Gather around this weekend for the Gather’ Round Culinary Arts Festival at The Epicurean Hotel in Midtown Atlanta. Hosted by Souther Culinary & Creative, this event will celebrate over 70 top chefs, mixologists, and artists from the south through a series of Signature Events, Masterclasses, and Dinner series’. Proceeds four-day weekend extravaganza will support the Giving Kitchen and the Hambidge Creative Arts Center. Additionally, Whole Foods will match $25 for each ticket purchased up to $10,000 for the Giving Kitchen. In addition to recognize hospitality enthusiasts and artists, this festival ultimately aims to give back to the people and places who inspire to create.

With 4 days of signature experiences, master classes, and dinners, festival attendees have many options to choose from:

Thursday:

Epicurean Theatre Masterclass:  Scottish Influences on a Southern Menu

Signature Event: Awaken Your Senses

Dinner Series Events: Espectro de Sabor at Bar Mercado and Flour + Water at The White Bull

Friday:

Lunch & Learn: Chicken, Spice & Everything Nice

Epicurean Theatre Masterclass: Natty Wine for Newbies (and Enthusiasts)

Signature Event: Tomorrow’s Table

Dinner Series Events: Past, Present & Future 2.0 at Reverance and Fish & Fowl – a Celebration of Sustainable Seafood & Humanely-raised

Saturday:

Lunch & Learn: Roots – Re-examining Authentic Influences in American Cuisine 

Epicurean Theatre Masterclass:  Sustainable Seafood – Cooking the Available Catch and  Snapshot Buford Highway – Send Noodles (and Dumplings)

Signature Event: Sip – Classic Southern Cocktails & Soundtracks

Dinner Series: Vinyl Nights at Lyla Lila

Sunday:

Signature Event: Punch Brunch at Reverance followed by Rooftop Revelry

Epicurean Theatre Masterclass:  Age *Isn’t* Just a Number

Collaborative Dinner Series events: South x Southeast Asia at Fox Bros. Upper Westside  and Eyes Wide Shut, Mouths Wide Open at Twisted Soul Cookhouse & Pours

Tickets for individual experiences are available at www.gatherroundatl.com/get-tickets. Tickets to multiple events throughout the weekend are available for a more curated experience here!

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