4th Annual Creative Taste of Spartanburg Showcases a Variety of Local Restaurants, Food Products, Beer, Wine, Art & Music

SPARTANBURG, SC – June 6, 2011 – A variety of local restaurants, not-for-profit bake sales and food related vendors are coming together to participate in the 4^th annual Creative Taste of Spartanburg.  This event is designed to showcase the variety of local culinary experiences against the backdrop of family fun and entertainment.  Admission is free to the public with food, beverages, art and other items available for purchase from vendors.

Scheduled for Saturday, June 11, from 5 pm – 10 pm, there will be a Restaurant Row featuring approximately a dozen local restaurants; a Made in Spartanburg & Cook’s Corner area highlighting local cookbooks, local produce and other food related items for sale.  RJ Rockers will hold Brewery Tours from 5 pm to 10 pm – starting on the half hour.  Carriage House wines will hold a wine tasting from 7 pm – 8 pm.  Also, Hub-Bub will present a Flavor of Art Mart, featuring over 20 local artists. Kids will have the opportunity to participate in tons of food related activities in the Lemonade Stand, including decorating chefs hats and aprons, making macaroni necklaces, apple smiles, and much more. Visitors also have the opportunity to enjoy local entertainment in four different performance areas. (See attached schedule.)

Creative Taste will take place in Downtown Spartanburg in a festival setting west of Morgan Square and the Clock Tower on Ezell, King and West Main Streets and Daniel Morgan Avenue. 

Free parking is located throughout the downtown area, including the Magnolia Street Parking Garage and the City Hall parking lots on Broad Street.

Several downtown streets will be closed from 3 a.m. Saturday morning, June 11, until the end of the event. These include Daniel Morgan Avenue, from St. John Street to West Main; West Main Street, from Daniel Morgan Avenue to Magnolia Street; Spring Street, from Broad to St. John; Ezell Street from Spring to Daniel Morgan; and Ezell Street from Daniel Morgan Avenue to West Main Street. 

Creative Taste of Spartanburg is presented by the City of Spartanburg and these sponsors: Piedmont Natural Gas, Budweiser of Spartanburg, Herald Journal, and Hub-Bub.com.

For additional information contact Mandy Merck, Special Events Manager, at 562-4195 or [email protected].

Creative Taste of Spartanburg Entertainment Schedule

Acoustic Cafe  (Located on East Ezell Street)

5:00 pm – Fayssoux McLean & Brandon Turner

6:00 pm – Beautiful Mess

7:00 pm – Angela Easterling

8:00 pm – David Ezell

9:00 pm – Marc Higgins

 

Bistro Sounds (Located on West Ezell Street)

5:00 pm – John Scoggin

5:45 pm – Jordan Jones

6:30 pm – Freddie Vanderford & Kim McKinnon

7:45 pm – Carolina Breeze

9:00 pm – John Edgerton

 

Lemonade Stand Stage (in grass between Clock Tower & Broad Street)

 5:00 pm – Greyson Turner

5:30 pm – Stone Soup Story Telling Institute

6:00 pm – Alison Watson, MT-BC – Kid’s Songs

6:30 pm – Greyson Turner

7:00 pm – Alison Watson, MT-BC – Kid’s Songs

7:30 pm – Stone Soup Story Telling Institute

 

Wine Tasting Tent (Located in front of Carriage House Wines)

6:00 pm – Spartanburg Jazz Combo

8:30 pm – Okra