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FILMS & TALKS

FREE events inside the MOCA Jacksonville Theater

11am to 12:45pm Educational Shorts from TedEd

1pm

Food and Social Good Panel Discussion

2:30pm

Getting Started with Beekeeping

3:30pm

North Florida Rice: Yesterday and Today

4:30pm

The Benefits of Supporting Local Agriculture

5pm

How to Eat Sustainably in Jacksonville

5:30pm

Eat a Fish, Save the Reefs

6pm

Great Traditions: The Roots and Recipes of

Amazing Southern Food

7pm

St. Augustine Distillery Short Film

7:45pm

Eat Drink Man Woman

HOMEBREW WINNERS

(Audience Favorite and Judges Favorite)

DR. SIRBROTHER

FOOD TRUCKS

VEGAN CHEESE & WINE FLIGHT

5:30pm
Tickets are $17 and available on EventBrite.
Limited availability. Taste vegan-certied wines
and locally crafted, artisan, vegan cheese from
SunRAWise.

FLORIDA WINES FROM SAN SEBASTIAN WINERY

8pm -10pm
Try samples of our local wines and get to know San
Sebastian Winery. They will also be rafing off a basket
lled with local snacks, chocolates, and wine!

FOOD TRUCKS

2pm

Chef Howard Kirk of 13 Gypsies

3pm

Jeffrey Spear, cookbook author and

owner of Studio Spear.

4pm

Chef Amadeus of Southern Passion

Spices and Winner of Food Networks
Extreme Chef Mexican Showdown

5pm

Chef Ashley Amin, owner and chef of

Jacksonvilles Fusion Food Truck and
"Top Indian Chef" of San Diego 2009

6pm

Florence Haridan of Conscious Eats

12pm to 2:30pm JEFFREY SPEAR, the author of two cookbooks and will
be on hand to sign locally focused "The First Coast Heritage Cookbook,"
featuring some great recipes updated for the modern cook, with a fascinating
look at the cuisine of early inhabitants of the First Coast (through the settling
of St. Augustine).
2:30pm to 3:30pm Through much discovery, determination, and love,
CHEF DENNIS CHAN has brought to those that frequent his restaurant, Blue
Bamboo, (and now you) uniquely warm and non-fussy experiences in his
award winning cookbook entitled Hip Asian Comfort Food. Experiences he
hopes you will share with your loved ones as you discover that food does not
have to be complicated to be satisfying to the soul.

KIDS & EDUCATION ZONE AT VISIT JACKSONVILLE

11am to 4:30pm Our Kids Area during the Festival will be in, and around, Visit Jacksonville on Laura Street. Inside Visit Jacksonville, we have bees under
glass from the Jacksonville Beekeepers Association and fun food art stations from Melrose Avenue Preschool. Outside, near Visit Jacksonville on Laura
Street we'll have the Duval County Extension Ofce on-site, with materials to make radish necklaces, start seedlings in toilet paper rolls, and information on
growing herbs in North Florida. Kids will also get the chance to see the chickens from urban chicken farmers, River City Chicks, and ask questions on how to
raise the chickens. There will also be a giant chess and an oversized checkers set, as well as the Imagination Playground, set up on Laura Street!

CHAMBLINS

COOKING STAGE

COOKBOOKS AT CHAMBLINS

Chamblins Uptown on Laura Street will be featuring local cookbooks, many

of which will be signed by the authors.

LAURA ST.

SNYDER

THE ART CENTER

DOWN THE

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Learn about and enjoy Florida whiskey during our Palm

Ridge Reserve "9-0-4" Whiskey Tasting! Come taste
9-month aged, Virgin (0 month/non-aged), and 4-month
aged whiskeys with the Palm Ridge Reserve owners and
distillers themselves, Marti and Dick Waters.

HOGAN ST.

BEER:30 HOMEBREW COMPETITION

9-0-4 WHISKEY TASTING FROM PALM RIDGE DISTILLERY

MONROE ST.

DALTON AGENCY

SPECIAL
EVENTS TENT
Session 1: 2:45-3:45pm
Session 2: 6:45-7:45pm
The Beer Apostle hosts this homebrew competition. It's
rst come, rst serve! Taste what locals have been brewing,
and vote for your favorite beer. A People's Choice and
Judges Choice Award will be announced on the
Mainstage at 8:15 p.m.

MONROE ST.

VISIT JACKSONVILLE

8:30 PM to 10:00 PM

4pm

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7:00 PM to 8:00 PM

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5:40 PM to 6:40 PM

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4:20 PM to 5:20 PM

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3:00 PM to 4:00 PM

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1:40 PM to 2:40 PM

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TOUGH JUNKIE

SKYWAY STATION

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

7 p.m. at The Candy Apple Cafe at Sweet Pete's

Tickets are $35, and are available on Eventbrite. The
GastroJax Cocktail Contest will focus solely on craft cocktails
created using locally sourced spirits and ingredients. Each of
the ve cocktail samples will use Palm Ridge Whiskey. The
competitors are: The Candy Apple Cafe, Bistro AIX, Grape
& Grain Exchange, bb's and Sidecar. There will be both a
juried and peoples choice winner. Come support GastroJax
and enjoy great cocktail samples, live music, and yummy
appetizers! Celebrate local with the best in libations!

DUVAL ST.

MAIN LIBRARY

GASTROJAX CRAFT
COCKTAIL CONTEST

MUSIC STAGE

$5 PARKING GARAGE

GASTROFEST 2015

THE CANDY APPLE

CAFE & COCKAILS

RABBIT HOLE

WORKSHOPS
(ABOVE GREASE RAGS CLOTHING)
The Gospel of Brew Sessions
11:30am & 12:30pm
The Beer Apostle, Brian Little, and James Moriarty of Veterans
United Craft Brewery talk beer, so you too can get your start as a
proud home brewer.
Taste and Learn Sessions: Cupping Locally Roasted Coffee
with Bold Bean
1:15pm, 2:15pm, 4:30pm and 5:30pm
Tickets are $5.00 and are available on Eventbrite.
Bold Bean Coffee Roasters will do cuppings with four different
roasts per session. If you cant live without a good cup of coffee
this is for you! Learn about the different nuances of these
wonderful and locally roasted coffees.
Real Bread Workshop
3:30pm
Community Loaves presents a workshop on the mysteries of
sourdough bread-making, and why, sometimes, the old ways are
the most delicious ways!