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Atlanta Dogwood Festival Hosts Backyard Barbecue & Brews
Barbecue, Beer and Great Spring Weather at the Atlanta Dogwood Festival
After the success of a sold-out event last year, the 79th Annual Atlanta Dogwood Festival welcomes back the onsite tasting event Backyard Barbecue & Brews next month. Held on Saturday and Sunday afternoons during the festival in a spacious tent overlooking the Coca-Cola Main Stage, this event is certain to fill to capacity again because festival attendees loved getting this special taste of the South!
WHAT Backyard Barbecue & Brews VIP Experience
This all-inclusive outdoor tasting event takes place in a spacious tented area overlooking the Coca-Cola Main Stage. Backyard Barbecue & Brews showcases local craft beers, wine and barbecue and picnic fare from some of the city’s favorite restaurants and chefs. Guests will enjoy picnic-style seating, activities like corn hole and access to private bathrooms.
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Participating restaurants include: 3 Brothers BBQ, Bone Link BBQ, Chamberlain’s Chocolate Factory, DNJ Sweet Treats, Eclipse di Luna, HOBNOB, JD’s BBQ and Catering, Jim ‘N Nicks Bar-B-Q, Loca Luna, The Melting Pot, Minas Grill, Morelli’s Ice Cream, Nothing Bundt Cakes, Ocean Market Downtown, The Pig & the Pearl, Saltyard, Sawicki’s, Sticky Bones BBQ, Sweet Auburn Seafood, Tin Lizzy’s, Twin Smokers BBQ and Whole Foods Market Cooking.
Breweries sampling at Backyard Barbecue & Brews are: Corona Light, Eventide, Gordon Biersch, Jailhouse Brewing Company, Modelo Especial, Red Brick Brewing Co., Starr Hill, Straight to Ale, SweetWater Brewing Company, Victoria, Wild Heaven Craft Beer and Woodchuck Hard Cider.
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The Atlanta Dogwood Festival is pleased to partner with the Georgia Restaurant Association on this event.
WHEN
Saturday, April 11 and Sunday, April 12
1 to 5 p.m.
TICKETS
$25 per day if purchased by March 31, 2015
$30 per day in advance beginning April 1, 2015
$35 at the door, if available
Available at www.dogwood.org
WHERE
At the 79th Annual Atlanta Dogwood Festival in Piedmont Park at in the VIP Tent at the Charles Allen Drive and 10th Street entrance.
ABOUT THE ATLANTA DOGWOOD FESTIVAL
The city’s longest-running festival, the Atlanta Dogwood Festival is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization dedicated to providing the annual springtime celebration of arts and entertainment. The festival has earned significant recognition for the overwhelming success of its Green Festival Initiative, which in 2011, 2012 and 2013 received a Gold Award for Best Festival Environmental Program from the International Festivals & Events Association. The Society of American Travel Writers named the Atlanta Dogwood Festival as one of the Top 10 Spring Festivals in 2012 and Sunshine Artist magazine named the festival the 30th best in the country in 2014. The Art Fair Sourcebook ranked the Atlanta Dogwood Festival in its list of Top 25 Fine Art Festivals in the country for 2013. www.dogwood.org.
The 79th Annual Atlanta Dogwood Festival will take place April 10 – 12, 2015 in Piedmont Park.
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