USA Today names Birmingham FOOD+Culture Festival 3rd Best New Festival in 2023

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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