With less than three weeks left until the best day of the year for those who understand great food, beautiful drinks and fun nights, the organizing committee of the 2019 Savour the Southeast has most of the things in place.
The preparation for the food, wine, beer, spirit and music festival is almost over with numerous vendors arranged to allow guests to have an entire pallet of flavours to try.
“I think we are looking at about 55 vendors between the two,” said Savour the Southeast co-chair Amanda Spenst.
Alcohol and food vendors come from across Saskatchewan to showcase their best products. Savour the Southeast has anything from micro distilleries and independent restaurants to major brands and franchises.
This year there will be some new local restaurants joining the event and bringing in the best of Polish and Filipino cuisine and the originality of bubble tea. The night of sampling and savouring brings southeast foodies together to celebrate what Saskatchewan produces and has available.
The committee is open to accept sponsors up until the event. They are also in need of a few more volunteers to make night perfect.
“If people sign up for one shift they get a $20 ticket to the event. If they do two shifts, they are able to get a free ticket to the event,” said Spenst. “We do have some set up shifts, most of our shifts are filled but we still do need a few more. And we do need lots of volunteers during the event also.”
The link to signup to volunteer for Savour the Southeast can be found at www.savoursoutheast.com and at their Facebook page.
DJ Baby Daddy, Johnny McQuaig Band and cabaret group Aces Wyld will be a musical cherry on the cake of a great entertaining night.
This year for guests’ convenience the Savour and the cabaret portions of the festival will take place in different locations.
“This year the cabaret portion of the event is going to be at the curling club. It’s still a part of Savour, but the Savour tasting event is going to be at Affinity Place. And then once that is finished the cabaret is over at the Curling Club. Your Savour ticket gets you into both… Or you can pay at the door to just get in into cabaret if that’s what you want to do,” said Spenst.
Tickets are available at Henders Drugs and online. The early bird price is $35 per ticket and it is going to run until the time of the show. The door price will be $45.
Savour the Southeast will start at 7 p.m. on May 4 at Affinity Place.
Proceeds will go to the Estevan Family Resource Centre.
