Magic City Art Connection, April 26-28, Linn Park
26 Apr 2019 at 10:00-28 Apr 2019 at 17:00
710 20th St N, Birmingham, AL 35203

FIND ART April 26th, 27th, and 28th!

Make your way to downtown Birmingham’s historic Linn Park and settle in for Magic City Art Connection’s spring infusion of fresh artistic talent, sights, sounds, tastes, and aromas. MCAC’s 36th arts festival presents 200 juried artists from around the country to thousands of visitors hungry for arts, culture, entertainment, food, and fun. Be one of the art newbies, art curious, or art collecting festival goers perusing the thousands of works on display. We know you’ll find something wonderful to take home with the diversity of mediums, styles, and price points represented.

Complementing the art buying experience is the food, wine, craft beer, spirits, cocktails, and special guided tasting seminars of the 22nd Corks & Chefs: A Taste of Birmingham. Advance tickets at www.CorksandChefs.com get a stemless glass to taste your way through the 300 foot tent!

To make your day at MCAC even more unforgettable, add in live music and dance performances live on stage by local talent, art-making workshops for the kids all weekend, large scale art installations by future artists, and lingering with friends at one of the festival lounges or the Park Place Café.

Plus, this year, be sure to check out special spotlights on two Birmingham artists and a local artist collective. On the Fountain Walk, we’re spotlighting award winning John Lytle Wilson, MCAC’s 2019 Featured Artist. Amy Pleasant, who was awarded a 2018 Guggenheim Fellowship, is also being honored as the Festival’s 10th Distinguished Artist award recipient. Plus, special guest Vinegar will be joining the art mix with a special temporary art installation.

Find Art and more the last full weekend in April!

Create. Inspire. Educate. Collect.

Join the art conversation with #MagicCityArt or #MCACbham on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

FESTIVAL INFORMATION
www.MagicCityArt.com / 205-595-6306

DATES
April 26-28, 2019 (Friday, Saturday & Sunday)

HOURS
10am-6pm Friday & Saturday
10am-5pm Sunday

ADMISSION (Gate Only)
Adult 1 Day Ticket $10
Student 1 Day Ticket $5
Adult 3 Day Ticket $15
Kids 15 & under free
TGIF ADMISSION SPECIAL sponsored by Birmingham Park and Recreation:
Adult TGIF Day Ticket $5 (Friday Only)

CAFE – FREE ENTRY ALL WEEKEND!!
The Park Place Cafe will have Free Entry all 3 days.

GATE LOCATIONS
Entry to the Festival and Corks & Chefs will take place at 2 Linn Park Gates:

NORTHWEST GATE
located at Rev Abraham Woods, Jr. Blvd (8th Ave N) & Short 20th Street (Northwest corner of Linn Park)
SOUTH GATE
Located at Park Place & 20th Street (Central fountain walk entrance)

Taste. Sip & Repeat.

The 22nd annual Corks & Chefs: A Taste of Birmingham is an explosion of flavors and the place where art is paired with food, beer, wine, and cocktails.

This popular tasting event, at the 36th Magic City Art Connection in Linn Park, is tented and teeming with patrons sampling delicious culinary creations from Birmingham’s booming restaurant scene. Accompanying specially chosen bottles and elixirs to taste under the 200-foot tent are opportunities for the novice, the curious, and the connoisseur to sit in on guided tastings, seminars, and demos.
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FEATURED RESTAURANTS

There is no better time to be a foodie in the South experiencing Birmingham’s growing culinary landscape and its positioning as a hot food city. Corks & Chefs will be spotlighting 8-10 restaurants for the satisfaction of its hungry foodies each day.

The 2019 Restaurant Lineup (to date)–

• Carrigan’s Public House
• Arrington @ Pursell Farms
• The Essential
• Eli’s Jerusalem Grill
• brick & tin.
• Chez Lulu
• The Continental Bakery in English Village
• EastWest
• Ocean
• Habitat Feed & Social
• Root to Tail
• Roots & Revelry
• Tropicaleo

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WINE & CRAFT BEER
Local wineries, breweries, and distributors are back to show off their most tasty crafts.

Wine (to date)–
International Wines & Craft Beer, Ozan Winery

Craft Beer (to date)–
Interstellar Ginger Beer and Exploration Co.
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SPIRITS & COCKTAILS

Corks & Chefs is excited to expand on its 2019 addition of spirits and cocktails. The Collins Bar, recognized as one of the Best Bars of the South by Southern Living Magazine, is back this year and imagining a series of craft cocktails as only they can. The Atomic, which recently nabbed a 2018 Semifinalist James Beard Award Nomination for outstanding bar program, will be joining the mix this year and bringing their infamous patron full body costumes and more.

But we didn’t stop there. We’re presenting designer cocktails by Birmingham’s newest and chicest bars Queen’s Park and The Paper Doll. With the bar owner of Queen’s Park being named National “Bartender of the Year”, you absolutely must come try their classic cocktails at Corks & Chefs.

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CENTER ROOM SEMINARS, DEMOS & GUIDED TASTINGS

The tasting event continues to offer enhanced experiences through its popular seated seminars and special, guided tastings and demos. The Center Room 2019 will be showcasing an engaging series of special tasting experiences.

2019 Seminar Lineup (more to come!)–
Pot Stirring Radio, Chef Ben Vaughn of Root to Tail + Trace Barnett, The Bitter Socialite
Laura Newman, Queens Park – 2018 USBG Bartender of the Year
James Joseph, Old Forester
Steva Casey, coordinator of Tiki by the Sea and rock-star Bartender at The Atomic Lounge

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TICKETS

Day Ticket:
$40 Early Bird
$45 Advance
$50 Door
Includes: One (1) Taste @ each Featured Restaurant, Unlimited Wine & Beer Sampling, One (1) Cocktail Selection, a Stemless Glass, and Admission to Magic City Art Connection
Combo Sat/Sun Ticket:
$70 Early Bird
$80 Advance
$90 Door
Includes on each day: One (1) Taste @ each Featured Restaurant, Unlimited Wine & Beer Sampling, One (1) Cocktail Selection, a Stemless Glass, and Admission to Magic City Art Connection
Day Ticket – VIP
$50 early bird
$60 Advance
$70 Door
Includes: One (1) Taste @ each Featured Restaurant, Unlimited Wine & Beer Sampling, Two (2) Cocktail Selections, One (1) Center Room Guided Tasting Seminar, a Stemless Glass, and Admission to Magic City Art Connection
Combo Sat/Sun Ticket – VIP
$90 early bird
$100 Advance
Includes on each day: One (1) Taste @ each Featured Restaurant, Unlimited Wine & Beer Sampling, Two (2) Cocktail Selections, One (1) Saturday + One (1) Sunday Center Room Guided Tasting Seminar, a Stemless Glass, and Admission to Magic City Art Connection

Please present your InstaGift ticket voucher on your phone or as a print out with a bar code at a Festival Gate for redemption and wristband. Festival Gate 1: Northwest Gate @ West corner of Linn Park and Rev Abraham Woods, Jr. Blvd (8th Ave N) across from Boutwell deck. Festival Gate 2: South Gate @ Park Place & 20th Street.

Get more info and order tickets: www.corksandchefs.com

We’re kicking off the Culinary Fight Club Seasons VI with a little firework!

On 4/25/2019, Local culinary talented Chefs will compete for the title to be named the Best Street Food Chef in NOLA! Contestants will go head to head using local flavors and seasonal products to create the best of the best Bites! Who will win the first invite to the 2019 Culinary Fight Fest, The CFC Apron and Coveted Trophy?

There are TWO Winners!

3 Judges will have the tough job of selecting the Champion and YOU will have the tasty honor of selecting the Taster’s Choice winner!

Wikipedia describes The ”Street Food” as ready-to-eat foods and beverages prepared and/or sold by vendors in the streets and other similar places.”

We think it’s perfectly summed up by The Street Foody “…Street food is the true testimony to the identity of a people”. It undoubtedly gauges the depth of traditional food culture, but also measures its ability to continually reinvent itself in the constantly evolving everyday urban jungle, while retaining is roots firmly in the history of a region. In a nutshell, street food has freed itself from prejudice and reclaimed its rightful place in the sun as an expression of culinary civilization.”

And Culinary Fight Club challenges these contestants to Plate Up the most gourmet version of this “low to middle income” cuisine with limited fresh ingredients and resources in 60 minutes!

Join us to crown the most amazing Birmingham Street Food in Season VI of Culinary Fight Club on April 25, 2019!

Tickets Here: https://bit.ly/2Mj4uzs

Unwed Sailor
https://unwedsailor.bandcamp.com/

Lady Legs
https://ladylegs.bandcamp.com/

Doors 8pm / FREE SHOW!

Free performances every Tuesday night in April & May (with one bonus Wednesday) by today’s hottest country superstars courtesy of 102.5 The Bull & Tin Roof!

All shows are all ages & start at 7:30 PM.  Arrive early and enjoy southern inspired ‘Better Than Bar Food’ prior to the shows!

April 2nd:   LOCASH

April 9th:    Hardy

April 16th:  Logan Mize

April 23rd:  Lindsey Ell

April 30th:  Tennile Townes

May 7th:       Scottie McCreery

May 14th:    Filmore

May 21st:     Jimmie Allen

May 22nd:   Carly Pearce *BONUS WEDNESDAY SHOW*    

May 28th:    Hunter Hayes