LADYBIRD 2ND ANNIVERSARY AND END OF SUMMER BEACH BASH

Sunday, September 18th at 4pm

Location: Ladybird Grove & Mess Hall

Posted by Liz and John Attaway, 9/14/16

Ladybird Grove & Mess Hall in Atlanta’s Old Fourth Ward is celebrating its 2nd anniversary with an END-OF-SUMMER BEACH BASH, this Sunday, September 18th, at 4pm. Visit for grilled bites, beachy punches, hard-to-find brews from Creature Comforts Brewing Co., live bluegrass, and beach balls. Open to the Public. The restaurant will be open for business-as-usual until 4pm when the party starts.

Located in Atlanta’s historic Old Fourth Ward neighborhood at 684 John Wesley Dobbs Ave. NE, Ladybird Grove & Mess Hall is the first outdoor-oriented bar and restaurant to open along the Atlanta BeltLine’s Eastside Trail, at mile marker 9.25. An in-town home away from home for Atlanta’s adventure seekers, Ladybird offers elevated campfire cuisine for dinner, lunch, and weekend brunch, and focuses on sharable dishes that rotate based on local availability. The beverage program features craft cocktails, wine, local beer, alongside housemade juices and sodas.

6TH ANNUAL GREAT ATLANTA BEER FEST

Saturday, October 8th at 1pm

Location: Turner Field

Posted by Liz and John Attaway, 9/12/16

Atlanta Beer Festivals will host the 6th and last Great Atlanta Beer Fest at Turner Field. This year’s festival will be Saturday, October 8, 2016, 1-6pm. Since the Braves will finish their season on October 2, we will be drinking beer on the field! We will feature 150+ different beers to sample from Atlanta, the Southeast, and all over America. We are adding a small selection of wines this year, and we’ll also have a healthy list of ciders available. Your ticket price includes a souvenir cup, entertainment, and all of your beer samples. Food will cost extra. There will not be any Designated Driver tickets.

They are working on more event details, but the will have College Football on the big screen and smaller screens at the fest, as well as live music with the Geeks Band.

Festival Tickets are $40 advance, $45 after Sept. 29, and $55 day of the event (all prices include sales tax, TM fees will be added). Tickets bought at the Turner Field box office have NO TICKETMASTER FEES.

More information and tickets here: http://greatatlantabeerfest.com/

Additional information: Parking will be available in the Gold lot at the corner of Abernathy and Hank Aaron Dr. for $10. This is a 21 and up event; please no kids, pets, or outside food or beverage (pretzel necklaces are allowed). The event is rain or shine, no refunds will be given. We have a lot of covered space if we need it at Turner Field. Beer and Wine samples will be cut off at 7:45pm.

5TH ANNUAL BROOKHAVEN CHILI COOK OFF

Saturday, October 8th at 12:30pm

Location: Brookhaven Park

Posted by Liz and John Attaway, 9/12/16

On Saturday, October 8th comes the 5th annual Brookhaven Chili Cook Off held starting at 12:30pm at Brookhaven Park.

Event details:

SIGN UP YOUR TEAM NOW!!!
-Taste 75+ Chili & Brunswick Stew Restaurant & Amateur Competition Teams
-Family friendly festival in heart of Brookhaven
-Live Music & DJ
-Beer & Wine plus cold beverages for all ages
-Kid Zone & Cornhole
-Portion of proceeds benefits Atlanta Fundraising Foundation
-Free parking behind MARTA & Brookhaven City Hall or take Uber/Lyft
-$2500 in Prizes & Awards for Top Amateur Teams, Restaurant Teams, Most Spirited Team & People’s Choice! Come win bragging rights, plaques, medals, prizes and more!

MORE INFO: www.brookhavenchilicookoff.com/

TICKETS: $10 – $20 Advance for a Tasting Spoon for unlimited chili tastings starting at 12:30PM and people’s choice voting ticket. (While supplies last.) Kids 12 & Under Free. All guests must buy a tasting spoon.

 

Atlanta Beltline Lantern Parade 2016

Date:  Saturday, September 10th
Time: 7:15 pm

About: On Saturday, September 10th comes the 7th annual Atlanta BeltLine Lantern Parade following the Old Fourth Ward Fall Festival.  Parade line-up will begin at 7:15 on Irwin Avenue at the start of the Eastside Trail. They will step-off at 8:15 and finish in Piedmont Park at Park Tavern. The Lantern Parade kicks-off the season of Art on the Atlanta BeltLine, the largest public art exhibit in the southeast!  The BeltLine reported 60,000 folks participating and attending in 2015. Yes, you need a lantern to walk in the parade. No dogs, bikes ok, and no flying lanterns. Beyond the lantern, they have several bands coming back including, Wasted Potential Brass Band, The Seed & Feed Marching Abominable, Black Sheep Ensemble, Atlanta Freedom Bands, Common Ground Collective, and joining us this year from France, Moz Drums! This is a free event.

Website/link for more information:

https://www.facebook.com/events/731986073606741/

BBQ, Bluegrass, and ASW Distillery’s First Bottle Release

Date:  Saturday, September 10th
Time: 1pm

About: Join ASW Distillery for BBQ, Bluegrass, and our first Bottle Release the afternoon of Saturday, September 10! They’ll be ushering in the fall with Fox Bros. BBQ, live bluegrass, and the public release of Atlanta’s first-ever single malt, the first spirit distilled in their Scottish-style twin copper pot stills. ASW Distillery crafted this single malt using 100% malted rye, with each bottle individually numbered by batch and bottle and signed by the team. This one-time-only release offers a taste of delicious chocolate, hazelnut & pepper notes before the single malt spends time maturing in new American oak casks to become what may very well be the quintessential Southern single malt whiskey. Not to mention, each ticket comes with a tour of the production area, including our gorgeous, hand-hammered copper pot stills and our rickhouse full of new American oak casks. The all tour ticket includes Fox Bros. BBQ pulled pork sandwich & chips, guided tasting of 3 samples of our whiskies, including both the single malt released here (White Dog) and a cocktail if you so choose, a tour of the distillery,  and live Bluegrass is $20. The limited release bottle tour tickets include all the outlined plus: a return pass providing you with a tasting tour that you may redeem in the future for 3 samples of our whiskey, guided tasting, and tour. This $65.

Website/link for more information:

BBQ, Bluegrass & The First Bottle Release from Atlanta’s ASW Distillery