Enjoy an all-day celebration of artisan food, sustainable gardening and creative art at the Great Park’s first ever Artisan Food & Arts Festival on Saturday, April 28 from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Local chefs and artisans will be on hand to demonstrate delicious fresh dishes from local foods, bread baking, jam, cheese and soda making, and refrigerator pickling. Learn how to raise your own chickens in your backyard and harvest fresh eggs, and all about composting and aquaponics. Enjoy sampling food from local restaurants and many of your favorite gourmet food trucks. Visit the nearby Palm Court Arts Complex where the Imagination Celebration will be in full swing, featuring art exhibitions that are exclusive to the Great Park.

“The Artisan Food & Arts Festival will inspire creativity learning and wellness. Visitors will leave with knowledge about living more sustainably and creatively,” said Beth Krom, Chair, Orange County Great Park Board Corporation. “We are proud to present this event in partnership with Arts Orange County and Imagination Celebration and with support from Slow Food Orange County, the Foundation for the Great Park, and the UCCE Master Gardeners.”

The festival will take place at historic Hangar 244, the Back 40 lawn area, Farm + Food Lab and the Palm Courts Arts Complex. Admission and parking are free.

The Orange County Great Park is located at Sand Canyon and Marine Way, and can easily be reached by the 5 or 405 freeways. For more information, please visit www.ocgp.org or call 949-724-OCGP.

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