Press release from organizers:
3rd Annual CiderFest NC
Hard Cider Tasting FestivalLocal Food * Live Music * Great Ciders * Mead Makers
Date: Saturday, November 7th, 2015
Location: WNC Farmers Market, 570 Brevard Rd, Asheville, NC 28806
Time: 1-5pm
Tickets/Info: www.ciderfestnc.com
Contact: Nina Zinn, ciderfestnc@wncgbc.org, 828-254-1995
Tickets go on sale September 1st, 2015 (Adults $30/ DD $15/ Kids free) proceeds benefit non-profit WNC Green Building Council.North Carolina’s premier hard cider tasting event, CiderFest NC is back for its 3rd year and will feature over twenty hard cider makers from all over the region, as well as special guests from out of state, local mead makers, food pairings, local arts & crafts, live music, and an interactive children’s area!
This year’s event is packed with new opportunities to taste and experience Cider. Twenty plus Cider makers will be serving up their tasty varieties of hard cider along with a new addition oftwo local mead makers Bee & Bramble & Fox Hill Meadery! To compliment your cider we have added a new Chef’s Station where apples and hard cider will be the featured ingredients for small plates, food trucks will be serving up food as well. And back again by popular demand is the WNC Cheese Trail offer samples from local creameries. Too add a little something sweet and decadent, Postre Caramels will be offering samples of caramel on apples!
On the music front, we have opted to switch it up, instead of a the large stage with one band the festival will feature local bands and buskers from the Asheville area sprinkled throughout the festival, unplugged, allowing attendees to enjoy live music as they are in line for a sample of cider or mead! You will enjoy music by Goldie & The Screamers, Shifty Drifters (Abby the Spoon Lady), and more great bands.
True to its roots, this year’s event will also feature something for the home cider makers. A Home Cider Making Booth sponsored by Asheville Brewers Supply will offer cider making kits, educational demonstrations, and a casual area for home cider makers to share their cider as well as lessons they have learned.
The family friendly event has had great fun painting pumpkins and doing fall crafts in previous years but this year will offer an Interactive Children’s Area focused on green living. This area will have hands on fun educational activities and demo’s for both the children and adults to learn.
Providing more opportunities to learn about hard cider, all attendees will receive a take home Tasting & Event Guide to highlight differences in cider, ingredients, and origins and to take notes about the ciders sampled. Don’t miss out, purchase tickets early, the event is expected to sell out.
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