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PRESS RELEASE: “Pink Provisions Preview Party” Promises a Food Festival, Jazz Music and a Fantastic Way to Ring in the 2025 International Cherry Blossom Festival
MACON, GA (February 13, 2025) — Eat, Drink and be Cherry! The Pink Provisions Preview Party small bites event on Poplar Street will return to kick-off the 10-day ‘Pink Provisions Trail’ as part of the 2025 International Cherry Blossom Festival, March 21-30.
From 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., patrons can expect small bite specials and curated cocktails from more than 20 local restaurants, as well as, live music featuring a jazz ensemble headlined by Sam Stephens of 100.9 The Creek FM and some additional artisan booths!
Tickets are available for pre-purchase. (Tickets are used in place of cash, one ticket equals one dollar and these will be the only form of payment accepted to purchase the food and drinks).
Each featured food or drink menu item will be priced by the participating restaurants and will range between $1-10. Tickets can be purchased for $1.00 with incentive specials with each increment of purchase. For instance, $10, you can purchase 12 tickets. For $25, you can purchase 30 tickets. Or, for $50, you can purchase 62 tickets during online pre-sale ONLY! Pre-sales will end at Noon on Friday, March 21th.
The Pink Provisions Trail – a collection of pink-themed food and drinks available at participating businesses throughout all of Macon-Bibb! The Pink Provisions Trail – in its 3rd year – is available as a free download in the Tour Macon app via GooglePlay or Apple app stores.
“During last year’s event which was held inside the Terminal Station due to inclement weather, we sold 9,275 tickets which is what patrons used to pay for delicious small samples of the food and drink items at the Pink Provisions Party and the trail continues to see hundreds of downloads each year!” explained Visit Macon’s Marketing & Event Manager Lucy Hughes. “It was a fantastic opportunity to contribute to the array of festival activities, attract visitors, and to give a glimpse into the many Macon businesses and what they do to support Macon’s biggest event of the year! Our goal was to encourage visitors to return and get more of their favorites while in town and of course, create FOMO for everyone to want to try and experience it all!”
“Lastly, we encourage you to engage with Visit Macon and these businesses online… post, share and vote for your favorites!”
Visit Macon through efforts with its public relations agency, have invited several travel writers to also taste the treats and then vote for their favorite at the event, with the Media’s Choice Award!
Of course, the Pink Provision Trail will once again be offered on the Tour Macon app from March 15th to the 24th. This year restaurants will serve up both savory and sweet combinations such as the Pork Belly Bites with Maraschino Cherry Hoisin sauce at Kinjo or Layers’ new blushberry torte! After you simply can’t eat anymore, cast your votes for People’s Choice by heading to the Visit Macon website! This year’s categories are People’s Choice for alcoholic beverages, non-alcoholic beverages and food! You can find more information by clicking here!
Participating Restaurants include:
- Acres & Oak
- Amici’s
- Bearfoot Tavern
- Cashman's Pub
- Fall Line Brewing Company
- Fatty’s Pizza
- Hello Boba
- Kinjo Kitchen + Cocktails
- Layers
- Loom
- Macon Drinks
- Macon Water Ice
- Parish on Cherry
- The Rookery
- The Rose Room
- Satterfield's
- Sweet Eleanor's
- Z Beans Downtown
For more information, please email lhughes@visitmacon.org or visit our website at http://www.visitmacon.org.
About Visit Macon: The mission of Visit Macon is to unify and lead our community in marketing the Macon-Bibb County area as a superior visitor and meeting destination. Visit Macon promotes Macon, Georgia to travel writers, meeting planners, group tour operators and leisure travelers in an effort to bring people and revenues into the community and areabusinesses. http://www.visitmacon.org
