FOOD & DRINK EVENTS

World Tea Expo is the leading trade event with a robust conference that is focused 100% on premium teas and related products. Blending fresh ideas, new trends, and new distribution channels with three days of focused buying, selling, and education, the tea industry's premier marketplace is precisely what you need to experience this growing category to its fullest. Come to World Tea Expo and steep in the possibilities
Website World Tea Expo 2013

Join us in uptown Charlotte the second weekend of June to sample a variety of foods in a friendly atmosphere. Admission to Taste of Charlotte is free. Guests can purchase coins for their food samples and beverages. Enjoy delicious food while you stroll along. Tryon Street visiting local & national sponsors. The festival offers entertainment that is enjoyable for all ages
Website Taste of Charlotte

The Ashland Strawberry Faire is a tradional celebration to promote the community and feature the strawberry harvest. The Faire is usually on the first Saturday in June, held on the streets adjacent to the Randolph Macon College campus. The Faire is a free, community and family-oriented event during which non-profit groups and churches raise funds and offer something for everyone. There are vendors selling arts, crafts, plants, and antiques to the many thousands who attend the event. Among the many attractions are two stages. They feature entertainment from brass and jazz bands, choirs, dancing, pipes and drums, to Little Miss and Little Mr. Strawberry contests and much more
Website Ashland Strawberry Faire

The Bradley County Pink Tomato Festival is one of the oldest continuous running festivals in the state of Arkansas. During the Pink Tomato Festival, there's dancing in the streets - lite rally. All in celebration of that symbol of Bradley County - the tomato. There's something for everyone - food, shopping, arts, crafts, contests, pageants, parade, carnival, games, live music - you name it, it's probably there
Website Bradley County Pink Tomato Festival