OVIEDO, Fla. – Bacon, Bourbon and Blues, a 21+ event coming to the Oviedo Cultural Center this weekend, promises a thirst-quenching evening of music, laughter and good eats.
The event takes place Saturday from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m., with a full cash bar offering a variety of beer, wine and spirits.
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Tickets are $50 per person and feature bourbon tastings, as well as the sampling of “a variety of bacon & bourbon infused food including items using the fantastic rubs made by our Pitmaster Meat Dave,” organizers said.
A schedule of events recommends you arrive at 5 p.m. for the samplings, which last until 6:30 p.m.
Afterward, it’s time for cocktails, conversation and blues music in the amphitheater until 7 p.m. — with said music performed by Shreddie King — before the event’s aforementioned pitmaster Dave Williamson holds a comedy routine from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
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Early bird tickets have sold out, but cheaper $25 tickets are otherwise available for those looking to only attend the comedy show.
Saturday’s bourbon tasting list is as follows:
- Whistle Pig
- Elijah Craig
- Rockhill Farms
- Russell’s Reserve
- Henry McKenna
- Old Fitzgerald
- Penelope
- Heaven Hill
- Buffalo Trace
- Colonel E. H. Taylor
- Wild Turkey Voyage
No one younger than 21 will be allowed into the event and attendees are not allowed to bring coolers, umbrellas, weapons of any kind, laser pointers, glass bottles/objects, metal containers, beverage cans, outside food and beverages, illegal drugs and substances, or animals. Exceptions will made for official service animals, according to organizers.
Learn more and buy your tickets by clicking here.
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