Enjoy this holiday season by attending one of the Christmas food festivals around the country. Get in the holiday spirit!
Longue Vue Holiday Tea
Date: Throughout December 2012, 1:30pm – 03:30pm
Location: 7 Bamboo Road New Orleans, LA 70124
Cost: $30 for members, $35 for non-members
Phone: 504-293-4701
Celebrate the holidays with a traditional afternoon tea Longue Vue style in the Playhouse. Celebrate the holidays with a glass of champagne and dine on a delicious traditional tea service while enjoying live holiday music by a harpist. The menu will include tea sandwiches, delicious pastries and scones, and homemade lemon curd.
Norwood’s Holiday Food and Wine Festival
Date: Nov 30, 2012 – Dec 02, 2012
Location: 400 East 2nd Avenue (South Causeway), New Smyrna Beach, Florida
Friday, Nov 30th
7:00-9:30 pm
Join the Friday event for an evening of great food and wine and Jazz entertainment!
$60 Advance
$70 Day of the event
Also offering an exclusive blending seminars for an additional $20
Saturday, Dec 1st
1:00-4:30 pm
Our Grand Tasting
Receive a commemorative wine glass & enjoy over 400 wines from around the world along with great food, desserts and Jazz entertainment.
$55 Advance
$65 Day of the event
Sunday, Dec 2nd
11:00am – 2:00pm
Our New Jazz Brunch
Enjoy all you can eat brunch, plus all you can drink Bloody Mary Bar, Mimosa’s and Red or White Sangria, plus fantastic Jazz from Thomas Jones and Company. Sponsored by SeaGlass Wines.
$25 Advance
$30 Day of the event
Christkindlmarkt: German Christmas
Location: Sacramento Turn Verein, 3349 J Street Sacramento, CA 95816
Date: December 1- December 2, 2012
114th Annual Christkindlmarkt. The Sacramento Turn Verein recreates a 400 year old tradition and draws 1000′s of attendees. Many craft and food booths, including the mulled wine and choirs singing traditional music. The event supports the following charities: “Coats for Kids” and “Sierra Regional Ski for Light”, a cross-country ski program for blind and visually impaired children and adults.
Christmas Lights, Chocolate and Wine Tour presented by Dallas by Chocolate
Date: Sunday, Dec 2, 2012 5:00pm to 8:00pm
Location: Chocolate Secrets, Dallas, TX
Imagine a cozy ride to view holiday lights, while eating chocolate and sipping wine or hot chocolate! Explore the lights of Kessler Park and Highland Park, as well as a few chocolate stops along the way. Price includes bus transportation, hot chocolate, coffee, wine or water and treats at 3 or more chocolate establishments.
A Yuletide Madrigal Feast
Date: Friday, Dec 6-8, 2012 7:00pm
Location: Alumni Memorial Hall of Randolph Hall, Charleston, SC
The College of Charleston Madrigal Singers will perform sacred and secular holiday arrangements during this feast. Dinner will be served and will include cornish hen, haricot vert, wild rice, apple caramel tart, coffee and wine.
Toys for Tots Christmas Gourmet Food Truck Festival
Date: Saturday, December 15, 2012, 12-8pm
Location: Epicentre parking lot at 8450 Mira Mesa Blvd, San Diego 92126.
Cost: $5 or one unwrapped toy donation
Madrigal Dinner & Yuletide Festival
Date: Dec 07, 2012 6:00pm – 9:00pm Dec 09, 2012 6:00pm – 9:00pm
Location: First United Methodist Church, 211 Washington Street , Frankfort, KY 40601
Cost: Preferred seating $20 – General Seating $15
Details: The Lords and Ladies of the Manor invite you to the 31st Annual Madrigal Dinner and Yuletide Festival.
Phone: 502-227-7430
Email: dianafumc@fewpb.net
Date: Friday, Dec 7,14,21 6:00pm to 10:00pm
Location: Hotel 1000, Seattle, WA
White Moustache Urban Adventure Co.
Weekly Event – Every Friday: 6:00pm to 10:00pm
Celebrate the magic of the Seattle holiday season with a Very Merry Moustache adventure, a special food and music adventure held select nights in December. This festive celebration is filled with spectacular food, holiday attractions and live entertainment featuring your favorite Seattle musicians. Purchase of an admission ticket is required to attend this event, and tickets sell out quickly.
Seattle’s Very Merry Moustache tour features:
All-inclusive holiday extravaganza 4-hour guided tour of Seattle neighborhoods with special access to holiday attractions. Generous portions of fresh, local, and chef-prepared gourmet food. Live music performance by Seattle artists and bands. Exclusive dessert/cocktail reception complete with special appearance by Santa Claus.
Swedish Christmas Fair 2012
Date: Sunday, Dec 9, 2012 10:00am to 5:00pm
Location: Shrine Expo Hall, Los Angeles, CA
Fine artisans presenting the best of Sweden; fine art, jewelry, toys, Christmas collectibles and much more. Authentic Swedish lunch or “fika” coffee and home baked goods, hot Glögg
Elizabethan Yuletide Madrigal Feast
Date: December 11, 2012
Location: Coonamessett Inn, 311 Gifford St, Falmouth, MA
Mastersingers by the Sea chamber chorus recreates the magic of an Elizabethan feasting hall. As you feast, listeners will be entertained by “merrie auld mastersingers” in Elizabethan costume, singing madrigals, Passacaglia ensemble playing their Renaissance instruments plus much more.