered around remembrance of Port Chicago Remembrance Day.
East Brother Beer isn’t the only Richmond entity taking part in Port Chicago Weekend. The SS Red Oak Victory is hosting free tours in partnership with the Port Chicago Alliance on Sunday. Also at 11 a.m. Sunday, Red Oak Victory will host a screening of Sign My Name to Freedom, the documentary film about Richmond’s own Betty Reid Soskin, the civil rights pioneer, author and famous National Park Service ranger.
In a blog post, East Brother Beer expressed honor to be part of the remembrance. “We’re proud to be part of Port Chicago Weekend 2025, a Bay Area-wide festival of music, art, and community built around an extraordinary act of resistance that happened right here, less than 20 miles from our brewery in Richmond.”
The Port Chicago disaster of July 17, 1944, resulted in over 320 deaths—an event marked today as the deadliest home‑front explosion of WWII. The subsequent mutiny trials of 50 Black sailors and their eventual exoneration became a catalyst for change in the U.S. Navy and the civil‑rights movement.
