Music City Food + Wine Festival: Harvest Night Presented By Infiniti f/ Kings of Leon, Michael McDonald, and Celebrity Chefs
Kings of Leon, Michael McDonald, Jamey Johnson, Charles Kelley, Hunter Hayes & Phosphorescent
Among Musicians Confirmed To Perform During Harvest Night Presented By Infiniti
At Music City Food + Wine Festival
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All-Star Lineup of Chefs To Prepare Samples of Signature Dishes
To Kick Off Unforgettable Evening, September 20, 2014
Kings of Leon
Kings of Leon, GRAMMY-award winning artists and co-founders of Music City Food + Wine Festival, are proud to announce the musical guests for Harvest Night presented by Infiniti, an evening that brings together signature dishes from world-renowned chefs and live performances by distinguished artists, celebrating the music of Nashville. Harvest Night begins at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday, September 20, 2014, at Walk of Fame Park in downtown Nashville.
Harvest Night will be hosted by Comedy Central’s Ben Hoffman and will showcase a line-up of celebrated musicians, including Kings of Leon (Caleb Followill – lead vocals, rhythm guitar, Jared Followill – bass, Matthew Followill – lead guitar, Nathan Followill – drums) who are curating the evening. Other artists scheduled to perform include Michael McDonald, Jamey Johnson, Charles Kelley, Hunter Hayes, Phosphorescent, Ashley Monroe, Brendan Benson, Jessie Baylin, Billy Joe Shaver, Bobby Bare Sr., Bobby Bare Jr., Clare Bowen, The McCrary Sisters, Moon Taxi, The Watson Twins and other special guests. Each will perform songs representative of Music City, backed by local studio wizards The Long Players.
“Harvest Night is going to be a fun night of food, music, drinks and more drinks,” says Nathan Followill, of Kings of Leon. “Expect a surprise or two, and come hungry and thirsty!”
Harvest Night, presented by Infiniti, brings together nationally acclaimed chefs including: Sean Brock (Husk); Ashley Christensen (AC Restaurants); Tyler Florence (Chef & TV Personality); Amanda Freitag (Empire Diner); Michael Hudman & Andy Ticer (Andrew Michael Italian Kitchen & Hog and Hominy); Mike Lata (FIG & The Ordinary); Tim Love (Lonesome Dove Western Bistro, Woodshed Smokehouse, Queenie’s Steakhouse, Love Shack & White Elephant Saloon); Masaharu Morimoto (Morimoto Restaurants); Aarón Sánchez (Chef & TV Personality); Alon Shaya (Domenica); Frank Stitt (Chef & Restaurateur); Michael Symon (Chef, Restaurateur & TV Personality); Levon Wallace (Proof on Main); Jonathan Waxman (Adele’s by Jonathan Waxman & Barbuto); and Andrew Zimmern (Chef & TV Personality). For a full list of culinary celebrities attending, as well as a look at photos from the 2013 event, click here.
Andrew Zimmern
Tickets & Additional Information
Music City Food + Wine Festival ticket options include a Saturday Day Pass, Sunday Day Pass, Harvest Night Pass or All-In Pass; all attendees must be 21 years of age or older.
The Saturday Day Pass ($150 per person) includes single-day access to Saturday, September 20 festival programming at Public Square Park, including cooking demonstrations, wine, beer & spirits tastings, intimate panel discussions, book signings and Saturday’s Grand Taste tents.
Music City Food and Wine Festival 2013
The Sunday Day Pass ($150 per person) includes single-day access to Sunday, September 21 festival programming at Public Square Park, including cooking demonstrations, wine, beer & spirits tastings, intimate panel discussions, book signings and Sunday’s Grand Taste tents.
Harvest Night ($225 per person) passes are available for the first-time as a stand-alone ticket option. Hosted at the Walk of Fame Park in downtown Nashville, Saturday’s Harvest Night presented by Infiniti will offer guests the opportunity to sample signature dishes from over 15 of the nation’s most decorated chefs, paired with live music, curated by Kings of Leon.
The All-In Pass ($500 per person) enables guests to experience the full weekend of Music City Food + Wine Festival, including access to cooking demonstrations, wine, beer & spirits tastings, intimate panel discussions, Saturday & Sunday’s Grand Taste tents, Saturday’s Harvest Night presented by Infiniti (held at Walk of Fame Park), and a one-year FOOD & WINE Magazine Subscription (US Only).
For more details on tickets, please click here.
Music City Food + Wine Festival is generously sponsored by FOOD & WINE, Infiniti, Nashville Convention & Visitors Bureau, Blue Moon Brewing Company, UBER and Klipsch Audio. The spectacular event is produced by GRAMMY-award winning artists (and Nashville residents) Caleb, Nathan Jared & Matthew Followill of Kings of Leon, world-renowned chef Jonathan Waxman, Austin-based C3 Presents ~ producer of Austin FOOD & WINE Festival, Austin City Limits Music Festival, and Lollapalooza ~ and Vector Management’s Ken Levitan and Andy Mendelsohn.