Saturday, June 5
Stone Soul Music and Food Festival
Brown's Island
$35 per person (kids 5 & under free)
12:00-8:00pm
Live music featuring: Donnell Jones, Bobby Brown, Big Daddy Kane, Faith Evans, Mario, Urban Mystic, Tierra Mari, Trina, Roscoe Dash, Omarion, Fat Joe with Rum (formerly Red Rum from VA) and more! Also presenting some of Richmond's best Soul Food restaurants. A portion of the proceeds benefit the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Greater Virginia. No pets or coolers please. Rain or Shine event.
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Broad Appétit
Sunday, June 6
Broad Street downtown between Monroe and Adams Streets, east of Belvidere
11am-5pm
Free admission
50 food vendors, $3 samples
The mission of Broad Appétit is to provide an affordable and enjoyable local food festival that is locally driven and regionally appealing. Broad Appétit exists to promote the amazing food, art, and music that makes Richmond a great place to live and visit.
Admission to this foodie paradise is free and for just $3 per sample, the public can taste signature dishes from over 50 of Richmond's finest local restaurants, including fine dining, family-friendly, trendy and up-and-coming establishments. From 11am-5pm the 100-200-300 blocks of W. Broad Street will serve up outstanding prepared food in addition to fresh Virginia produce, meats, cheeses, herbs, artisan breads and confections straight from local organic farms and specialty food providers. The event also will feature several of Virginia's finest wineries and plenty of brews. Last year the crowd of food-lovers grew to 18,000. They expect 25,000 to attend the 2010 festival.
For information on all that is happening at Broad Appétit – Food, Art, Music, Performance and more - visit http://www.broadappetit.com/index.php
Broad Appétit is hosted by Downtown Neighborhood Association, produced by Echelon Event Management and benefits the Central Virginia Food Bank and Meals on Wheels.
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6.3.2010
