The 85th annual Atlanta Dogwood Festival brings local chefs, breweries and
barkeeps together for this year’s VIP Experience. Limited tickets are available for attendees to enjoy the festival in high style. With a primo view of live music, the Atlanta Dogwood Festival VIP Experience is the best spot in the park, complete with culinary events overlooking the Coca-Cola Main Stage. Each culinary experience is led by Brady Lowe of The Pantry & Provisions and Casey Burchfield, formerly of
the Ritz Carlton Lake Oconee, now fronting his forthcoming restaurant, The Burch
Guests will be treated to delicious Buffalo Trace Bourbon cocktails and local craft beer from Wrecking Bar Brew Pub, Arches Brewing and 3 Taverns. Katie Rice and the Vinoteca team will be pouring wines from Spain’s most prestigious wine regions Ribera del Duero and Rueda throughout the weekend. The weekend’s
featured Barkeeps include Scott Mayer (Blended Family Spirits), Hailee Edmonds (JBA, Macon), Chris Schotick (HI-LO, Athens), Natasha Samone (Juniper Café), Ryan Smith (Lazy Susan Tapas) and Jason Waters (Georgia Routes)
Atlanta Dogwood Festival VIP Experiences in Partnership with Taste Network
- Friday, Aug. 6, 4:30 to 8:30 p.m. — Baja Fish Tacos & Argentine BBQ Event
At Friday night’s event, the fighting spirit of the restaurant industry is celebrated as guests enjoy
endless Corona and Modelo beer paired with sustainable fish tacos and an Argentine-style BBQ.
Individual tickets: $65 - Saturday, Aug. 7, 4:30 to 8:30 p.m. — Beauty & the Beasts
Beauty & the Beasts is an experience filled with locally raised beef and heritage pork alongside sustainable seafood dishes like ceviche and poke. Tickets include the chance to vote on Buffalo Trace’s “Best of the Batched” bartender competition sporting a summertime, cocktail-crushing theme. Individual tickets: $75 - Sunday, Aug. 8, 1:30 to 5:30 p.m. — PeachfestThis 2021 version of Peachfest is an epic peach event for foodies who appreciate local farmers and chefs who support community-based agriculture. Guests will enjoy peaches and meats grilled over all-natural charcoal plant-based bites and sweet and savory bites from a handful of the South’s
notable tastemakers. Barkeeps will create hand-made, all-mighty peach cocktails featuring Buffalo Trace Bourbon, while wine professionals spotlight Spanish red and white wines of Ribera del Duero and Rueda. Tickets to this year’s smaller adaptation of the successful event include a menu of local plants and proteins paired with the state’s signature fruit: the Georgia peach. Individual tickets: $75For the most up-to-date information about Peachfest, follow https://www.instagram.com/atlpeachfest/.
- For the most-up-to-date information and tickets: https://dogwood.org/2021-vip-experience/
