EXTRA BUZZ Festival finds focusing on food ... and wine ... and beer
EXTRA BUZZ Festival finds focusing on food ... and wine ... and beer
By Amy Addams
April 8 . Enjoy gourmet snacks and Okie wines while you enjoy some theater and musical acts at the Donald W . Reynolds Center ( poteaurotary . org ). Muskogee celebrates the art of wining at Party in the Park Apr . 15 . Muskogee pages have info that can get you there .
OKLAHOMA - There ’ s so many wonderful things about spring in Oklahoma ; the beauty of a redbud in full color , the lake goers prepping their boats for summer and the smells of a food fest . No matter what we ate Monday through Friday , the food fest throws the rules out the window . Pick one or choose them all , but bring your special Foodie Festie Fork and get to chowin ’ down .
Stillwater Elks Lodge is still hosting their BBQ Mar . 31- Apr . 1 , so if you ’ re game call ( 405 ) 743-3300 . If you still crave more , Sand Springs is firing up the grills for their annual Chillin & Grillin BBQ Festival at River City Park Apr . 7-8 . Sanctioned by the KC BBQ Society , they offer
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live music , kids ’ stuff as additional sides to that delicious BBQ . If you are only there for the music , it ’ s free to attend , but it ’ s better to accept your fate and chow down . Tasting kits are $ 10 for adults , $ 5 for kids 6-12 , little guys eat for free . More at www . sandspringschamber . com or ( 918 ) 245-3221 .
If Muskogee ’ s azaleas are part of your plans ( and BBQ makes everything better ), then put the Exchange Club Chili & BBQ Cook-Off on Apr . 8 on your planner . Check our Azalea Fest pages for more . There ’ s also a bit of the ‘ Q ’ in Enid and we bet it ’ s worth the trek to the new Convention Hall Apr . 21-22 for Roberts Ranch Smokin ’ Red Dirt BBQ & Music Fest . Plenty of music makes the
‘ Q all the sweeter . Get the particulars at www . reddirtbbq . com .
Are you a winer ? Not a ‘ whiner ’, but a wine connoisseur ? Do you know the diff between the boxed stuff and a Chateau du Bleuf deu Meau Meau ? We ’ re just making up French sounding stuff , but if you ’ re one of ‘ them ’, there should be more of ‘ you ’ at OSU in Stillwater Apr . 7-8 for the Wine Forum of Oklahoma . Held every two years , you can learn all you need to know from ‘ vine to vintner ’. So no whining , get to wining . And call us when you have a batch . www . wineforumofoklahoma . com , ( 405 ) 744-7110 . More wine-y-ness at ‘ An Evening at the Gallery ’ in Poteau ,
Wine-ing not your thing ? What about beer ? Mmmm , beer . “ The solution to and cause of all of life ’ s problems ” ( source : Homer Simpson ). It ’ s also the reason for a craft festival . A craft beer festival in Lawton at the Great Plains Coliseum Expo on April 8 that is . Our own Joe Mack keeps running outside to warm up the car . If you need more reason to make you get off the couch , you ’ re a tough sell . Call ( 580 ) 355-5520 and we bet they have the answers .
Around here , orange really is new black , and OSU celebrates the orange with a day of it on April 7 in DT Okmulgee . Food trucks will bring their specialty fare , OSU ’ s Culinary School will cook up specialty dishes and you can see what they can do with a paring knife and produce . Topping it off , there will be ice sculpture to amaze and excite . Call ( 918 ) 293-5140 or visit www . orangefest . osuit . edu .
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