Wellness Gone Wild is returning to Fort Lauderdale on June 6, this time at Funky Buddha Brewery — the Oakland Park-based craft brewery that built its name on hop-forward ales and is now betting on a different kind of social ritual.
The alcohol-free event format pairs group workouts, cold plunge stations, sauna activations, and recovery programming with a DJ set and zero-proof drinks. The concept, which the organizers describe as a hangover-free social experience, is designed to replicate the connective texture of a night out without the alcohol component.
Funky Buddha's involvement is the sharper angle here. The brewery is using the event to debut what it's calling a new NA and infused beverage lineup — craft mocktails and functional drinks positioned as a parallel track to its existing beer program. It's a notable pivot for a brand whose identity has been tightly bound to craft beer, and it signals how seriously larger beverage operators are taking the non-alcoholic category as a revenue line rather than a concession to designated drivers.
The sober-social format has found traction in larger markets — New York, Miami, Los Angeles — where events billing themselves as wellness-forward nightlife draw a demographic that logs gym hours and monitors sleep scores as closely as they track happy-hour specials. Fort Lauderdale's version lands at a brewery, which gives the format a different context: this isn't a yoga studio after-hours or a juice-bar pop-up, it's a production facility known for its taproom volume taking a visible position on where the category is heading.
Per the operator's Instagram, attendees can request access details by commenting on the post — standard gating for events that want to size the crowd before confirming logistics.
June 6 is the confirmed date. No ticket price or capacity was listed in the source material. Whether Funky Buddha integrates the NA lineup into its standing taproom menu beyond the event has not been announced.
