A Taste of AZ Food and Drink Festival

Salt River Fields at Talking Stick is pleased to host the A Taste of AZ Food and Drink Festival for its inaugural year on Saturday, Jan. 27, from 1 to 6 p.m. The event will be hosted on the Centerfield Plaza at Salt River Fields at Talking Stick, offering food and drink samples from your favorite Arizona producers.

A Taste of AZ Food and Drink Festival is the physical manifestation of A Taste of AZ magazine, a quarterly magazine that focuses on all thing’s food and drink in Arizona with an emphasis on telling the stories of local chefs, farmers and other producers that contribute to the local dining scene. The pages of the magazine come alive with the state’s biggest and best mixologists and chefs who will feature signature tastes and sips, as well as products produced exclusive to Arizona.

This year’s lineup is chalk-full of amazing vendors, including:

Pa’La
Across the Pond
Pigtails.
The Shop Beer Co.
Superstition Meadery
OHSO Brewery + Distillery
Spinatos Pizzeria
The VIG
Cast Iron Concepts
Six Byrd
Cancion Tequila
Saucy Luke’s Craft BBQ
Merkin Vineyards
Hot Sauce and Pepper
L’Impasto
Mother Road Brewing
Cider Corps
Pigtails
Crooked Tooth Brewing Co.
Tortoise & Hare
Coabana

Early bird tickets are available now until Jan. 1. Early Bird General Admission is $79, and Early Bird VIP tickets are $109. After the first of the year general admission tickets will be $89, and VIP tickets will be $129. Tickets include 15 drink samples, unlimited food samples, live music and cooking demonstrations. In addition, VIP tickets gain you an extra 90 minutes of access to the event, and two complimentary tickets to a spring training game at Salt River Fields this upcoming season.

For more information, visit www.atasteofaz.com.