Arkansas Food & Wine Festival

The Arkansas Food & Wine Festival is the metro's premier upscale food event — a walk-around tasting evening where Arkansas's best chefs, winemakers, and craft producers set up stations across Riverfront Park for a three-hour grand tasting. Ticket holders graze through the evening, moving from a James Beard-nominated chef's bite to an Arkansas winery pour to a local distillery cocktail. The outdoor setting on the Arkansas River on a cool October evening makes the atmosphere as good as the food. Tickets sell out annually — buy in August to be safe.