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NATION’S LONGEST-RUNNING FOOD FESTIVAL FEATURES 50+ CULINARY EXPERIENCES THE 41ST ANNUAL SCOTTSDALE CULINARY specialty areas including Liquid Arizona presented by the gate, food and beverages cost extra. Tickets for the FESTIVAL PROVIDES A WEEKEND OF Phoenix Magazine and Chocolate & Wine presented Four Peaks Beer Garden cost $42 online and include THE VALLEY’S BEST IN EATERTAINMENT by Celebrity Cruises featuring chocolates paired with entrance to the festival and Four Peaks Beer Garden, EXPERIENCES, with a robust tasting tour of Jackson Family Wines, or enjoy free access to the 20 beer samples and a souvenir tasting mug. The festirenowned Arizona restaurants, culinary demonstrations, Tito’s Handmade Vodka Lounge (cash/credit cards). val also offers VIP tickets (ages 21+, tickets cost $150 brewmasters, winemakers, spirit producers and local Beverage booths offer select beverages (cash/credit on Saturday, $125 on Sunday), which include premiere and national food exhibitors. cards). Beverage exhibitors include Kicking Horse entertainment viewing, catered food inside the excluCoffee, Stella Artois, 3 Amigos Blanco Tequila, AZ sive VIP tent, a drink card for complimentary drinks Guests are encouraged to become food explorers and Distilling Co., Huss Brewing Co., Stone Brewing Co., throughout the grounds and access to the Four Peaks travel the festival grounds with free, passport-style Tito’s Handmade Vodka, Four Peaks Brewing Co., Beer Garden with tasting samples. Ages 12 and under guide books in hand. Restaurants participating in the Cuties Lemonade, Java Monster by Monster Energy are free. Berlin featuring Terri Nunn plays on the Stella tasting tour include Aioli Gourmet Burgers, Bobby-Q Drink, Canada Dry, RC Cola, CORE water, Jackson Artois Main Stage Saturday night – concert is included BBQ Restaurants, Butcher’s Choice, Canyon Bake- Family Wines, 3 Amigos Tequila, local spirits and wine in price of Saturday GA ticket, lawn space is limited. house Gluten Free, Don Jose Mexican Food, Famous purveyors, and more. 48, Grimaldi’s Pizzeria, Floridino’s Pizza and Pasta, La Scottsdale Civic Center Mall is located at 7380 E. 2nd Senora at The Saguaro Hotel, Lulu’s Italian Waterice, Four Peaks Beer Garden features craft beer tasting, St., Scottsdale. The City of Scottsdale is a premier Nitro Live Icecreamery, Pitch Pizzeria, Pokitrition, music and more. Participating are Alaskan Brewing, destination for things to do in Arizona and is the host Rodizio Grill - The Brazilian Steakhouse, So Delicious Arizona Light Lager, Barrio Brewing, Callaghan Vine- sponsor of the Scottsdale Culinary Festival weekend, Dairy Free, Social Hall, Sushi Roku, Trap Haus BBQ, yards, Deschutes Brewery, Firestone Walker Brew- which includes the festival kick-off event, The Cocktail Butta Cakes and more. ing, Four Peaks Brewing Co., Guinness, Helio Basin, Society on Friday April 12. Hop Valley Brewing Company, Huss Brewing, Kona Guests can attend free demos on two stages sponsored Brewing, Loco Patrõn Mexican Brewery, Lumber- For an up-to-date lineup of restaurants, craft beer, spirit by Sub Zero, Wolf, and Cove presented by culinary yard, Mother Road Brewing, Mudshark Brewery, New and entertainment participants, visit Scottsdalefest.org experts including Shark Tank-featured Teaspressa, Belgium Brewing, Oak Creek Brewing, Odell Brewing or follow Scottsdale Culinary Festival on social media: Suzanne Clark from World Food Championships and Company Prescott Brewing Company, Sierra Nevada Facebook: www.facebook.com/scottsdaleculinaryfesChallenge Dairy, Chef Aimee Novak from the Univer- Brewing, Smirnoff, Stella Artois, Stone Brewing and tival sity of Arizona’s Cooperative Extension, World Food The Beer Shop Co. Instagram: www.instagram.com/scottsdalefest Championships Winner Chef Anthony Serrano, Mark Twitter: www.twitter.com/scottsdalefest Lewis of Chmachyakyakya Kurikuri discussing cactus Liquid Arizona participants include Arizona Distilling, fruits and foraging, Midtown Microgreens, Garden Barrio Brewing, Callaghan Vineyards, Lumberyard, About Scottsdale League for the Arts: Formed in Goddess Ferments, Chopped Champion Jennifer Mother Road Brewing Company, Mudshark Brew- 1978, the Scottsdale League for the Arts presents the Caraway of The Joy Bus, and Zak’s Chocolate. Topics ing, Oak Creek Brewing, Prescott Brewing Company, Scottsdale Culinary Festival, the longest-running include making chorizo, how to ferment vegetables, Roger Clyne’s Mexican Moonshine Tequila, Sand- festival of its type in the nation. The 501(c)(3), nonmaking chocolate, preparing easy at-home dishes and Reckoner, The Beer Shop Co., 3 Amigos Tequila and profit, volunteer organization supports local arts promore. Three Wells Distilling. grams through culinary fundraising events. In 2018, grant recipients included Ballet Arizona, Frank Lloyd In addition to the variety of restaurants, guests can FESTIVAL INFO: Wright Foundation, Free Arts for Abused Children, enjoy beverages for every taste and age. Ages 21+ The festival is open Saturday, April 13 from 12 p.m. Phoenix Theatre, Southwest Shakespeare Company can enter the Four Peaks Beer Garden ($30, 200+ to 9 p.m. and Sunday, April 14 from 12 p.m. to 6 p.m. and Valley Youth Theater. The League has donated beers presented, 20 tastes), buy sampling cards for One-day general admission costs $12 online and $15 at more than $4.5 million to the arts since 2000.