{"id":5688,"date":"2020-03-05T23:27:10","date_gmt":"2020-03-06T06:27:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scottsdaleperf.wpengine.com\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=5688"},"modified":"2020-04-14T08:06:32","modified_gmt":"2020-04-14T15:06:32","slug":"scottsdale-culinary-festival-2020","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/scottsdaleperformingarts.org\/event\/scottsdale-culinary-festival-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Scottsdale Culinary Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Postponed Notice<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For more details on this performance being postponed please visit: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/scottsdaleculinaryfest.org\/april-2020-culinary-festival-postponed\/\">scottsdaleculinaryfest.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">New performance date to be announced.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Scottsdale Arts and R Entertainment announce the 42nd annual Scottsdale Culinary Festival\u2014one of the longest continually running events of its kind in the country\u2014on Saturday, April 18, 2020, at Scottsdale Civic Center Park.<\/p>\n<p>This will be the first year of the event under new leadership. The first Scottsale Culinary Festival was created more than four decades ago to raise funds for Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts. Now the reinvigorated Culinary Festival is under the direction of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/scottsdalearts.org\/\">Scottsdale Arts<\/a>, a multi-disciplinary, nonprofit arts organization that operates the Center.<\/p>\n<p>Not only does the Culinary Festival enhance Scottsdale\u2019s brand as an upscale food destination, a portion of the proceeds from the event benefit Scottsdale Arts and its four branches:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/scottsdaleperformingarts.org\/\">Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/smoca.org\/\">Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art<\/a>\u00a0(SMoCA),\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/scottsdalepublicart.org\/\">Scottsdale Public Art<\/a>, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/scottsdaleartslearning.org\/\">Scottsdale Arts Learning &amp; Innovation<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For this year\u2019s Culinary Festival, Scottsdale Arts is joining forces with R Entertainment, the Scottsdale-based production company behind such notable events as USA Today\u2019s Wine &amp; Food Experience, the Arizona Taco Festival, and The Good Life Festival.<\/p>\n<p>More than just another food event, with R Entertainment\u2019s production resum\u00e9 and Scottsdale Arts\u2019 multi-disciplinary expertise, the new Scottsdale Culinary Festival will be a daylong, outdoor, lifestyle experience, featuring booths from numerous local restaurants, demonstrations by some of the nation\u2019s top chefs, and interactive seminars by food and beverage industry leaders\u2014all in support of the arts. With something for everyone, the Culinary Festival will include food options for a variety of dietary restrictions and entertainment that appeals to diverse festival goers.<\/p>\n<p>The new Scottsdale Culinary Festival will share some traits with Scottsdale Arts\u2019 two other signature events:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/scottsdaleartsfestival.org\/\">Scottsdale Arts Festival<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/canalconvergence.com\/\">Canal Convergence | Water + Art + Light<\/a>. Like the Arts Festival, which celebrates its 50th anniversary March 13\u201315, 2020, Culinary Festival will bring the newly renovated Scottsdale Civic Center Park alive with food, art, entertainment and fun. And, like Canal Convergence, the Culinary Festival also has a focus on sustainability and a goal to become a zero-waste event.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A one-day lifestyle event celebrating fine food, fashion, music, dance, and more. 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