Join US Foods, Bud Light, Knoxville-area restaurants and Second Harvest Food Bank of East Tennessee for the East Tennessee Food + Spirit Festival and an Evening with Mac McAnally on Saturday, August 26 in World’s Fair Park starting at 6 p.m.
Sure to be a great night of tasty bites, spirits and music in the heart of Downtown Knoxville, sample delectable food and take a walk down Spirit Alley to sample the tastings of Beach Whiskey, Crown Royal, Dumplin Creek, George Dickel, Old Tennessee Brewing & Distilling, Ole Smoky, Sugarlands Distilling Co. and Thunder Road Distillery. After the sampling, cheer on your favorite local chef in the US Foods Chef Competition and later, sit under the stars, on a blanket from home, to enjoy hits from the 80’s with local favorite, Smooth Sailor. The evening will end with an acoustic performance by 8-time CMA Musician of the Year and a member of Jimmy Buffett’s Coral Reefer band, Mac McAnally. There will be no better way to spend your last Saturday before the Vols kick off at home!
For $45 you will get: food sampling from Knoxville-area restaurants, spirit sampling in Spirit Alley, a lively chef competition and two concerts. Tickets will go on sale at www.secondharvestetn.org on Thursday, July 20. To receive $5 off a ticket, visit participating restaurants for a discount code. Discount available for use August 7-25.
Second Harvest is fortunate to have US Foods, one of America’s leading food service distributors to restaurants, healthcare and hospitality facilities, government operations and educational institutions, as the East Tennessee Food + Spirit Festival and an Evening with Mac McAnally title sponsor. Second Harvest is also grateful to Bud Light for its support of this event. Special thanks to WVLT Local 8 and Q100.3 for their media coverage support of the event.
It is not too late to join the fun as a participating restaurant or spirit vendor! If interested in participating, please contact Savannah at [email protected].
About Mac McAnally
His peers have voted him CMA Musician of the Year for an unprecedented eight years in a row. He’s a member of the Nashville Songwriters’ Hall of Fame, the Mississippi Musicians Hall of Fame and Jimmy Buffett’s Coral Reefer band. Mac has been releasing albums since he was 20 years old – AKA Nobody being his 13th so far. He’s also written several No. 1 hits, beginning with Alabama’s “Old Flame.” Mac McAnally is undoubtedly music royalty.