Wow! This event isn’t happening until January and the VIP tickets have already sold out.

Luckily, there are still General Admission Tickets available for this year’s SAVOR Southern Arizona Food & Wine Festival at Tucson Botanical Gardens. The big event is happening from noon – 3 p.m. on Saturday, January 20 at 2150 N. Alvernon Way.

The event gives the public a chance to experience the rich diversity of cuisine, culture, and agricultural history, making the Sonoran Desert and Tucson a famed UNESCO City of Gastronomy. SAVOR is one of the largest local gatherings of restaurants, chefs, breweries, wine, and specialty food purveyors in Tucson.

Presented in partnership with the Southern Arizona Arts & Cultural Alliance, Local First Arizona, and Tucson Botanical Gardens, all three nonprofit organizations “strive to educate and promote the beauty and culture of Southern Arizona in their unique way.”

The festival features interactive cooking stations, the opportunity to engage with local chefs, live music, art experiences, a signature event raffle, and admission to the Tucson Botanical Gardens.

So, are you convinced and ready to get your tickets to stroll the gardens while stopping by local restaurants and exhibitors? General Admission Tickets are $115 per person and include samplings from more than 60 wineries, breweries, distilleries, and restaurants.

Participating Restaurants, Chefs & Purveyors

• Agave Heritage Festival
• Agustin Kitchen
• Alfonso Gourmet Olive Oil & Balsamics
• Amelia’s Mexican Kitchen
• Arizona Distilling Co.
• Bella’s Gelato Shoppe
• Beyond Bread
• Borderland Spirits
• Button Brewhouse
• Cancion Tequila
• Compa Spirits
• Coors Whiskey Co.
• Corazon Azul
• Cork Tucson
• Dante’s Fire
• Desert Forager
• Dirty T Tamarindo
• Dos Equis
• Doughbird
• El Corral
• Ensenada Street Food
• Ermanos
• Fiesta Filipina
• Hacienda at the Canyon
• Heineken USA
• Huss Brewing
• Incas Peruvian Cuisine
• Kingfisher Bar & Grill
• La Cumbre Brewing Co.
• La Merguez
• Lady Umbrella
• Laramita Cellars
• Lasgidi Cafe
• Miraval Arizona Resort & Spa
• Noble Hops
• Off the Hook Seafood
• Olive Oil Ring
• Oralia Coffee+Kitchen
• Pin-Up Pastries / Fork U BBQ
• [POPPED] Artisan Popcorn
• Pita Jungle
• Pueblo Vida Brewing Company
• Pure Poke
• Rainy Day Chocolate
• Saffron Indian Bistro
• Sahuarita High School Culinary Program
• Seis Kitchen
• Sonoran Wines
• St. Joseph’s Hospital
• Tanna’s Botanas
• The Lodge at Ventana Canyon
• The Purple Tree Truck
• The Royal Room
• Transit Tea
• Tucson Tamale Company
• Tucson Tea Company
• Vero Amore
• Whiskey Del Bac
• Wildflower
• Yellow Brick Coffee
• Zio Peppe

Exhibitors

• Compost Cats
• This Is Tucson
• Tucson Foodie

Tucson Botanical Gardens is located at 2150 N. Alvernon Way. For more information and to purchase your tickets, visit saaca.org.

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