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UPCOMING Special Events

The Neighborhood

Festival

This year’s

Las Olas Wine &

Food Festival

features a

taste of the

neighborhoods

ort Lauderdale’s largest wine and food festival drops All told, 50-plus restaurants will be represented and more
into town again April 20, and this year expect to see than 30 wineries will hand out tastes of 200 wines.
Fa bit of your neighborhood.
This year’s event is hosted by the American Lung
At the 23rd-annual Greater Fort Lauderdale Las Olas Wine Association, and proceeds go to help AlA’s mission of
& Food Festival, pavilions stationed along the boulevard fighting the third-leading cause of death in the United
will transport attendees to neighborhoods around town, States. Presenting sponsors also include New Amsterdam
with the local restaurants and wine pairings. Vodka, Fleur de Mer, J Vineyards, Cooper’s Craft, and
Breakthru Beverage, the Las Olas Association, Las Olas
Company, Mercantil Bank, Celebrity Cruises, and
Cadillac. Committee chairs are Katie Leibick, director of
event management at Breakthru Beverage, and Carrie
Caldwell, director of events at The Restaurant People.

Ticket holders get a LOWFF wine holder necklace that
serves as a VIP access pass. Each intersection along the
five-block route will have VIP lounges and tasting pavilions.
The event will take place from 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. April
20. Tickets are $150. For more info, visit lasolaswff.com
or call 954-727-0907.

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