Remember the Birmingham FOOD+Culture Festival this past fall? USA Today’s 10Best sure does.

The popular national publication and its readers chose the inaugural culinary extravaganza as the 3rd best new festival in 2023.

A Magic City foodie paradise

The Magic City’s four-day event, which turned into a foodie-lovers paradise, beat out festivals from Atlanta to St. Paul Minnesota.

How well attended was the 2023 Birmingham FOOD+Culture Festival? Who participated, and what made it unique? Here are the “numbers” provided to Bham Now via the event organizers:

Hosted visitors from 18 states
Featured 72 participating chefs, 15 mixologists and sommeliers
Enjoyed 11 performances from award-winning local and regional acts
Generated more than 500 media mentions seen more than 40 million times in markets nationwide
Recycled 53,300 sporks
Delivered 1,260 pounds of compost to area farms

The next Birmingham FOOD+Culture Festival

Did you miss the first Birmingham FOOD+Culture Festival? Make plans for the 2nd edition of the festival which is scheduled on September 19-22. Visit their website at bhamfoodplus.com and sign up for all their updates about the 2024 version of the festival.

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