Overview Burning Foot is a one-day festival of Michigan craft beer, music and fire-lit art in Muskegon that spent its first ten years barefoot on the sand at Pere Marquette Beach, billed as Michigan's only barefoot beer festival. The Lakeshore Brewers Guild, a nonprofit collective of West Michigan craft breweries, runs it, and in 2026 it moved downtown to Heritage Landing on Muskegon Lake for its 11th edition. Michigan Distilled, the Michigan Wine Collaborative and the Michigan Cider Association pour alongside the brewers. On site The art leans on fire: the Flaming Hop Tower first went up in 2016, and the 2025 festival ran giant flaming hops, fire dancers and a foam party. A graffiti wall went up in 2023. In 2024 a ticket included a tasting glass and 15 sample tickets, with more for sale inside, and the Sandbox VIP ticket added early entry, its own area, dinner and a s'mores bar. At Heritage Landing the festival gained a permanent stage, parking and downtown lodging within walking distance, and it kept weekend camping; food comes from Muskegon restaurants rather than generic festival stands. Audience People come in costume - inflatable animal suits turned up in 2025 - and many stay the night: camping sells as its own ticket, for tents or RVs, and the festival calls itself the only event at Heritage Landing with camping. On the beach, guests checked their shoes and beach chairs at a fundraiser for Noah's Project. In 2023 the breweries came from seven states. Talent and Influencers Julian Marley and the Cleveland band Tropidelic headlined in 2023. Pop Evil closed the tenth-anniversary festival in 2025, with North Muskegon's Leigh Kakaty on vocals. Track record In 2023 the lineup ran past 100 breweries. In 2025, 75 breweries poured and about 400 volunteers worked the day for a 30-member board. The guild moved the festival off the beach after hard financial years; Greg Moore, the guild's executive director at the time, pointed to the permanent stage at Heritage Landing, and the move saves about $70,000 in stage and beach logistics. Brand presence Sponsors can take a named piece of the day: the tasting glass, the front gate, the Pointe Stage, the camping and glamping areas, the festival art, hydration stations or the festival app, or the title of the whole festival. Redi Rental, Betten, Alliance Beverage Distributing, Tyler Sales Co, Republic Services and Crashmasters were on the 2025 sponsor list.