Sac Beer Week kicked off on Wednesday, and it's a celebration of all the new local breweries we have popping up all over the city. By the time it ends on Sunday, March 9, there would have been hundreds of events held at local restaurants and other venues. But with so many events, which ones are worth going to?

Both Sactown Mag and Sac News & Review made lists of events not to miss, but due to the sheer number of events, no two events made both lists.

Here are a couple that seemed interesting to me from Sactown Mag:

Mardi Gras at The Shack
March 4: The Big Easy comes to Sactown next week. Celebrate Fat Tuesday in true Bourbon Street fashion with authentic Cajun and creole food, beer from New Orleans’ own Abita brewery, and live jazz from the Crescent Cats. Costumes are encouraged. 5-9 p.m. The Shack. 5201 Folsom Blvd. 457-5997. eastsacshack.com

Cider and Charcuterie
March 5: Beer Week’s Farm-to-Fork favorite pairs local Two Rivers cider (made form local, organic apples) with artisan meat and cheese samples from Sacramento’s The Cultured and the Cured. Stop by for a sip and a snack with Two Rivers’ cider master Vince Sterne. 3-7 p.m. Hock Farm. 1415 L St. 440-8888. paragarys.com

And here are two more suggestions from the Sac News & Review:

Udderly delightful
How does a chili-milk stout sound? Or a cocoa-nib, orange-peel stout? Or perhaps one with bourbon is more your speed? Try ’em all, side by side at Bike Dog Brewing Company, as the brewers take its milk stout and flavor it eight different ways. 2 p.m. on Saturday, March 1; 2534 Industrial Boulevard, Suite 110 in West Sacramento; (916) 432-3376; www.bikedogbrewing.com.

Hoppin’ party
To celebrate Hops to Table magazine’s birthday, Capitol Beer and Tap Room is throwing a party with some notably rare, highly rated and highly alcoholic brews. Among them: Goose Island’s Bourbon County Brand Stout, Firestone Walker Brewing Company’s Sucaba, and Hangar 24 Craft Brewery’s Pugachev’s Cobra. 7 p.m. on Friday, March 7; 2222 Fair Oaks Boulevard, (916) 922-1745, www.capitolbeer.com.

As for me, the event at the top of my list is a collaboration between Billy Ngo of Kru and Pangaea Two Brews Cafe. From the Sac News & Review's description:

Surf and turf
Last year, Kru Contemporary Japanese Cuisine’s Billy Ngo invaded Pangaea Two Brews Cafe for a little sushi-beer action. This time around, Ngo joins Pangaea chef Robb Venditti for an evening of sushi and steak, appropriately paired with Hitachino Nest beers. 6 p.m. on Tuesday, March 4; 2743 Franklin Boulevard, (916) 454-4942, www.pangaeatwobrews.com.

I'd eat anything Chef Ngo cooked - even if it was scrambled eggs or toast because I know it'd be good.

Read the entire lists in Sactown Magazine and Sac News & Review.

Check out the entire schedule of events at http://www.sacramentobeerweek.com/.

More News:

Sacramento Beer Week gains a head of steam - Dan Scott was a beer enthusiast – albeit a really enthusiastic one – when he decided to start Sacramento Beer Week in 2010. It was a grass-roots venture and, at the time, the region had about a dozen craft breweries. His idea was simple: Let’s take a week to recognize and celebrate the quality beer being brewed right here. Blair Anthony Robertson in the Sac Bee.

On how the Sacramento craft beer scene exploded—and will it last? - Rick Sellers says people ask him all the time: “How many breweries are there in Sacramento these days?” It’s a fair question, because five years ago, there were fewer than 10, but now it’s apparent to even a Coors Light guzzler that the craft-beer businesses is multiplying. What a buzzkill to keep track. Nick Miller in Sac News & Review.

SN&R’s first ever Beer Issue IPA competition ranks the region’s best (and worst) hopped beers - There were, of course, standouts—Berryessa Brewing Co. in Winters took the big prize—but it’s also worth noting that the B- and C-grade beers largely proffered drinkability. The Sacto beer scene in a handful of years is an exciting prospect. Sadly, there were some really bad brews. River City Brewing Company’s IPA, what with its incongruous smokiness and medicinal aftertaste, should not be seeing the light of pints. Ditto the Hop Sac by Ruhstaller Beer, a company that otherwise brews potable suds. This wet-hop ale, which is supposed to celebrate this region’s hop terroir, needs to be pulled from shelves. In Sac News & Review.