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Annual Creole Food Festival Returns To Dumbo This Weekend

The festival will celebrate the global Creole diaspora with unlimited food tastings.

BROOKLYN, NY — The 8th Annual Creole Food Festival will return to Brooklyn Bridge Park this weekend.

The festival will be held on Saturday, Oct. 3, from 3 to 8 p.m. at Emily Warren Roebling Plaza beneath the Brooklyn Bridge in DUMBO.

The festival will celebrate the global Creole diaspora with unlimited food tastings from more than a dozen emerging Black and Brown chefs, live cooking demonstrations, festival-inspired cocktails and live music.

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The culinary offerings will highlight traditions from Haiti, St. Lucia, the Dominican Republic, Trinidad, the Ivory Coast, Barbados, Venezuela and the American South.

The event will feature a family-focused session from 3 to 6 p.m., followed by an after-hours session from 6 to 8 p.m.

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